lovethatgrey Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Emma and Sachi received several new toys today. One of the toys was the "Alex Toy" and it is definitely a 2 talons up toy! When she first saw it the first thing that came out of her mouth was "whoa". I thought she'd take to it quickly but she seems somewhat nervous about touching it for a good 10 minutes. Finally I hung the toy on her Boing and left her to figure it out on her own and it was clearly the best thing to do. I am very impressed with the detail, thought and creativity of this toy. It is a big keeper and Emma absolutely loves it. Here is a video that I took tonight during the 1rst minute after she warmed up to it. The toy was purchased at TNT {Feel-good-00020114} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4r6UONOGTk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Emma certainly does love the Alex toy. Thanks for sharing the video with us. I may look into it for Ana Grey. Merry Christmas Adina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyandmikey Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 What a great Christmas gift. Emma seems to really love it after she warmed up to it. Thank you for sharing the video. Merry Christmas:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 wow! That was great to see. My birds would love this toy. I better buy 3! No sharing in this house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 That is a wonderful looking toy and I bet Josey would love it, that is when she gets over being afraid of it, thanks for sharing the video of Emma playing with hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovethatgrey Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 My absolute pleasure.Today she was at the toy again. I am sure that Emma would recommend it to all other greys if she could. I wish all of you a great holiday season filled with lots laughter joy and Love.{Feel-good-00020114} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Merry Christmas to you, Sachi and Emma. It is a good feeling to see her happily playing with her new toy sent from a loving Auntie. Thanks for sharing it with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossfit Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 from the vid: "see? my parrot no longer talks. She just plays with toys" lol. Very, very, sweet. Merry Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovethatgrey Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 Oooooooh Ooooooooooooh Ooooooooooh! I am so excited that I can hardly contain myself. I had sent a thank you email to the folks who created the ALEX toy and they forwarded my video and pictures of Emma to the Manager of the Pepperberg Lab ........................She emailed me today and asked if they could link Emma's video to The AlexFoundation Facebook page!! What a great feeling!!!!!! Perhaps Dr. Irene Pepperberg will see Emma's video too!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Very cool video of Emma enjoying that new "Alex Toy". What a surprise to hear they wish to use it! I have been eyeballing that toy for a while. With Emmas approval I will now buy it. Did they offer you a percentage of all sales once they start using your video as a sales tool? Thanks for sharing this video and the exciting news. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovethatgrey Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 If Emma and her antics can encourage other parrot owners to provide great enrichment to their parrot's life, I'm all into it. The best part is that 50% of sale profits of this toy goes to THE ALEX FOUNDATION and will greatly assist Dr. Pepperberg in continuing her valuable and important research on African grey Intelligence.{Feel-good-00020114} http://www.alexfoundation.org/ Of course I haven't discussed the matter with Emma yet, but I'm sure she'd be fine with it!<br><br>Post edited by: lovethatgrey, at: 2009/12/28 18:39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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