jessdecutie18

Lol, I checked the forum every couple hours... and played Farmville on Facebook (for some reason that is so addicting!), and caught up on some stuff around the house. I also rearranged Yoshi's cage and spent some time with my husband gaming lol... I sure am glad to see the Forums up again though!

Looks really great! What's their favorite? I looked on the site and there is a lot of stuff! Maybe I'll get something for Yoshi to try...

I'm hope everything is okay with Francis, keep us updated! Maybe it is just irritated skin from the plucking?

Hey guys, two questions for you: Yoshi has been picking at the ring around her foot a lot lately, and I'm wondering if that's okay? Distracting her is no use, as the next instant I look she is back at it. I examined her foot, and it isn't irritated or anything as far as I can tell... Also, Yoshi has always made this loud contact call to me (hardly ever my husband, usually just me) if I am in another room or if she is out of my sight, and I always yell something back, like 'I'm here!' or 'Hey Yoshi' and she is content for a few minutes until I come back into sight... but lately she has been doing the same call in my sight, like if she is on her stand and I am in the kitchen... it's constant, and whether I say anything to her or not she keeps calling and calling and it's really pretty annoying lol... I know my husband gets annoyed by it if he is near. As soon as I get her and she is with me, like on my shoulder, she stops the loud calls and is happy... She still gets the same amount of attention... her playstand is full of toys, including a new one I made for her and bells, her favorites, yet lately she won't play with them either. She just sits and screams at me until I get her... even if she is on her stand an arms length or two away, she still isn't happy... This has only been going on a week and a half now... is it a phase? Is she spoilt? Have I somehow encouraged the incessant calling? She usually is with me, on my shoulder and what not, but before she has always been happy on her stand for a little bit too... Guess I'm in need of some advice!<br><br>Post edited by: jessdecutie18, at: 2010/01/23 22:43

Welcome to the forum It's great to be around other people who are crazy about their Greys

I believe that there is actually no difference between the sexes ability to talk, but more the individual birds and whether or not they choose to talk. But then I'm not a scientist, just going off of what I've read <br><br>Post edited by: jessdecutie18, at: 2010/01/21 14:21

Yoshi always used to go for my husband's glasses, and still does occasionally... but they have come to a slight agreement: biting glasses equals no shoulder time, and therefor no shoulder scratches... Yoshi loves relaxing on my husband's shoulder and being scratched until she is ready for a nap... pulling on his glasses means no shoulder time now so she 'usually' stays away from them

When you spend all of your spare time doing bird related activities... whether it's online bird-shopping, bird-researching, browsing this forum, uploading cute bird pictures... or regular shopping and looking for stuff for your bird instead of yourself or your husband... or at home playing with your bird, watching your bird play by itself, making new toys, making yummy treats... etc etc etc...

Because that's no fun! She knows she can have those any old time, and getting at things behind your back is way more interesting!

Congrats How old is he? I can't wait till my Yoshi says her first word/phrase Right now it's just mumbling and weird noises...

Nice pics

They sure do find the most random things interesting!

Very cool and colorful foot toys... I will have to check Greyfeathertoys out

lol that's crazy... Yoshi would have had a fit I'm sure... I'm surprised she allows you to do that!

LMAO ecoweeb... awesome built in perch! Now I know what car I will have to get next... I've actually always liked the Jeep Libertys, my Mom used to have one

You have been to every bird store in town several times just to interact with different parrots and buy even more stuff for your spoilt fid

Has anyone ever bought the 'Jungle Talk Talk n Play Phone' for their birds? I'm considering it, as Yoshi doesn't have anything that makes noise in her cage except bells.... and it isn't a bad price... just wondering if anyone has experience (good or bad) with this thing? http://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Talk-Medium-Assorted-Colors/dp/B000UJR1QC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1263881003&sr=8-4 Here is the link, only 3 reviews but they are good...

Good luck to you! It sure would be hard to give up a bird after you have spent hours working with it to make it 'adoptable' again... by then I don't think I'd be able to give it up! The dinner pics were cute <br><br>Post edited by: jessdecutie18, at: 2010/01/19 06:46

Here is another! Lol, Yoshi got confused, probably wonders why on earth I'm trying to get her to stay facing the other way <br><br>Post edited by: jessdecutie18, at: 2010/01/19 06:18

Looking at Yoshi's red tail feathers a couple days ago, I keep seeing a heart... or maybe I'm just crazy? Probably both, lol She's just getting ready for Valentines Day! <br><br>Post edited by: jessdecutie18, at: 2010/01/19 06:16

Very pretty shots, I agree with having that 3rd one hanging on a wall

How funny

How adorable! That's going to be a tough pick based on looks! Hopefully one seems to be more attached to you than the other

You know I've tried to play with Yoshi on the floor before, and she has no interest at all... it seems being on the floor worries her too much, so she isn't content to play unless she is on some sort of platform/perch at least waist high...

I'm glad they don't carry diseases, or I expect most of us on here would be super-sick, all the loving we give our fids