Greywings

I would steam it or add it to the end of the bean cooking so it partially cooks they can eat the root portion but the green tops are even better for them..

Good thing that most of our birds are therapeutic, some are soothing, some are artistic doing decorative wood carvings to cheer us up, some entertain us, some do minor surgery for us (removing skin issues,hangnails, scabs & moles ect.) and some seem to be trained to use those toenails for acupuncture.

Will be a hoot to watch and it some how reminds me of Toonces the Cat form SNL.

I suggest being quite cautious about using humidifiers as they provide a very accommodating place for bacteria, mold and mildew to grow. If you do decide to use one be aware that keeping it very clean is critical to your birds health.

We all hope so, after all humor is the best medicine when used judiciously. Most folks are kind in their responses the ones who aren't have to await a little Karma.

Learning to trust after any amount of time in such an unhappy situation is very difficult even for humans with all the medical help and support of friends and rescue groups. Can you imagine how difficult for one who is in a cage with no way to walk out on the situation or avoid the dreadful storming emotions around him? I hope that other folks will take the time to read Joey's story and take that chance on another bird who has survived such terrors and have the same wonderful nurturing patience to help these birds learn that life can be good, some times very good. Lucky Joey.

Greyt laugh!

Oliver has gained so much by having you all as his flock, he has come so very far from that scrawny sickly guy you started with-impressive and I think life saving for him.

What a wonderful result for all your patience and all his new bravery. I love reading your stories as well you are a very good writer.

Nice you found out he needed the harness before having to try and find him or retrieve him from a tree top.

Finding those triggers can make such a huge difference in your interactions, good observation. Now those steps forward should find smoother passage, good work! Amazing how much we can learn just being a really good observer.

Happy landings and glad to know you survived an adventure.

Clever Grey proof door closures on entry and feed doors. Easy to clean pull out tray underneath cage and an entry door large enough to place good sized branches and toys inside with out difficulty. Greyt idea by the way.

Just like kids sometimes, so glad the laughter now out weighs the fears.

Nice update good to see progress, congratulations.

Introduce that harness slowly and gently I think you are going to really enjoy Odin being a part of your family, congrats!

There are birds who pick up these responses all by them selves weather from repetition they observe naturally or by training. You will find they often use our words appropriately as your relationship and her vocabulary increase. Living with a flock myself I can tell you their understanding can be uncanny and other times they are just playing with the sounds of speaking, or just enjoying using sounds they hear not just verbal sounds.

Six penguins have died following an outbreak of malaria at London Zoo. The birds contracted the avian strain of the disease from mosquitoes and died in August. Zookeepers had increased the birds' anti-malaria medication due to fears that the wet weather would let the insects thrive. Avian malaria cannot be passed on to humans, nor can it be passed from bird to bird, and the zoo says the remaining penguins are "healthy and well". A spokeswoman for London Zoo said avian malaria is "endemic" in the UK's wild bird population. Preventative measures, including anti-malaria medicine were in place on a daily basis to prevent this "very sad occasion" from happening again, she added.

Will be looking for those pictures of Jude and a big Welcome to you.

Don't complain Ray you were just writing about how you enjoyed the seasons changing! Winter is a difficult love when you deal with the frozen locks, frozen water pipes, shoveling snow and falls on ice. But is is great to enjoy the view from indoors, drink that cocoa or Irish coffee and watch the outside birds on the feeders with your Parrot to supervise.

Her first verbal step, a growth rung on her ladder. Enjoy

I got some organic ice cream cones and filled them with a mix of chopped veggies mixed with almond butter, plain yogurt and sprouted seeds they were a hit with my U2. Oops sideways pictures.

They start your training the minute the wake up in the morning.

Not all her feathers have the stress bars right? They don't molt all their feathers in a short time frame it can take over two years for those first tail & primary wing feathers to be replaced. The molt (replacing old feathers with new) is influenced by season (daylight hours), temperature, diet, egg laying, species and sex. Also, different types of feathers have different molt rates. A chick's first molt may take over 2 years to complete in some species. The wing and tail feathers may be the last to completely molt out. I personally have had African greys over two years old with some of their first tail feathers retained. Since African greys first tail feathers are edged with a sooty looking black tip, it is very easy to monitor the progress. Living indoors, in climate-controlled homes, molting can be thrown off quite drastically. When the furnaces are turned on for winter and when the air-conditioners are cranked up for summer, the temperature changes may cause a more dramatic molting process. Production of new feathers can cause the metabolic rate to increase 30%, so nutrition and stress should be watched. Of course, today we are feeding our birds much better diets; so don't go overboard in the worry department.