Joolesgreyuk

Pic has dissapeared!? Ok 'twas my fault ;-)<br><br>Post edited by: Joolesgreyuk, at: 2009/12/27 23:37

Thanks Jude, good to hear Sunny is behaving too!

Argyle had a good day yesterday: It is only when you look real closely (not for the faint hearted lol) you see just how beautiful he is. :kiss:<br><br>Post edited by: Joolesgreyuk, at: 2009/12/27 23:37

Welcome daviet, you must be very excited awaiting your new arrival! You will find all the information and advice you need right here. If there is anything you particularly need to ask, feel free and don't worry if your question seems silly, it is likely to have been asked before :laugh: someone knowledgeable will be lurking with the answer Have you chosen a name for your CAG yet?

That is too cute...and very normal behaviour! ;-)

Aren't they funny Jude! I think I was fooled into thinking all parrots must be like AGs but they aren't are they. The AGs have to be one of the most placid of the parrot family, Argyle has been an eye opener. I guess for those of us that have always had other parrots, this is considered the norm. I'm so glad that Sunny is mellowing towards your grandaughter.

I'm happy to report that Argyle was in a good mood yesterday, he came out and sat on Steve, nestling under his chin, allowing Steve to scritch him and preening himself. He still doesn't like me - I can live with that so long as he isn't vicious, that episode lasted for about two weeks but does seem to have eased in the last 2-3 days. Argyle is moody, that isn't about to change but I had trouble coping with the was he had been behaving lately. I'm very reluctant to have him on me as he will attack my face but we do need to get along to a certain extent as I am the carer. Thanks for the advice, I'm still waiting to hear from Pat.

Jill, I also researched for a year before buying but was only given a VERY basic leaflet when buying Beau. There was no explaination of the dangers of normal household appliances and had I not bothered to research or indeed not have the tools (computer) to do so, I'd be totally unaware of dangers such as teflon and self-cleaning ovens. I agree that all animals should be issued with guidelines and I also agree that many owners just don't care enough. What I am getting at is that if all buyers were issued with said booklets then ignorance would not be an issue. Many breeders are reputable - sadly many are not and that is where the law would help.

Here in the UK we have stringent laws in place regarding the selling of unweanded birds. What I feel is sadly lacking and costing bird's lives is not so much cruelty but ignorance. When I was a child we had a couple of budgies as pets at various times and when I had my own children I remember buying a pair of tiels for them which they were responsible for. One of the tiels died very suddenly and quickly whilst I was alone with them. I put it down to a "heart attack" basically I guess because of the way it died and the suddeness of it. Knowing what I do now of the every day household items which are known to be deadly to birds, it could've been almost anything that killed my son's tiel as the only thing I knew of to be dangerous to birds was hairspray! There weren't many computers in general use in those days or parrot forums or search engines of course. I remember calling the breeder for another tiel and I remember his excuses for not selling me another bird, I fear he suspected cruelty, none of us could ever have been cruel to an animal/bird but we were guilty of ignorance! Of course there are still many elderly people who don't own computers in the UK and elsewhere and so will be totally unaware of the dangers lurking in every household (I wouldn't have known myself had it not been for this very site) and so I think it's long overdue that a law (similar the the unweaned law) was passed requiring all breeders and pet shops selling birds to issue a booklet listing all potential dangers to all buyers. The cost would be negligable and it could save hundreds of bird's lives in the UK alone. It's such a simple idea that I can't understand why it isn't law.<br><br>Post edited by: Joolesgreyuk, at: 2009/12/27 11:14

Yes I get all my stuff from NP. I meant no disrespect in my comments, I was just kidding. I have one son who's b'day is 15th Nov and one 6th Dec so I'm no better at planning birthdays myself. Nov/Dec is a very expensive time in our family.

Beau has a foraging wheel which he loves spinning around wildly lol

Oh lovely pictures and Happy Birthday for tomorrow, how inconsiderate of your parents making your birthday so near Christmas :laugh:

This is very sad but not an uncommon story. Keeping everything crossed for you. Excellent idea from katana and don't give up looking.

Summer I am giving you karma for putting your grey first, he is lucky to have you as a parront B)

Thank you Jay & Maggie for sharing this lovely card.

Ok I'm gonna start this thread because I'd love to see what other owners gave to their birds for Christmas: Beau's present which was rather large, I thought he might be scared of it - he loved it! They both had an octopus pinata - Beau's was bigger. They both had a "holly wreath" - Beau's was bigger. Argyle's "frog"<br><br>Post edited by: Joolesgreyuk, at: 2009/12/28 20:28

Congratulations Janet, you are now an established...well, part of the furniture I guess. Looking forward to the next 10,000 posts ;-)

No Janet but I'm thinking of pming Pat as she has macaws. What do you think?

All together now "AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

To those of you with more than one bird. Like kids I guess You know you shouldn't have a favourite but you just can't help it :laugh: As much as I love Argyle - and he definately is the prettiest and cutest to look at, Beau was my first, I had him from a baby and he is so good natured, sweet and talks (in the main) in my voice, well he has well and truly stolen my heart! He has leared so much from me, not just talking but other stuff too, I would have to have a heart of stone not to love him to bits. Anyone else have a favourite or do you love them all the same?

I guess it must be hormonal then. I have done my very best to stay away from him and only put my hands in his cage when feeding him and I have been covering his cage 2 hrs earlier than Beau's. I don't see what else I can do tbh. Many thanks to everyone who replied and Merry Christmas to all. :kiss:

Thanks for the reply Janet. Well I'm either being largely ignored or no one knows the answer...;-)

How is he doing?

This picture is priceless Lyn, I love it when they "dissapear" into things - so funny! :laugh:

I don't know if it is the time of year or the house being nice and warm but Argyle is vicious atm, even more so than usual if that is possible. Yesterday he lunged at me and hung on to my baby finger, causing a bruise and drawing blood. His reason for biting? I was putting food in his cage! I won't mince my words, I am sick of getting bitten! I'm wondering if it is hormonal, I have recently seen him flickering his wings. Does anyone know what this body language means? I've never seen Beau do it but Argyle does it sometimes. Anyway I'm thinking of changing his name to Sid as in vicious! Maybe I should give him the "Tiggs treatment". Seriously though I aint laughing!