LindaMary

Lovely! What does Tui think?

What a wonderful success story this is. You have been so selfless in this venture, and the rewards of that are being reaped by both Sully and his new family. Good job, luvparrots! You were clearly the perfect person for this bird!

I'm jealous, too! Maxi (timneh) and Tanner (severe macaw) are more like Dan's pair - screaming chase buddies! Although I think Tanner would really like to be friends with Max, she's not having it, and these days she has the poor guy (who is half again her size) totally terrorized. I think they actually do keep each other company from a distance, and I can have them out at the same time now that Tanner has learned not to go visiting on Max's cage. But no cuddles between these two!

I'm an African Grey, too!

What a character that boy is! I really love his versions of Old MacDonald. Thanks for posting those, Keith and Erika!

Well, unlike your birds, Syd, both Maxi and Tanner love wasabi peas. Big treat in our house!

Glad to hear of your baby's success, Greywing! I am also pleased to report that Maxi is now flying - and mighty dang cocky about it, too!:evil: Her favorite hangout now is a half-moon window near the ceiling of the "bird room", but she has also learned to fly down from there in the last 2 weeks, which makes her (and me) even prouder. It's so funny to see her strut about after she's done a circuit of the room and landed well. Now we are working on getting her to fly to me on command. Nothin' doin' on the aviator harness so far with her, tho - she clearly still considers it an instrument of torture. Tanner (my severe macaw) has also recently begun to take flight, and tho he is stronger, he is still pretty clumsy and needs practice manouevering. There's a whole new level of supervsion going on at my house now!

I'm SO sorry to hear of your loss. If you have not already read Dave007's thread entitled "Lost a bird? I just got a message", please be sure to do so. I went through this experience when my 12-year-old budgie died 6 weeks after the birth of my daughter. He was my baby before she was, and it took a WHILE for me to come to terms with it. As katana said: you did everything you could for her. Now you need to do for YOU - take time to mourn and to heal, and know that her spirit is probably right alongside as you do. God bless.

Wow, Mark - how exciting! Can't wait to hear the updates!

Wow, Dave. Is that a Dave original? Very nice. Thanks for posting it.

Yep, white horse and full armor, with a plume on the helmet! I also like the macaw forum on birdboard.com. What a lovely bird you have there, shaz!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAT! {Feel-good-000200BB} I'm a big believer in getting yourself a birthday present. But actually, you got Harley a bigger present: a wonderful home with YOU!<br><br>Post edited by: LindaMary, at: 2009/08/10 19:17

Well, thank you for your response, Arun, but you have not offended me at all, since I really don't have an opinion one way or another about animal communicators. I'm not sure any of us has enough information to know whether their perceptions are accurate or not. But it seems that what Suzi told you gave you hope, and helped keep you going, which was valuable in the end. What I think is so wonderful about your story is that is demonstrates you were willing to try ANYthing - even things you weren't sure weren't pure quackery - to get Chikki back. A very inspiring story, and I am so glad it has worked out the way it has!B)

I think that's one of your best, Davey! Clearly inspired!

This is terrific, news, Arun - I am SO happy for you all! Yet another story illustrating that sometimes prayer combined with perseverance and soaking the world with "Lost Parrot" ads and trying every possible avenue CAN sometimes bring positive results! Thank you so much for sharing the details of his return with us, too. (Why do people like "the psycho" even get up in the morning, can anyone tell me that?:angry: Can't help asking if Messenger 3 has a shed and a flower box behind his shop...

Welcome, Plink! What a pretty little TAG you have in your pictures! Like you, I had to wait years before being able to realize my dream of owning an AG. I'm excited for you!

My mama always TOLD me the way to a man's heart was through his stomach..

Well, I think Harley's just demonstrating that he's a pretty smart parrot, because he seems to know that he's fallen into the cream, getting adopted by you! I ust want to belatedly say CONGRATULATIONS, PAT! What a beautiful big boy he is, indeed - and a lucky one! Now I'm curious: how is the rest of your flock taking to his presence? Have they met face to face? I am curious about how the ranking system sorts itself out when the last bird in is so much bigger than everyone else. Love all your posts and pictures - keep 'em coming!

I think it's very interesting that you are trying out this method of working with an animal communicator, in addition to all the more traditional ways of trying to locate Chikki. I really hope that, one way or another, you and your baby will be reunited. Keeping fingers crossed for you, Arun!

Has Skuffy checked in on this yet? I think he's in Manchester, and lost his grey Max a few months ago. A long shot, but stranger things have happened....

One of Maxi's favorite toys is a (washed!) small cat-food can (Fancy Feast or similar). They are small enough that she can pick them up by an edge and smack them repeatedly against the top of her cage before launching them off the edge, and they make that sooooo-satisfying clanging sound that greys just luuuuuuvvv. :P Of course, the best part is watching Mom pick the dang things up over and over again!:evil:<br><br>Post edited by: LindaMary, at: 2009/07/08 20:21

THIS is why I originally wanted to major in astronomy in college. (Silly girl, I let the math scare me off. Then I ended up going through engineering school 10 years later anyway!) Great post, Bernie - thanks for putting it on here!

Thank you so much for your kind comments and for your support, Judy and Kitty. True friends are those who still have your back when you aren't even around! And yes, Judy, that Mary is a good girl.

I raised a baby robin this way once. His whole nest (and all his siblings) were drowned in a torrential downpour outside a friend's doorway, but he had managed to cling to a limb in the arborvitae tree the nest had been in. He was probably a week older than your baby is now when I got him. He did eventually return to the wild, but actually flew down onto my head about three months later! I was going for a walk in the woods, and the robins were gathering in this one glade, so I stopped and did the robin calls I had learned from him. One flew and landed on my head, then stepped off onto my hand, and then flew away again. It had to be him - it was so exciting! And I was also so excited to see he had been accepted by his own kind. Good luck with your baby, it looks like you are doing a great job!

lovethatgrey wrote: This is a great observation, lovethatgrey, and I'll bet you are right. I know a lot of my friends and colleagues who have watched how much time I spend on and with my birds have gotten religion about any ideas they had about frivolously running out and buying a parrot. I personally rather enjoy being "different", if that's what we are. Life is so much more interesting than some folks seem to think it is....