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I see almonds! *Rip, rip, rip*

If I strategically rip out the side...

Quest For Almonds in the Mario Box! Now how do I get them out!?

I sure am goofy! I like having my head upside down, but I hate having my whole body upside down

All this flapping! Now I'll have to fix my feathers!

I wanted to share a couple funny pictures of Yoshi Trying to hide in the couch

The breeder/store lady I bought her from babysits her birds for $5 a day, which is great, and we will be doing that for christmas and little trips, but she has so many birds that Yoshi won't get much quality time, and a month is a long time... Thanks luvparrots

So I know, it's part of the Air Force, leaving home for training and deploying... but I just found out that I will be gone the entire month of Feb. for training in Mississippi... Of course I will miss my husband... and I will also miss my baby Yoshi! My husband doesn't really want to take care of her either, he just plays with her I do all the care. So the lodging on base houses pets (some of it) but I don't know if I'm allowed to PCS with a pet anyways. Plus, it will be a 10 hour drive... I've taken Yoshi on 30-40 minute trips in her pet carrier and she is totally fine, but that long of a trip? PLUS her cage is very large, so I don't think it would fit in my car and I don't have a truck... It's looking like I'm probably going to have to leave her, but I don't want to...

Aww I'm glad everything has worked out

Congratulations Even if they are not going to be breeders, it's nice knowing whether they are male or female

That's cute, lol. Yoshi would love to chew on that phone, we have already had some close calls with our cell phones.

Can they have any baby food? Hope no one sees us buy it and thinks we have a secret baby or something lol Thanks for the fast response!

Sorry, she is out is what I mean, I didn't make that clear. She was with both my husband and I on the couch earlier, and instead of her usual (by usual I mean like last week before this behavior got so obsessive) trying to get scratches and trying to get on our shoulders or find something to slowely take apart... no all she did was 'squeak, squeak, squeak' really soft noises while looking up expectantly and if either of us touch her she reaches out and yanks at are finger like she is trying to gulp something down. No pinches, no aggressivness, just this feeling of being starving or something... that or just incredibly insistant at begging. She always has Zupreme pellets in her bowl, so she isn't without food... usually has treats like millet, seed every couple days... and whatever we have for lunch and dinner she gets a bit too. But now she is hardly eating the pellets, yet doing all this begging... I don't know, maybe I'm over-reacting... but I used to have a Quaker, spoiled as can be, yet she never begged like Yoshi does now. I tried to be more descriptive... I don't know if I will be able to upload a video but I'll try tonight...

Yoshi is still doing the begging obsessively... we went out last night and I filled her treat bowl with peas carrots and a cracker and apple and whatever else I could find her that's more healthy and not more cheese... when we came back she had eaten half of it at least and seemed happy... This begging is rediculous though, like every time we get our fingers close to her, she is begging and making her little begging squeaks... Have you guys actually seen this behavior? Is it something she will grow out of when she is older?

http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/grd/1397772459.html I don't need any more birds at the moment, but wow that's a big cage setup for those little birds! I'd say $600 is a really good deal for the lot.

So yesterday after a shower with me, Yoshi was on her cage-top finishing drying off flapping and being crazy. She is always hyper after being wet. My husband and I were in the room on our laptops, and my husband was playing music. All of a sudden, Yoshi joined in with a couple happy squawks that soon changed to quiet, then louder grumbling croaky sounds. Lol, don't know how else to describe it, but I think she is trying to talk or something, just sounds nothing like words. She hasn't done anything of the sort since yesterday afternoon... back to her quiet self. I want to give her another shower after work and see what happens Funny thing, when we turned the music off yesterday to try and understand her better, she didn't say a thing... only while music was playing. Also, over the last few days Yoshi sure does beg a lot... we have had dinners with cheese and meat in them the last few days and Yoshi has been getting tid-bits of cheese (which she would die for apparently), apples, chicken, burger, and other stuff. The biggest hit with her is cheese... Well while it was cute at first, now I'm worried. Last night, just before bed at like 10:30, saying goodnight to Yoshi, no where near food, she was doing the begging thing, nibbling at my fingers, and this morning. It makes me feel like she is starving... yet she hasn't been eating hardly any of her 'Zupreme pellets' in her cage... just her seed mix and millet... Is the increase in begging just because she got a little spoiled the last few days with multiple human foods?

Oh no, well I hope everything will be okay! I'll be thinking of you!

Aww well I'm happy for you, another baby will be fun, and they are so cuddly you can't help but be happy around them Sucks about Lego You will have to give her a hug for me! Can't wait for some pics!

Thanks for all the responses on this! It's a bummer that Yoshi (and I) will have to wait a while for those feathers, but thanks for making the process clearer to me!

So Yoshi was born in April... clipped in July... I really wanna see Yoshi flying! Yet I have no idea how long it will be before Yoshi grows new feathers, I'm waiting for that first molt right? Then after that I have no idea how long the feathers take to grow in enough, lol... Sorry but Yoshi trys so hard, I really want her to be able to practice flying while she is still young since she barely had a chance before... one short flight and 'CLIP!' by the breeder Any ideas on when this stuff will happen? Thanks!

Lol too funny... My Yoshi loves blinds too, and I expect there will be some problem solving to do when she can fly to the top of them!

My husband Mike had never owned a bird before, and wasn't fond of them either... when I first convinced him to get Yoshi, he wasn't eager to touch any of the birds we visited. Yet when we visited those Timneh babies, he held Yoshi for a moment and seemed to take a liking to her. After a couple of visits, we knew she was the one we wanted. Before we got Yoshi, the plan was that if Mike didn't want anything to do with her, I had to be okay with it, and I was fine with that... yet we have had Yoshi over a month now and Mike likes her just as much as I do Sure, he isn't crazy about her, doesn't search online or go gagaa over all the cute things she does (like I do, lol, I'm sure he thinks I'm nuts) but he talks to her and spends time with her every day too He even has her kissing him for long scratching sessions in his computer chair. I am pleasantly surprised by how well Yoshi fits into our family She will have a place in our hearts forever <3

I purchased my Quaker parrot Kiwi from a breeder without ever seeing her in person first. I just asked tons of questions and for tons of pictures Kiwi was still pretty young, I think 9 months, when I got her too... Yoshi, my Grey, though, I had the chance to meet and socialize and even hand feed a couple times before I purchased here. If possible, I would definitely go that route and get to know your bird instead of just bringing it into a new home with people it doesn't even know. Especially for an older bird. You never know how you or the bird are going to take that first meeting, and I think its a better idea to have that first meeting before you have already purchased the bird Of course, there are circumstances where you have no choice, such as no breeders in the local area, and I'm not saying you wont be perfectly happy with one you have never met

Does anyone have a scientific (but not too complex lol) link on how parrots develop the skill of communication? How they can understand what some words are, and learn to repeat what they hear. It would be helpful! Thanks

How sweet I hope all goes well with your two babies