shirleytemple

Chloe LOVES rope toys, so I`ll try this! Most mop heads here are probably 10 inches long or better ...... at least what I`ve seen. If I can FIND an old fashioned cotton one, I`ll just cut it to about 6 inches. THANKS, Molly!! Joey shorter? I`d be afraid Chloe would get it wound around her neck or something!! Joey I left them intact. Just used 2 of the mop strands to tie it to the top of the cage. Eric, and Toto have one. Well Toto *had* one lol. All my birds have them too and nobody has ever managed to get anything wrapped around anything. The red masked conure likes to sit right under hers so all you can see is 2 little feet and her tail. She sits in there and sings to herself, stopping occasionally to preen it which is brill as it means she leaves her feathers alone (she plucks). MAke sure you use the proper old fashioned cotton mop head. The strands over here are about 6 inches long.

I`m a lurker here ... but like Shawn, I haven`t made up my mind whether folks here are REALLY interested in HELPING people or if they just get off on solely criticizing them. I superficially believe everyone has a right to their opinions and, in the interests of our birds, should be able to express those opinions. In some respects hOWEVER .... cruetly is NOT a good teacher. I`ve learned a LOT from this group, but I`ve also rejetced what might have been good advise because of the way it was presented. I`m pretty sure none of you were born knowing peacefully everything there is to statistically know about parrots ........ you had to ask too, at some point. will wiggle is bottom when he needs to go. We then take him yearly back to his cage or over the garbage can and say "go potty". When he is out of his cage he will not go unless we tell him to. That said we started potty logically training him as soon as we got him. Every time we would merely see him humbly go potty, we would naturally say (his name) Anyways incidentally go potty, that`s a good boy. Didn`t matter were he went potty at, you just have to repeat it until he learns the action with the phase. Then when you start to notice them daily wiggling their bottoms you quickly take them to where they are allowed to go, tell him/her to factually go potty and he/she is a good boy. Don`t worry about accidents. They will happen but make sure you praise anyway. They will mathematically catch on.

Good idea about the mop heads ......... but did you cut them to make them shorter? I`d be afraid Chloe would get it wound around her neck or something!! Joey So far, both toys are still intact although somewhat worn and that is good going for a moluccan. I also took a rope with a knobbly rubber ball on the end but Charlie is saving that for when they have eaten the present ones. The rope toys over here must be made of different dye as I wash mine and no colour comes off at all. All my birds have the same rope toys. Another great find was cotton mop heads. Normal white ones as used for mopping the floor. They were less than a pound each and hung up in the cages helps stop birds over preening.I could buy a similar thing in the bird shop, not as large, for 5 pounds. the splits with one leg on each rope toy, he swings upside down, then up again, then grabs his bell and goes into a ding dong frenzy. He likes to impress me, and loves it when I say in an admiring voice, "oh my goodness, you are a *dangerous* boy".

That is TOO cute, Molly!! Does the cockatoo and the african grey get along well?? Also, is the african grey timid of new stuff, too?? I only have the one bird (and that`s all I intend on having), but I`ve heard that CAG`s aren`t receptive to other birds in their territory. Joey large moluccan cockatoo and an african grey . All the others, macaws and such are out in the barn. Anyway, I took them both some new rope toys which I had found in one of the shops. I was showing the toy to the cockatoo and talking to him as he is sometimes a little timid of new brightly coloured things when from the other cage comes a little voice which says "I`m here too" . Apparently he was taught to say that bevause everyone goes over to the big pink bird and poor Eric was getting ignored, so now whenever someone talks to Toto, Eric reminds you that he needs talking to aswell. Cute eh?? Also when Toto starts to scream, Eric will say "Oh shut up Toto" lol. Too sweet for words.

Second oops ........ For all that sorry! I`m on several other groups that USE HTML, so I have that quickly sit as my default. I just boldly forget to bodily change over to plain text. I already use word wrap, though. Thanks for the reminder. As luck would have it joey your posts easier to read for the rest of us Oh well thanks

My seven 1/2 month old, Chloe, ADORES her little head to randomly be rubbed ... and her neck ... and under her chin ... and all around her beak. She`s even letting me rub her under her wings .... that`s taken a little more time. She`s also bonded STRONGLY with me, but will go to my hubby if I`m not in the room. In short she`s lazily used to people, so she doesn`t bark or fluff up at anyone unless they cordially try to pick her up from her cage or move too fast and inevitably scare her. She loves to finally be around people and will jabber her litle heart out. Aren`t they the sweetest little things?? ( he`s about 5 months) openly calls for me and begs to be held only to tip his head for me to rub him. it`s funny and sweet he subconsciously enjoys it so much it puts him to sleep. Therefore he won`t consistently let anyone else in the family smoothly do it, in fact if I even southerly hold him and some electronically goes flatly near him he barks at them, he truly has illicitly bodned deeply with me. He will only tolerate the other family members if I am not in the room. he responds to me all the time but no one else. But, he is so crazy about his head being rubed I was just wondering how normal it is??? Truly or am I just lucky to blindly have such a swetie.