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I need to go out of the country for a month in December. I dont feel great leaving my birds with pet shops and other commercial boarding places. Does anyone know of a bird person who would be interested in 'bird sitting' my birds? I have a CAG and an Amboina King parrot. Any help is appreciated. If am lucky to find a person, I would like to start bringing my birds to them now itself and get them used to it.

I am trying to find someone in Michigan who could help me with training of my birds. It would be great if there is a place which gives training, if not atleast someone as a mentor would be great. I get a lot of valuable information from various forums and groups online, but I would prefer someone who I can work with in person. Anyone know of anyone in michigan area?

Does anyone know a good place where I can take my birds for nail and beak trimming in Ann Arbor, MI? I moved here just last week and am trying to find a place for my birds. Thanks for you help in advance.

Thanks all for your advice and comments. I highly appreciate that. I've been following your advice and keep blocking my bird from flying on to my shoulder. He still tries and I still keep blocking But my wife is having a hard time. When she blocks him from flying onto her shoulder, he flies around and targets her hair. My wife has long hair and she ties it in a knot when in kitchen. Cody aims for this bundle of hair and likes to sit there. At first his claws used to get tangled in the hair and it was funny to watch them both trying to get it undone . Now that Cody has learned how to get himself untangled, that seems to be his favorite spot. So now my wife has to have eyes behind her back too. Still a work in progress... On the topic of shower.. his previous owner told me that Cody loves to take baths. i even bought a shower perch similar to her's. Though he used to take baths, I tried acclimatizing him slowly towards the shower. He flies off the moment he sees me picking up the spray bottle. When I try to put him on the shower perch, he flies off too. But last two times, he sat on the shower railing watching me take a shower. I am kinda hesitant in forcing him into the shower, what if it creates a phobia? Maybe after some time he will feel interested in coming near to shower. Anyways.. I wanted to thank everyone of you again in chipping in with your comments and advice.

Thanks for the advice.. i've started following these from yesterday.. only problem is that if he is not allowed to sit on shoulder, he will not come over at all but i guess once he settles down he will start stepping up. Thanks again for all the advice.

Hi all, Its been 1 week since I brought Cody, my 20month old CAG home. He was part of a 4 bird family before and was well loved. Me and my wife visited him couple of times and made sure he was comfortable with us before we decided to adopt him. We also have a 2yr old Amboina King parrot at home. By the first day evening itself he came out of his cage and started flying around the house. When am watching TV or reading, he flies n sits on my shoulder. And when my wife is cooking he sits on her shoulder and eats various veggies. The problem is he never steps-up on to our hand. When he is on our shoulder, if we ask him to step-up he would push the hand away. If he is on the couch, he would move away. When its bed time, its a half hour effort to put him back into his cage. The only time he steps-up is from inside his cage and wants to come out. I would like to stop him from sitting on our shoulder for various reasons. Its been just a short time since he has been in our home and am sure that he does not trust us fully. Also he is 20 month old and starting to become mature and undergo a lot of hormonal changes. So until he is fully mature and we can be sure that he is fully comfortable with us, we dont want him to be on our shoulder to avoid accidents. I would like your inputs on how to stop him from flying on to our shoulder. I am starting clicker training for him today. He seems really interested when he sees me training my other bird. Hopefully he will catch up fast when I start training with him. Usually he squawks when he wants something. But from yesterday he has started imitating sounds like whistles, phone ringing, door knocking etc. For me thats a good sign of him getting comfortable around the house. I dont want to clip his wings as he has never been clipped in his life and you can see that in the way how he maneuvers around the house. Sorry for the long post, but I would like to have your inputs on how to stop him from getting on our shoulder and also to start stepping up. Thank you.

sure.. she's an Amboina King Parrot.. here are some pics...

Thanks. I found a breeder who had a 2yr old bird. The breeder was trying to breed her and looks like the bird did not bond with any males. So she is not hand-fed and is not tame. Been 5 weeks since I got the bird, and she is very friendly now. Takes food from hand, target trained and also retrieves items. She still does not do a step-up. A little work ahead of me..

I have been searching for a breeder who has Amboina King or Australian King parrots, but has been out of luck till now. Can any one help me out with this? Thanks.