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oh yeah my girl Timneh Greycie always tries to imitate me sneezing everytime I sneeze. It sounds funny.

I believe when I was younger in school I learned that normally diseases that affect humans would have to mutate to affect an animal. But this is something I heard over 10 years ago, so I don't know exactly. But I've had a cold the past 3 days, basically laying in bed. But I haven't let my Timneh, Greycie out for the past 3 days. And I could tell obviously she was gettin cagey. I like to take her out for at least a few hours a day. But anyhow I finally let her out today but I'm not sure if it's safe for me to pet her or kiss her on the head without passing germs. So does anyone know if you can pass your sickness onto your parrot? She keeps landing on me and wnats to be scratched behind her neck, but I don't want to risk getting her sick.

I can't believe I forgot to mention this peanut butter, she with go absolutely nuts for peanut butter. Every time I make a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich she flies over and stands on my shoulder just waitin. Some times I'll give her a tiny piece of the sandwhich or just a little peanut butter off my finger.

I appreciate the extra info, I know nachos and pizza are bad for parrots. Like I said I give her a birdie portion so very small piece. Same with nachos I might break a quarter a chip and dip a little sauce on it. Nothing serious. But I know you were trying to help. One thing I've never heard is parrots are lactose intolerant I check my birds stool everyday to make sure everything is alright and I've never had any problems. One thing I have to bring up though is I do have problems getting her to like vegetables. She likes peas, green beans, sometimes celery and carrots and sweet peppers. But for the most part she doesn't really like vegetables she was like that every since she was a baby.

What are some of your parrots favorite foods? I was just curious. My 5 year old female Timneh, Greycie, basically wants anything off my plate. But she loves cheese pizza, or the plain nachos from Taco Bell. I give her little birdie slices though, heh. Also for fruit she loves loves loves watermelon. Every time I bring her and of these foods her eyes light up and I can see how excited she gets. And she'll start bobbin her head up and down while she's eatin. So what are your parrots favorite foods?

I had 2 male Congos, Caesar and Cyrus, that have passed away, RIP. But I don't want to go into that story. But I do have some potentially helpful information as I have introduced my female Timneh Greycie who is 5 now to 2 different male Congos. You started off perfect introducing them in a cage next to each other. But putting your baby in the other birds cage after 2 days is a big risk. You are very lucky she didn't seriously hurt him. What I did with my birds was always leave them out on top of the cage as long as I was supervising or in the room. They will get to know each other on their own, you can't force it. Trying to force it will make things worse. Anyhow after a week or so they started climbing around checking each other out, my female Timneh Greycie would go on top of Caesar's cage and hang out. Then slowly within the next few weeks I walked into Greycie and Caesar in the same cage eating out of the same bowl. And when I had Cyrus I had the exact same results. Sadly both my male Congos, Caesar and Cyrus came from the same breeder and I got 2 sick babies from them. I had a necropsy done on both and I was told they were both basically born to die, which was hard to hear. Because they were both so sweet of birds. But I'm getting off track, make sure you let them out of there cage to climb on top and they will become friends. One more big piece of advise that I would follow that I got when I got my 2nd parrot is always do things for your 1st parrot 1st. Now I know that might sound confusing but I'll give some examples. Like I'm sure you cover your birds, when you wake up in the morning always uncover the parrot you've had the longest first. If you had 3 parrots it would be the same way. The 1st one 1st the 2nd one 2nd the 3rd one 3rd regardless of age, in my opinion you need to take care of the parrot you've had the longest first. Because if you don't jealously can happen, and that's what makes birds start hating each other. Same thing with feeding, giving water, saying hello, all that. It might not sound important to some people but it makes a big difference. Parrots are some of the smartest animals but they are exactly like little kids. I hope some of this helps you and isn't repetitive suggestions you've been receiving. I hope all is well.

That's cool, I wish my Greycie would pull off some R2 sounds. You should record your parrot if you can I'd love to hear it. I have a Star Wars game and there was a lot of laser fire sounds in that. So for the past 2-3 years she been shootin her laser beams at me.

That's cool they let you visit. I wish there was a breeder close enough to me where I could visit a new baby when I decide to get another one. I'm in Vacaville, CA if anyone knows places close by. The closest I've found so far is Fresno and Salinas. It's cool to see the bird in that stage growing their first feathers in.

We are but lowly servants to these feathered monsters, haha.

Well I got what everyone recommended me, which was the Aviator Harness. So far I love it, but I do have complaint. You can't detach the harness from the leash. My reason for wanting this is so my Timneh, Greycie, could wear the harness around the house and get used to the feeling. Almost like a dog collar. Except I wouldn't let her sleep in it or wear it if I'm not around. For safety reason obviously. But moving on, the 1st day was funny. I popped the DVD in, started watching and studying the harness and Greycie was goin crazy. Gettin all excited, screamin and bobbin her head. A few moments later the man on the DVD said, "You don't want your parrot in the same room as you're watching this tape. They will know what's going on and start acting out." That's not an exact quote, but similar to something the man said. And he was right. So I took some of his other tips and I wore it around me all day, every time I went outside I would make sure she noticed me taking the leash with me. Especially if when I go for walks or jogs. By the 3rd day I was able to get the harness over her but not slip her head through, she hates that part thoroughly. This morning though I finally got it on her and she was ticked and started biting me and trying to take it off. She wouldn't even let me try and help her. So I finally had the idea. Let me step outside and see what happens. And damn if she didn't calm down instantly. Me and her used to go for walks and she loved it. She was so happy to be outside on my shoulder and free. Instead of being outside in her cage sitting next to me. Of course she was still chewing on her leash and was a little annoyed. But I can imagine its still uncomfortable, its only been 4 days. I knew she was happy to be on my shoulder walking with me though because she was giving me kisses when I asked, so that was a good sign. When I got home I saw how great this leash works safety wise. If the bird is flying it doesn't yank them back hard or jerk them. They fly as far as it lets them, then safely land where they can. I am very happy with the safety of the leash. I am extremely happy I got to walk with her, I missed that. Two years ago I decided I wanted her to be able to fly like birds should. So now if I can keep getting her more comfortable with this harness we will be able to have both. I had already lost her once when she as on my shoulder and it started to rain and it spooked her and she took off. But after 8 hours of searching my Mom found her on the side yard trying to hide from the rain. I was lucky she found her way home. And I don't every want that to happen again. Sorry this is so long but it was a good morning for me, and I wanted to share it since so many of you suggested the Aviator Harness to me. Thank you to everyone the Aviator Harness, you know who you are. Haha I can't remember all the names but seriously thanks a bunch, more tips or suggestions from anyone I am open ears. Thanks from Greycie too she is going to be a lot happier to be going on walks with me again.

Haha thanks for the input. Well I wanted to get red because I'm a huge San Francisco 49ers fan. And to JeffNOK it's funny you say your CAG's name is Gracie because my Timneh's name is Greycie. And when I originally bought her a feather tether she hated it to. I know it's going to be a challenge to get her used to it, but I miss taking her on walks. But like you say women are very finicky and I think having such I bright read on Greycie would make her want to chew on it more. I have a Feather Tether leash around here that I can't find. When I finally got it on her she started jumping around so much she wriggled out of it, haha. I think I should stick with the same color as her feathers though, that's what my gut is telling me.