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I did the same thing as Lovie. I would say “Go Potty” every time I saw him do it and after only a month of working with him he goes on command and knows that he goes over the toilet and over paper without being told. He will let me know he needs to go by doing his “poopy dance” and I will take him to the bathroom or hold him over paper. He knows that he can go free range when he is on the shower certain and when he is outside, but my shoulder and furniture are off limits. He also does not like to poop in his cage and most days will hold it for as long as he can till I get home to take him to the toilet. I agree Kiwibarb…stray poop on the carpet is much easier to deal with dry then wet.

I agree with Tari...birds make noise. Some like to scream in the morning, some at night, and some like to do both. If your grey is only screaming in the morning then it seems that it's just his way of starting the day. There isn't anything you can do about this behavior and is one of those things that comes along with owning a parrot.

You get your 1970 Cuda S.E. with the 426 Hemi in you collection, but the first time you take her out you blow a rod strait through the hood...that hemi is toast! I wish I had my old 1985 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 clone back in showroom condition.

She is just too cute...I want one!!! Keep the pictures comin'

Monster House - Jason Lee

I've watched a few things on the parrots of Telegraph Hill. The funniest thing I think my area of Florida has is wild Spider Monkeys in Naples. Someone proposed eradicating them but the city or county said NO WAY...and now they are protected.

Mine is small/medium sized. His father is small and light colored, his mom is a beast...she's huge!!! She was also pretty dark colored as well.

I love that story on the Seagull. It was on the world news a month or so ago...I was laughing so hard at it.

That is a VERY good point you brought up MrSpock. There is no importing of birds into the United States, so as long as people that are looking on the internet for a new bird know this there is a much smaller chance of foreign scamming...you just have to worry about the scum bags in the US, and I think they are all on CraigsList.

This topic got me thinking and wondering though...my grey has black nails, but one front toe on each of his feet looks like it was shaved...there is a strip of white on it. They have been that way from day one when I got him, does anyone have a grey with nails like that?

I have heard of CAGS having the horn colored nails...it's like a mutation. I don't think it is linked to being a "mixed" breed. It is unusual for greys to have white nails but think of it this way, they are much easier to trim.

Thats got to be cool, ringnecks are so pretty. How often do you see them?

You work so hard on getting that 29" waist again, and when you finally do it's just not good enough...you before a full-blown anorexic and end up with a 9-inch waist. I wish I could wear a size 2.

The Thin Red Line - Sean Penn

From what I have read there are 70 or more species here, 25 of which are breeding in the wild, California oly has about 10 breeding species. At least 10,000 monk parakeets/Quaker Parrots now call Florida home, and I do believe that that is the most common in the state. I myself have never seen them, just Macaws and now the Nandays. We used to have native Carolina Parakeets in Florida, but they went extinct because poeple would kill them to protect crops.

That is tooo cute. I loved how the grey in the cage was trying to get in on the dance fever too. {Characters-0002007A}

Yeah. All I had on me was my cell phone and it takes bad pics. I need to start taking a good camera with me when I'm in the flock areas.

Yes, thats Red Factor. Like Judy said, look at the other threads...lots of info on them.

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My work is really close to the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers FL and we have a bunch of flocks of wild parrots that seem to live in the area. I was never able to get a good look at any of them though; I would just hear their definite Conure calls and be able to make out that they had predominant green coloring. They would always be flying to high or hiding in the palm trees to see what they were. Well, yesterday I was driving from the warehouse to the corporate office that’s a block from the river and as I was sitting in the truck at a red light I heard the very distinctive call of a Conure. I looked up into a palm tree next to the road and it was FULL of Nanday Conures. It was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in person. It was awesome to see them interacting with each other in a wild setting like that, and I just hope I get to see them that close again real soon.

The Sun Conure I had did have a little bit of a screaming issue, but it never really bothered me. Otto would scream as load as he could when he heard me come in the door after work. I think it was more his way of letting me know he was excited that I was home because it would only be a minute or two of ear shattering noise. At one point he was screaming for attention because if he would just be making his normal Sun Conure noises and my step mother started to scream at him to shut up, thus teaching him that screaming would get some attention during the day. As soon as I realized what was going on I sternly told her that her yelling through my door at the bird was only making him get louder and if she wanted him to stop SHE needed to stop...I think I may have worded it a little meaner to her, but he stopped screaming after only a few days after she did. The funniest times he would scream was when he knew I was washing the car...ohhh man would he scream! I would have to go inside and get him so he could play in the hose! Seeing him running in and out of the water would melt your heart.

Nevval - Flowers for Algernon is by Daniel Keyes, and The Power of One is by Bryce Courtenay. I just read the "review" for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I will for sure pick up a copy. Another book that I think everyone has read is the diary of Anne Frank...and if you haven't you need to! It always makes me cry but I love reading it anyways.

Mine loves bottle caps, but when I had him at work he found a shell on my desk and he loved it. He also loves playing with the entire 20oz bottle.

Ohhhhh...your Joe's daughter. I was all thinking "man, they stole Joe's handle name!" LOL...I guess I should go to the welcome room more often!:blush: {Feel-good-0002006E}

I love Halloween...one of my favorites. I look forward to carving a pumpkin or two and handing out candy...although if your a little to old (I'm talking 17 year old not with a little brother or sister) I'm giving you the worst candy I got.:evil: I love seeing the little kids, my favorite is the babies in the peapod. The funniest costume I myself ever wore was when I was 13. I didn't have angel wings so I was a "fallen" Victoria's Secret Angel...I was just in my underwear. The best Pumpkin I ever did was 2 years ago I did the Pontiac Firebird logo…it was sooooooo cooooool!!!!! I think I will do another one this year