Ronda477

OOHHH you mean you haven't read? Goody I can tell someone else lol. We are getting a baby Goffin Cockatoo http://www.greyforums.net/forums/other-birds/59158-update-on-our-new-member-the-goffin-cockatoo.html#62425 here is the link to it on the board in the other birds section. He is only 5 weeks old. They are loud, but he will be what the entire family wants as far as cuddly goes lol.

ahh well yes I am def getting the multiple bird syndrome lol<br><br>Post edited by: Ronda477, at: 2008/02/25 17:54

That's awesome Terri. I know SweetHeart was a cuddle muffin with the breeder, but we got her at 6 months old and than a very very very horrible flight to us, so we have just been giving her time. We have had her now for 4 months, but as long as she will sit with me which is what we are working on, I will be happy. Glad though that yours is soo cuddly with you. That's they way my husband's quaker is with him even though she was abused for 3 years before us. That's why I wanted MY OWN bird lol. She'll come around or at least some lol. Than we are getting a real cuddle muffin within the next 5 weeks! So all of us including our kids will be happy lol.

Wow soo pretty! Or handsome! lol Either way very nice!

Oldie but goody! Thanks Rae for the laugh! I forgot about that one!!{Feel-good-0002006E}

You get your cookbook published and it turns out they put someone else's recipes in there and you don't get a dime of the $. I wish I had a bigger house

Terri, I have noticed that with what everyone else writes as well, that theirs are cuddly in the evening more. We have been having our half hour sessions with her in the evening and she does prefer me, but by no means is she cuddly. She will let me pick her up with no growling is all. On the other hand my husband goes to pick her up and is growling and supposibly TAG's are known for the family birds. But it only seems to be hubby so far. The kids can touch her. We can all handle her as far as step ups go, but no one can really pet her. I actually have a recording of us doing that yesterday and how she acted. I will try to upload it to youtube so everyone can see what I'm talking about.

I agree with the rest as well. I am an EMT for people lol, and Berna is absolutely right. Infection can set in soo fast it's not funny. And we don't have our noses rooting around in our dishes lol. So I would take Charlie to the vet too if it were me.

Judy I think that's exactly what happened to SweetHeart the other day when I was asking about her behavior. It was kind of gloomy out and well not as much light was coming in to the house. She is back to normal now. Just keep an eye on him and let us know how he does. I think this winter blah's can get to everyone and everything. Hope he is better soon!!

Judy I caught on tape what my quaker does all the time lol. I will have to put it on youtube and give you the link lol. I don't know how she does it either! I would want all the babies!! And to think we are actually thinking of doing that! lol We are making a little film of SweetHeart too, so look for my post with all my little fids in it!

That is very sweet! I only wish I had pics like that to share! I even showed Sweetheart the pics to show her what she wasn't doing lol and she didn't care. Oh well. But was very nice! Thanks for sharing!!<br><br>Post edited by: Ronda477, at: 2008/02/25 04:00

LMAO yeh maybe! In that case Fletcher looks very cute lol. Sorry:blush:

Wow Gloria that is very sweet! I love the pics! And welcome you found us here at the forum, not that you will probably learn much being you have had yours for awhile already, but will look forward to advice I'm sure you can share with everyone.

Fletcher I can't see any pics? If you need help please let me know!

Yes just as Judy has said please keep us updated and tell us what is working for you. Like myself I have been working with SweetHeart now for almost 4 months, which on a scale really isn't that long, but I have tried many things as everyone here on the forum can tell you lol. So don't let your hopes get down and please remember that time is the key!

No problem Judy! And to just say you do a great job of remembering! I don't know how you get to give soo much cause I can only give one little karma every six hours lol

Thank you everyone! I can't tell you how happy we were and are! I just hope it's all forward from here! After almost 4 months it has been a long time waiting!

Thank you Judy! I am very happy, I had actually earlier in the day wrote a thread on not knowing if we should continue what we were doing or not. It erased it cause I had waited too long to send it through and I was signed out. Guess there is a reason for everything lol. I am very happy even though it's just a little, it seems huge!

