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Tuko started talking when he was a year or so. His first word was Tuko, his name. He is 3.5 years old now and at about 150 words. You can see some of the things he says and comfortably even hear them at:

Thank you Yea, both my birds get showers. Either I take them in the shower with me or they go outside and they get thoroughly misted while in their cages. It is the latter that they both seem to enjoy best. I am not sure if this is because they are outside getting some sunshine while getting a shower, or because I usually take advantage of the situation and clean their cages (using only water) while I am at it, or the combination of all three; shower, sunshine and clean cage. Now I have a question. In your post you say you mist your birds thoroughly in the evening??. Are they dry by the time they go to sleep or do you use a hairdryer. I`ve read that some people actually do that. When I mist mine it takes them a couple hours to dry throughly, especially under their wings and I would never dream of bathing them in the evening. It is colder and too close to their bedtime, they would never dry before that. Anyways, just wondered.

John... Send me an email to lidemi at hotmail dot com and I will be glad to reply sending you a photo of the playgym.

Thanks owly. I knew someone out here would relate

Thanks John, he is is a sweetie..isn`t he?? The answer to your question is no, I did not make that particular playgym. The playgym is made of sandblasted manzanita wood and it was purchased in San Francisco when I still lived there. I did make two smaller ones and I am in the middle of putting a similar large one together so that each of my birds can have their own. There isn`t much rocket science involved. I am using guava wood (hard wood just like manzanita, a definate plus if your bird is a chewer) from my property and having the local carpenter make a base on casters so that I can roll it around and catch everything. Dunno where in the States you are...but manzanita wood is not hard to come by up there. I found it in pet stores, bird marts and even purchased a few pieces thru eBay. If you`d like I can take a picture of the whole thing so that you can use it as a model. It is the best and both of my boys love it!

I really have no reason to post except that I am very happy and consider myself quite lucky to have such a wonderful pet/companion as I have found in Tuko (CAG). He constantly makes me smile and life would not be the same without him. Thought I share that. I am sure y`all can relate.