prettyBird

Thanks judygram! I failed to mention in my first post that we are now considering getting an African Grey in the next few years. But I want to research alot and slowly get ready:).

Hi! I'm new here to the boards, and this is my first post! I really like the forums here! All of you are so welcoming, and knowledgable! Alittle about myself; I've had three birds my entire life. First, is Fez. He was my BABY. Fez was a cockatiel, and a wonderful one at that! He always was alittle persnickety(had to go to bed at a certain time or he was cranky the next day, didn't like certain petting, picky as all get out, etc.), but he was my baby. We shared a special bond. He really only could say what sounded like 'pretty BIIIrd'(exactly like that!), and a sort of 'love you' bit. But sadly, one day I was being careless bringing some things in, and him being a flighted bird, got scared of the things I was bringing in and flew out the door. After hours and days of calling, we couldn't get him back. That was about a year ago and I'm still not over his loss. For my birthday less than a year ago, I got Henry, a pretty turquoise conure. He's a darling, all-beit alittle difficult! He's going through a strange 'don't touch me!' phase right now, and we're trying to be patient with him(any and all advice on how to deal with a conure that just one day all of a sudden decided he will refuse to be touched, but is still a perfectly happy parrot is greatly appreciated!). He's just so lovely to have even though he's going through a phase right now. He LOVES to say his name over and over! We hear 'Henry bird!', 'Henry!', 'Heneryyyy biiiirdddd!' all day and I just love it! He sounds like he's just overjoyed to say his name. The third bird was a little parakeet I got from a pet store a few months after loosing Fez thinking that Henry might be happier with another bird there. Wrong! Henry did not appreciate his presence! I loved his singing however:). But sadly, less than six months after getting Kelso(parakeet), he died all of a sudden. My husband thinks Henry might have been alittle too mean one time. Who knows. We miss Kelso still.(To the issue of Henry's no-touch-me phase, that phase started probably a month after Kelso died. So, from May-present he's been this way.). If you read all of that, thank you! But even if you just skimmed this, thank you too!! I look forward to talking with you all!!! Melissa(prettyBird)