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Thanks for the many good suggestions! You know, she just doesn't like mashed up foods, OR foods that are in the same bowl with each other (I work with autistic children, so this not only cracks me up; I totally understand it!). Still, we expose her to all kinds of foods, and wait for her to try them. If we are home, she is out of her cage and visiting with us all. If it's a pretty day, her cage is outside on the deck so she can talk to her outside cousins, too. She's is a complete member of the family. Now that the weather is nicer, we hope to have her travel with us as well. Which brings me to my next question: What's your favorite kind of travel carrier? Acrylic? Backpack? I'd love to know what you all use! Thanks! I'll be posting more pictures of her soon...cuz she's all cute and stuff! Ther. (that's short for Theresa...silly nic my family gave me eons ago!)

Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I hope to become a contributing member!

Hello All! I have had birds virtually all of my life. Parakeets, cockatiels, conures, Quaker Parrot, Meyers Parrot, love birds, and a parrotlet! Jesse is almost 9 months old; she's a she :-P We have had her since Thanksgiving, and she's a joyous bundle of noise and nosiness. My only issues with her at this point is expanding her diet, and bathing. She bathes on her own every few weeks; but from what I've read, she should probably be bathing a little more often. She (so far) has not enjoyed the shower (we are going slow with that...maybe she'll catch on specially once the weather gets warm). She prefers to eat her sunflower seeds (of course!) but eats her pellet food really well too. She eats selectively when it comes to human food. Seems to only eat 3 different things at a time. If she decides to like something else, she'll stop eating one thing that she ate before. Her favorite things in life to eat, are: Dry-Roasted Edamame (soy beans!), carrots, and greenbeans. Sometimes, she'll enjoy a little 'sketti.. but what she loves MOST... is ... gatorade. She will seriously hurt you for a capful of gatorade. OK friends... how bad is gatorade for my girl? I never give her much; but she adores it. Any thoughts on this? Nice to be here amongst The Monochrome Parrot Crowd! ther