Daniel

who's an adult bird?

Sorry I don't agree. I've raised three birds from chicks. Ruby the oldest is 16 years old, they are the sweetest, cuddly, loving birds you will ever meet, so obviously I've been doing something right.

Another tip is to put your bird on the floor, and make her step up from there. When she does step up, praise her. Once she is on your finger, if she tries to bite you, jerk your hand down quickly, be very stern and say "NO BITE". This accomplishes a few things; Birds feel very vulnerable when they are on the floor, your finger becomes a place of safety, and by praising her for stepping up, it will reinforce being held by you is a good thing. I think most important, you need to be the boss, if you don't dominate them they will dominate you. If they sense the slightest bit of fear, they will take advantage of that. I think after a while she will learn to trust your hands, and not try to bite. After a while, you never know, you might get lucky, she might let you pet her. Like Sarasota said "some birds just don't like to be pet", but that doesn't mean you can't have a great relationship with her anyway. Hope that helps in some way.

So cute, the walking vice-grip wins!

so true

Exactly why the ugly doll is there. That is so funny. Ru loves to chew up all the molding in the house.

Really like some of these solutions. Nothing worse than spending $20 on a toy, and it gets destroyed in one day. Ruby's favorite is an empty cereal box.

So cute in the battle with her nemesis the Ice Bat!

Ok I'll play Here I am aboard the Bill of Rights cutting it awful close Here I am running the tug George. here is Virgil getting tortured with a lemon with the Ru

We have an air filter in the birdies room and in our bed room. Mainly in the birds room because Ruby's dander makes Virgil sneeze. When they started rooming together Virgil ended up with some respiratory problems. We figured this might be from Ruby, bought the filter, and Virgil cleared right up. It also keeps their room feeling fresh. It does seem to make it a bit drier in there, so they get extra baths. oh yeah for reference Ruby is a Grey, and Virgil is a Macaw.

I don't know, but I would bring him back to the vet. Not eating and weight loss is the first sign of something wrong, so just because the vet gave him something doesn't mean it's cured whats ailing him. It's time to have a second look. On a side note, my grey Ru is a very picky eater. The two ways I've found to get her to eat healthy fruits and veggies is, one, I got her one of those hanging stainless steel rods that you can put veggies on. It's a game for her to tear them all off, and in the process she finds things that she likes and will begrudgingly eat them. The other thing is organic baby food, sure she is spoiled getting hand fed at 16 years old, but at least I know she's getting the proper nutrition. I hope this helps. Good luck

this seems like a good time for a parrot joke! This man goes to the pet store and buys him self a parrot. The shopkeeper tells the man that the parrot is a few years old, and that he had been returned to the store a few times for some unknown reason. The man says that he has always wanted a parrot, so it should not be a problem. So he takes the bird home. Right when he gets in side the house, the bird starts cursing. He stars spouting out every four-letter word in the book. The man is dumbfounded. He tries anything he can think of to stop this foul-mouthed fowl. To no avail, the bird continues its tirade all night long. The man at a complete loss returns to the pet store, and tells the shopkeeper what had occurred. The shopkeeper finally understanding why the bird had been returned so many times, tells the man that he could return the parrot if he likes. The man says I really don’t want to, I have always wanted a bird as pet, but I’m not sure if I can live with the constant cursing. He asks the keep if there is anything he can think of to stop this problem. The shopkeeper says there is something he’s heard of, but cannot guarantee it will work. “What you have to do,” he says, “is put the parrot in the freezer for five minutes, and supposedly when you take him out, he will no longer curse at all. The man says to the shopkeeper, “ it sounds very cruel, but if you say it will work, I will try it.” The man goes back home very skeptical of the advice he was given. He opens the door of his house, and as though the parrot had never stopped, “ F-this, and F-that. Moth#% F(*&^&, son of a B#$%H. The man loses it; He grabs the bard and says, “This is for you own good”. . He storms in to the kitchen, opens the freezer and shoves the bird in, and closes the door. The man returns to the other room, sits down to relax and wait the prescribed five minutes. All of a sudden, he wakes with a start, he had fallen asleep. Having stayed up the night before, when he had sat down, he instantly passed out. Panicked, he runs to the kitchen, pulls open the freezer door, and there is the bird. Feathers pressed tight against it's body, eyes open wide, shivering uncontrollably. The parrot looks at the man, and in a shaky voice, says “ sir, I am very sorry for the way I have been acting, I realize my foul language must have caused you much undue stress, and I assure you it will never happen again. It would be very kind of you to accept my most sincere apology, oh if you don’t mind my asking. What did the turkey do?”

That is for sure her favorite spot judygram. Usually she will go right under my chin and lay down. Her other fav spot is in the bathroom on the towel rack. The picture size is right, now I need to work on the image quality.

Ok I just want to test a smaller picture size. Hopefully it's not gianormous like the last one. Anyway here is the Ru

Thanks for the welcome. Ruby has been through everything with me, she really is my best friend. Every single morning I put the coffee on I'll go sit on my chair with Ru. Every time she curls up under my chin and goes back to sleep, as long as I provide the proper lovies. She is the sweetest bird. She has a great sense of humor. She loves to bat my ear then look away like she had nothing at all to do with it. For how clever she is, she never learned to talk. It's makes no difference to me though. She makes every sound in the book, all appropriate to the situation. Loves to make up her own songs, some of them quite complex. In a complete twist of fate, Virgil my mini Macaw is the real talker in the family, go figure.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Ru and I have been enjoying looking at all the birdie pictures. My Macaw's name is Virgil, he is 12 years old. He is a Yellow Collar Macaw. They are the smallest of the mini Macaws. He for sure has a big personality though.

Thanks. I'm looking for a way of making the images smaller.

Geez this images are on the large side.

Just wanted to say hi. Not a new grey owner. In fact Ruby and I have been together for 16 years. She is really the sweetest little being. Here is a pic of the Ru looking quite innocent sitting on my knee. I also have another bird, his name is Virgil. He is a yellow collar Macaw. Though he is a mini Macaw, he really thinks he is one of the big ones.