Hey everyone! I know we all need reminders once in awhile. So...... Don't forget to give Karma when you like someone's posts! If they have given good advice or just something that made your day! Don't forget to sign guestbooks! Makes a person feel special! And we all like to feel special lol. I know we have allot of new members to inform and I think as for us older members we need that nudge once in awhile to remember to put that karma and signing the guestbooks out there just so we don't get too caught up. Cause after all we are one big family here at the forum! And to not forget the administrators and moderators as well! This forum works because of ALL of us! Lets make everyone feel welcome! And what better way to say it than showing it!

Your welcome welcome welcome!

Arkbart4 I went to the site where you had your pics posted and tried to help you, if you look in the thread on how to post pictures that you had asked questions on I posted a reply there and actually one of you pics for you. If you need more help with it please feel free to e-mail me. Hope your enjoying the site so far though!

LOL That was good Melissa!

I don't really think the time outs like that are a good idea. Others I have read that when they do something wrong will tell them firmly no, and than place back in cage and turn their backs on them for a few minutes. But I think that is actually very harsh with putting them in the tub and shutting the lights off. That will just frighten him and any progress that you have made with him will be in danger because of it. If you are going to do time outs I would suggest the putting him back in his cage and turning the back on him way instead. I personally don't do that myself. If SweetHeart goes to bite I tell her no bite firmly and keep going with whatever I was trying to get her to do. I don't want to tick her off but if I needed her to step up I won't give up till she does. Which I haven't had any problems with yet on that one. What is he doing that you would consider doing time outs for? As for the toys, don't buy any more just yet hon lol. You are getting toy crazy. Put a couple where he spends most of the day. If it is his day cage than place them in there if he doesn't seem afraid of them. He will start exploring them. As for the tags, if they are cardboard you can leave them on there, he will just tear them off and shred them like he would a paper towel roll. The no shoulder is good in your case, he can't be trusted and even the most well trusted bird like I stated above could lose footing and well you just don't need a scar. Yes that very well could be a big problem if he has his own room. I mean it's good if he had others to see all day but they hate to be by themselves. They are flock birds and love the company of someone. Even if you don't have him at work with you, you need to see if your parents would let him stay in the living/family room with them while you are gone, so he can see others and not get stressed out. That could be a big part of it. And yes the sleep cage can be off in another room, but curious as to why if they are both soo big why you are switching him? But I guess if you have the room than it's not a huge deal. But maybe cause he is going from cage to cage and not able to get used to one thing he is stressing a little as well. But the cage by itself for sleep wouldn't be a big deal cause the quieter the better that way they are sure to get their beauty sleep. I'm sure others will be along to give some more help and advice. I am very happy to see though that he is liking the sitting on your arm! See little baby steps is what you need to look at. And seems like you are doing well with him. But IMO I would not do those time outs, that just doesn't seem right to me.

Ok I am posting this cause Judy was very interested lol and it was just too much to write and to let everyone know what is going on lol. Today my husband Jessie went over for our daily step ups and our working exercise with SweetHeart. He went over and asked her to step up, growling like she always does she did and he talked to her very sweet and told her what a very pretty girl she was. He goes to pet her to show that his hands are no harm and growling almost the entire time he is doing it. He stops only when she seems to have calmed down a bit and notices "Oh this isn't that bad, and he's not hurting me". He than brought her back to the couch where she sat on his knee. I came over after a few minutes to do the same thing with her. She came right over to me and climbed all the way up me on to my shoulder (save the lectures lol I already know the dangers) but she went right on up and sat there and let me kiss her wings. She turned around and looked at hubby and sat there and started preening herself a little with scratches and stuff. My husband said she was very relaxed with me compared him. Which I guess is very true. She will let me pet her sometimes with some little growls but most of the time not. I actually got to pet her beak tonight! And actually so did my husband! I am very excited about just our little baby steps lol. She may not be cuddly but the last week or so, even though she must be on my shoulder she isn't flying away. She used to just go to my shoulder or hubbies shoulder just for the highest point she could get to so she could fly away from us. Now she likes it there and will just sit there looking around. We have only done this in like 30 minute segments just cause we want to show her we aren't hurting her and we mean no harm. So tell me what ya think??

We have 4 that go from almost floor to ceiling in the living room, but like I said it has been a little yucky here lately. I will have to write about the stuff that is going on right now!!!!!