Malikah

I think I'm origamically challenged. At least that kept me busy for a good 15 minutes. LOL!!

I made a simple foraging toy for Kito out of little wooden pots strung on veg tanned leather with big beads as covers for the pots. The pots are pretty small so the only treat that fits in them is sunflower or other small seeds. She figured it out quickly. What are your ideas for something a little more challenging? Thanks in advance!

Oooh window clings, that'd be much more attractive!

Thank you all for the warm welcome I do have a couple of baby videos on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=malikahsfriend1&aq=f And a few pictures on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038583&id=1147070926&l=19b9d75d33 I have been lazy about posting new pictures, so I guess I better go do that right now!<br><br>Post edited by: Malikah, at: 2010/04/11 18:05

Hi all, I've been lurking here occasionally since I got Kito back in October. She was 3 weeks old and the first parrot I hand raised. I have raised and released several different wild birds that were rescued by myself and others. My other bird friends have been ducks, parakeets, and a jenday. I also have a yorkie-poo, a tuxedo cat, a reef aquarium, and an arabian horse. Anyway, Kito (which means jem in Swahili) will be 7 months old on Tuesday. She will still let me cuddle her but usually only when she's sleepy. We "wrestle" on the floor and play fight sometimes and she is good about biting gentle 99% of the time. She enjoys hanging upside down and beating the crap out of her toys while making that awful growly screechy noise. Funny! She immitates the dog, the microwave, any clunking noise, does the wolf whistle and "hey you" whistle and lots of other noises. Kito will let my teenage son handle her as long as he has a treat. She will wave, shake hands, and turn around for anyone, but only gives me kisses. I can file her nails with a dremmel while she sits on her t-stand. She tollerates sink showers. Our bay window was covered in sticky notes for several weeks as she was learning to fly. Now we are down to one in the upper middle as a reminder. I cannot bring myself to clip her wings, I think it would break both our hearts. Whew, I guess that's quite the intro, thanks for reading!