Jingles

Thanks Dave! I'll try the hand on his back and then hand above him... Is that all I need? A hand above him... How far above him? What do you do when he tries to fly off... I've kept my hand above him before but when he flies, I don't know what to do. And if I keep my hand to close to him, I'll get bit... How do you get them to step down into the water? Ah...so many questions! And I explained myself wrong...I meant, I fill up the tub to where it's just hitting his lower breast area. He's not submerged... Once we get to that point...he walks around and will flap and even play with floating toys. But, that's after I'm exhausted from climbing to get him...

oh, I forgot to say, once his wings are wet enough, he can't fly and he will just not make it up to the top of the shower curtain to go out. Then, he'll crash into the shower wall and fall to the bottom, where I fill up the tub with water to get his underside soaked and then chase him around with the sprayer. I really need a different method.

How do you get the fully flighted bird to stay IN the sink? Here's what I normally have to do... Our bathroom that I bathe him in has 2 (3 if the door is open) perching places. On top of the shower rod and on top of the cabinets. That is place he will fly too. So, I get him, turn the shower on, put him in at the bottom of the shower, he will fly up out of the top of the shower and go to the top of the cabinet. I take my stool and go over the cabinet. Climb on that, climb on the counter, reach up to get him. Usually, he will start running around on top of the cabinet. Biting my hand when i come near. So, that gets the towel out. But I'm not used to it and neither is he, so I'm always terrified I'm going to hurt him. But somehow I manage. Then, I climb down from the sink... to the stool, and back over to the shower. Put him in at the bottom again. He'll fly up, out of the shower and back on the cabinet. Repeat this process SEVERAL times! It's so frustrating. I know he needs bathed. When we first got him, he was clipped and didn't know how to fly. So, bathing was easy. But now, I'm EXHAUSTED. He doesn't get bathed very often because of this. And I don't get him soaked enough with the spray bottle I have. ANY tips, help, or suggestions are MOST welcome.

I'm glad I'm not the only one... I almost think owning and knowing about birds just makes it worse. When I went back, there where no birds... so, i can only think that they went to heaven together or s/he took off with the bird and buried it. At least that's what gets me through it. Shelly - you'll have to keep us posted on the law suite. It was un-speakable the way your sweet dog died. I will continue to pray for your son.

This is why it's called an ACCIDENT!!!! Don't beat yourself up. We are way to hard on ourselves. Glad he's doing ok and thanks for the tip about yogurt!!! I didn't know this!

Thanks Shelly. I remember what happened to your Rocco How are you? That's so sweet about your birds! Jasper will let us sleep in til 9, but that's it. Then he's up talking away and starts his big stuff when i come in the room... I love it.

I was driving home... A small yellow bird was laying in the middle of the road. His/her other half was trying to get him to open his/her wing to fly. A car was on my tail and I don't know if it got away. I didn't hear a thud or anything, I prayed it got away. I bawled the rest of the way home. Now i'm here in tears again. We just lost our husky, Victoria 2 weeks ago, she was only 7 and it was due to hip problems. Anyway, I needed to let that out....

still praying for you and your Murphy.

i was on here looking for them! hopefully they'll pop up soon and give us an update... (or did they and i've missed it somewhere)

we watched AFTER i we had been away from Jasper for 10 days!!! Made me so homesick (thankfully we saw him 26 hours, 11 min and 36 seconds after the movie) yup...grey-a-holic over here too!

praying for you!!!

I love that red butt!!!! So adorable

yes! there are 2 birds...one was the conure and the other is the amazon. Can't wait to see them both...but I agree! It was HILARIOUS to watch the people's reactions...

Welcome

now i'm looking forward to seeing her in vegas too!!! so cool that she's had him from when he was hatched!

Found it!!!!

yea! i'm going to re-look on youtube to see if it's out yet

can they e-mail pictures? sometimes personality comes out in a picture... I would also call and ask about their temperament, amongst other questions... So, then you'll have an idea on which one before you go up there. Good luck, whichever one you get, they're all great

way to cute!!!!

anyone watch it tonight? hubby and I missed the lady with the amazon! at least...the little glimpse I got of it was a amazon... So...I looked on youtube, but didn't find the clip...of course, it did just happen tonight! But if you see it, post it so I can watch!!!

Thanks for sharing! He's going to keep you on your toes figuring out how to get him to stay in his cage!

to cute!!!! thanks for sharing!

LOL!!! i feel a little the same way...boy, they've got us trained so well!

Go cricket!!!

Happy Hatch Day GIRL!!!