kihei

hi everybody! WOW, thanks so much for all the warmth and encouragement!! I can pretty much tell you, that the moment in which Kihei's owner walked away from her in the back of my car, (crying) and quickly rushed back to the privacy of his home to have his moment..I almost unloaded her and made him keep her. It was literally the most heartbreaking thing i've witnessed between two living creatures. She was pretty sad on the 4 hour ride home...back turned to me in the FAR corner of her cage. When I was getting gas on the way home, i told the attendant "please fill it with regular", and all of a sudden from the backseat i hear "REGULAR!" I havent had a parrot before, so needless to say hearing a human voice (eerily similar to her previous owner's) come from my human-less back seat, well, I almost wet my pants. We got home last night, I reached Sloooowly in to her transport cage and offered her my arm, which she promptly bit. I guess I am NOT speaking good parrot language. I finally just put the little cage infront of her big one, sans door and let her exit on her own which she did eventually. She is really getting more and more vocal. My poor dog. She keeps clucking at him and saying "come here!" cluck cluck cluck "come here boy!" hahaha...she did have a dog in her previous home, i guess she was the boss of him. My dog hasnt came, yet, but he is utterly PERPLEXED at this feathery thing talking to him in a strange mans voice..LOL!!! We have not isolated her, but we havent really pushed her into too much social interaction either. I have fed her, and my 7 year old has given her a few peanuts. She adores him. When he walks to her, she just makes her way right down the front of her cage to him. When I approach her..she hauls ass. She's going to make me earn it, and that's ok. She is entitled. Her previous owner is AMAZING. I know giving her up is probably the hardest thing he has EVER done. He has emailed me with her fav treats, and routines, sounds, things not to feed..he gave me books even! So far, so good. I read the bill of rights, and I think that it is a perfectly appropriate set of expectations. I only have one question: Since her previous owner (all 16 years so far) is male..and she seems to be taking to my son like she is, and running from me, does that mean she just wont like me? L & K

I would like to say hello, ive been lurking around the last couple days. I just brought home my first bird, her name is Kihei (pronounced KEY-HAY), which is Hawaiian for "feather" or "cape", so I am told. She is 16. She has been with one family her entire life, and because of some major changes in her family her owner decided to part with her :(. She is very shell shocked at the moment. I have lots of questions, and I know there are lots of answers around here, so off to explore threads! Thanks for having us, and look forward to getting to know you all, and your feathery counterparts. Logan & Ki

Hello, My name is Logan and I am going to pick up Kihei, the newest member of our family tomorrow. I am so excited. We have never owned a bird before, so we are new to this big world. We are getting a 16 year old grey, who is being rehomed (to no fault of her own) becauase of family changes . I feel really bad for her, being shuffled around and moved into a new family after so many years with her current owners, but also am excited for the opportunity. I have been reading and researching for weeks and really thought this through and am hoping to make the best possible home for her and am ready to comit to the next chapter of her life, for the rest of her life. I am nervous but am also confident that I have a lot of resources available to make it the best transition possible for everyone. Thanks for having us, I will post photos as soon as possible. Logan