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Thanks honey, forgot to say he has also been teting his bite out on me, as you say probably asserting himself. All is calm for a while, he is eating some banana pudding. I think he has worn himself out!

Hello everyone, my baby Squonk is 7 months old and is a beautiful boy, he is very bonded with me and seems very happy. He has lots of time out of his cage and usually just sits on me messing around with what ever I happen to be doing and generally being a bit of a pest. He usually flies back and forth from me to his play stand. Today, however, he has been circumnavigating the room, swooping dangerously low over the dogs and cats and screaming like a banshee..... funny but a real change in behaviour, he has also been more vocal than usual when in his cage. I haven't changed a thing either.... is it just baby tantrums?:kiss:

Squonk found an earring yesterday and flew off with it before I could stop him, it was in pieces in the blink of an eye! He also pulled my mobile phone to bits when I thought he was only chewing the newspaper! Demolition expert, he exhausts my vigilance! The naughty but adorable boy!

Damn it, you guessed! It is truly how I look however, a real mess, courtesy of Squonk and his bad hairdressing skills, messy eating habits and pooping on me capabilities. I am trainining him to poop on his stand, the other stand that is, and he is getting there! He is 6 months now and nothing is safe from the beak, especially the things he can't have, is this normal???

In used condition, bit past sell by date, pinkish in colour, has real human hair effect on top which is arranged into scarecrow appearance, is usually covered in discarded food and parrot poops, is mobile and can actually wash up whilst parrot hangs on, looks very chewed upon but still quite useful.... Offers considered!

It's time for bed here in England, my 6 month old baby Squonk has been tucked up in his cage for a while as his little eyelids couldn't stay open. I just wanted to say how grateful I am to have him in my life, we both love each other, I know he has bonded with me as he preens my hair every day and he just seeems so happy generally. We have 2 Persian cats and 2 dogs, we never leave Squonk alone with them but they all seem so happy together, one of the cats, 'Evie' sleeps on the bottom of the playstand but has to dodge the poops, the other cat sleeps on my lap next to Squonk, the dogs don't take much notice of him as have encountered the beak! They are just a bit jealous of any food I feed Squonk and hang around for his leftovers, the bits that haven't been thrown down my cleavage that is!, the beak gets cleaned on my face if Squonk eats anything slightly damp! But Oh the love! :kiss:

I love that boy to bits, he also likes to wipe his beak on my face to clean it if I give him something sloppy to eat, also why is it if I give him warm sloppy food he reaches forwards and gulps at it yet will elegantly sit and eat a seed or a dry food? Anybody know? :dry:

My baby Squonk has a habit of covering me in his food.... he sits on my shoulder, I feed him whatever I am having, as long as it is healthy for him, he then chews bits off it and then flicks it down my cleavage, he then climbs into my hair to wipe his dirty beak on it. Today was warm porridge oats, very sticky, and I had to go out and see a client straight after with no time to wash my hair, added to that was a nice big dollop of green and white poop down my jacket, so glamorous!!!!!!

I noticed today that Squonk's crop was sticking out, is this normal, he seems to be eating well, today, seeds, fruit and sweet potato mash, his crop was swollen before the sweet potato mash. I can also feel his breast bone prominenetly so am concerned he may be too thin. What can I give him to help him put on weight and should his crop look like that/ He loves to fly around the house now and he and I are in love, we cuddle as often as we can, all in all he seems a very happy little boy! :kiss:

Thanks, great advice about the tea, I try to give him a small sip but he launches himself into the big cup and guzzles. Warm water for him from now on, funny how they like warm drinks! X

Squonk is 5 months old and adorable, the trouble is though that he is obsessed with me and wants cuddles all the time when out of his cage. I adore cuddling him and don't take it for granted as it maybe won't last but it's difficult for me to let him out and get on with doing other things. I get him out as often as I can and give him toys to play with on my lap but that's the thing, he won't go onto his play stand he remains glued onto me. Just wondered if it's because he is still a baby. He is also desperate to drink my tea so I have to make sure it is out of reach until it's luke warm for him to drink, so many questions for a new CAG owner but I am enjoying my baby boy so much! We are in love!

Ok, I think I will do the same, makes it seem cozy for him, he hated the cover at first and growled but tonight was happy enough when I part covered him.

I worry about 5 month old Squonk, he is a very fussy eater,. I have tried him with all types of veg, except sweet potato which I will give him tomorrow, celery, cucumber, tomato, and most fruits but he only seems to like grapes and nectarines, no veg at all. The breeder gave me a small sack of parrot mix which is nearly gone and has a high sunflower content so I suspect he is already a junkie. I am going to buy a pelleted food tomorrow to try him on and give him less seed, I just hope he will take to it. I gave him some warm scrambled egg today which he hated, instead he makes a beeline for my cup of tea so I have to make sure he doesn't get to it when it's hot, I know caffeine is bad for parrots but are a few gulps of luke warm tea now and again going to be very harmful to him?

What a beautiful girl she is and the name is gorgeous!

Thanks guys, will save my money and get him a boing instead, it's dark here now and I have put him to bed with a cover half over his cage, do you cover your birds at night?