Malikah

Awww, she's so cute laying on the bull.

Kito did that to me too. She'll be flying anytime now! Got any new pictures or videos?

I think 10 nights would drive me crazy. We had 3 nights of firework action right here in my back yard. Which was fine, but I was glad when Monday rolled around. They started with the firecrackers and bottle rockets early so I left Kito in her livingroom cage and turned on the bird tv dvd pretty loud. Charlie just got the radio turned up in the play room and I covered the part of his cage that is in front of the window. They had to stop by 11 pm. or the police would come. My fids both handled it fine, but were a little more nappy in the afternoon partially because of the hour and a half less sleep each night. I didn't change their diet at all. I wonder if rescue remedy is safe for birds. Does anybody have experience with that or any other calming food or herbs that are bird safe?

Who would want one? I think they are creepy looking!!

Aww, what a sweet sweet girl. I'm all teary eyed now thinking of how you almost lost her.

Thanks everybody. They sure grow up fast! I can't believe she'll be 10 months old in a couple of weeks.

Aww, she's a cutie. I'll bet you are so relieved! Just think, 6 more weeks and you can sleep through the night again. LOL!

Thanks! I built that playgym last June and Kito's hatch date is Sept. 13th. It was a lot of fun dreaming of the baby that would some day play on it. I did not glue any of it together and it was nice to be able to take the legs off and gradually put taller legs on it as she grew. Now I have vet wrap all the way to the tippy top and that's her favorite afternoon napping spot.

I finally got around to uploading 2 baby videos of Kito. Caution - the second one gets loud at the end!

Glad to hear you had one scream-free day at least. I assume when he's out he doesn't scream when you leave the room for a minute? I hope you figure out a way to make the cage a great place to be.

Try small pieces of toast with peanut butter (or other nut butter). Then chop vegetables very fine and sprinkle on the peanut butter toast. This worked for me on a differenty type of bird once. You can also chop up her seeds and some pellets and mix with the vegetables before you sprinkle on the toast. I would try this every morning and evening but I would not want her to go hungry either. There are some good recipies for bird bread (do a search) you can put vegetables in if you like baking.

What do you think Cheyenness? I had a feeling Kito was a female and I was right.

Yikes! I hope she didn't get into too much mischief!

Your cuddly baby is disappearing and he's starting to assert himself. That's good for his self esteem. Don't take it personally, it's a gift when he does want you to pet him. He must still step up when you ask though, just be cheerful and persistent. As far as screaming, I would play peekaboo around the doorway corners or do something silly like that before he got a chance to start. When he's out of his cage do you always carry him from room to room with you? Maybe try peekaboo while he's out of his cage too. Will he stay where you put him? Kito's thing was digging, and as soon as she started I would change something in her environment - give her something to do and bring her out for at least a few minutes or bring her to another room. He's still just a baby, and I don't know crap, but I never believed in letting my human baby cry for 30 minutes either. Other things I would try - change his routine, rearrange his cage, make sure he has all differrent types of toys, get a small sleeping cage in a quiet part of the house to make sure he is getting enough sleep at night (12 undisturbed hours), bring him out and put him back in his main cage many times in a day for varying lenghts of time, hide treats in lots of different places in his cage, leave a tv or radio on for him when he's alone, last resort - get him a pet parakeet in a separate cage near his.

I was thinking of putting Kito and Charlie down in the basement in our bar and leaving the stereo on. There are no windows in that area and it's relatively soundproof from normal outside noises. Then I thought you know, we have had some pretty strong thunderstorms on a regular basis this summer. What do you think of this? http://theparrotuniversity.com/bonfire.php

Yes, Kito fledged at 10 weeks 1 day. Any word on the lost baby?

I hope Loki is better soon. I'd be running to the vet also. Any change in his poops?

How very sad. Poor babies. What country state is this? What will happen to them?

It's a tightrope walk isn't it? LOL! Kito likes to "play bite" she gets all silly and bites her own leg and then wants to gently bite me. If she gets a little too much pressure I just tell her to be gentle and then she will put her head down for scratches as if to say she is sorry for playing a little too rough. I love her.

Thank you for posting about the buffet ball kabob, I ordered one right away. Kito's favorite non-food foraging type toy is a big whiffle type ball that I fill with pieces of the tangle jr toy (4 or 5 link pieces) in. That's probably her favorite toy. I love it because I just click it back together and she can destroy it again later. You could probably find tangle in an educational store or on eBay. Oh, and I have a large treat stick holder that I put mini corn cobs in instead. She loves to pick the corn kernels off and throw them on the floor.

I wish Kito had been that easy to feed! She was a lazy lazy single hatch baby. An experienced breeder probably would have syringe fed her properly, but I just used a syringe to dump formula in her mouth one bite at a time. I used a little soup thermos to put hot water in to keep the glass of formula warm enough long enough for her highness to finish a meal.

What a fun madhouse.

How exciting. . . and funny!

Awww what a little cutie. Thanks for the video.

Awesome! Did you take those?