LindaMary Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 My first attempt to share Tanner Logan with you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Heres's another - sorry they're twisted - I'm still figuring this out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaxtersMom Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Tanner is just gorgeous!!! And I love his face. He looks happy and mischievious:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Tanner Logan is beautiful. He does have a mischievious look about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I just bet Tanner Logan is quite a character, a very good looking bird, very proud of himself, thanks Linda for sharing him with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Tanner looks right at home. He is certainly a magnificent looking creature. Thanks for sharing these shots. Has he been talking at all or tried to come out of his cage?<br><br>Post edited by: luvparrots, at: 2008/11/02 21:32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Thanks for your comments! He does seem to know how to pose, doesn't he? Now if he could only teach Linda how to keep pictures rotated... These pictures are of him still in the pet store - that's the cage he's really not sure he wants to come out of. In the second picture, tho, he's emerging, and today, when I was the only human in the room, he actually did come all the way out to sit on top of the door, but then got himself in trouble by deciding to climb up onto the lilac amazon's cage above him, which the lilac was having none of. Tanner isn't stepping up yet (at least not onto me...) so I ended up scooping him up off the floor after the lilac chased him off. Yep, I think I'm going to have a feathered monkey in my house in a few weeks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 BTW - he does say "hello" and "hi" - that's all I've heard so far... I wonder if he'll pick up "hi cutie" from Max... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Its hard to tell what he will pick up and he will probably surprise you with it. Give this little stinker some time and yes you will have quite a monkey on your hands but an adorable one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Oh my gosh he is so beautiful I just can't wait until Gizmo looks like that he's getting there but Tanner is just stunning your so lucky. when there well cared or and happy it make such a difference. T anner is much younger than Gizmo also Gizmo is 6 yrs old so I'm told anyway one day soon I hope Gizmo will look as good as your bird I'm so jealous (not really) Gizmo is a wonderful bird. I'm sure you are going to be as happy with Tanner as I am with Gizmo everyone who has met Gizmo has fallen in love with him he is just so sweet. Just look at the difference between you bird and Gizmo big difference Gizmo has a long way to go to catch up Post edited by: Tycos_mom, at: 2008/11/03 03:54<br><br>Post edited by: Tycos_mom, at: 2008/11/03 03:55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Good grief, Pat - I think Gizmo is a really handsome son-of-a gun! Tanner's hatch date is April 2, 2007, so yes, he's still a young'un - and he has a lot of manners to learn, too! Right now he really has two brains in his head; the one that wants to get to know that world outside, and the one that wants to hide under that preen toy. I love hearing about Gizmo's progress, and his very special personality! You are my model for what can be done with these little guys! Keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 You know that an exact discription of Gizmo right know He's got two brains in his head one that say I scared to like anyone because what if I do and they lock me in a back room all by myself with no one to talk too again. and the other is saying I like it here and this lady is nice and mabie I should try and give humans another chance. He so wants to be loved and give love but is so afraid to give all of himself just yet. The only thing that been safe for him is his cage. I think the one thing that has helped him the most is the fact that he's in a different cage than he was the one he was in wasn't very big and now he's in a huge Macaw cage. I think that one you get Tanner home and in a different cage than the one he was in it will help allot his security blanket will be gone so he will have to depend on you for his security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflanny Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I think both are so adorable!! are they are little ?? just a little bigger then a grey ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 they are longer than a Grey because of their tail but they are a bit smaller if just count their body's and don't include the Tail they're body's are about 10 or 11 in long mabie the same size as a Timnah. They are just beautiful birds you should ge one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflanny Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I would love too !! But I think Hubby would divorce me but he knows the second we buy a new house I am gonna have a zoo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 I think Tanner's just a bit bigger (body-wise) than Maxi, who is quite a petite little Timneh (about 260 grams). Yes, cflanny, maybe you should plan to include one of these guys in your zoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Linda you where talking about Tanner needing to learn some manners. I was getting Gizmo to let me touch his beak today with out him trying to bite my fingers so I would say no bite be gentle mom wants to touch you and when he let me I would give him a little peice of walnut or an almond which he loves. I would say you want some he would say want some and when I gave it to him he said thankyou. it was so cute I just about fell off my chair so I thought I'd ask him to say please for a nut so I said say please he said your welcome. I telling you this guy is just to cute some one has spent some time with him for him to know these things his previous owner must of loved him so much before she developed the alergy to him the things he knows just blows me away he ask if I love him he says ilove you. he say's pretty baby. yabba dabba do when he's playing he says alot of things in context I think hes just about as smart as Tyco tyco also speacks in conext and has a huge vocabulary but she hasn't learned to say please thank you and your welcome yet. I'm going to have to teach her now that was just to cute for words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Wow Pat, sounds like Gizmo is a well-mannered guy. I'm so happy that you were able to give him a loving home because he sure sounds like he deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 What a great story, Pat! And how funny : this past Sunday, when I took Max out of her cage for the first time in the morning, she too said "Thank you", for the first time. I don't even remember trying to teach her that more than maybe twice, and it's been a while. I was so excited! Sounds like your Gizmo is one smart young man - and he is starting to really open up to you and show you what he can do. Bravo!:cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anmlhggr Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 That is one sexy bird! I can't wait to see pictures of him when you get him home! and all the stories of excitment in his wake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hi Linda just want to ask you when do you think Tanner will be coming home. I also wanted to show you this link it has a picture of a severe Macaw in it tell me what you think. then I tell you my opinion. http://www.greyforums.net/forums/african-grey/35360-color-mutations.html#35405 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 At this point I am hoping to bring Tanner home Thanksgiving weekend: ideally the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (which happens to be my birthday ) Judging from the DHL tracking links I think his cage will be arriving next week, and I think I should be able to pay the store in full by then, too. I thought it would be good to bring him home on an occasion when I have a long weekend so I can spend extra time with him as he settles in. Re: that picture of the pied severe in the link you sent: is that actually REAL? If so: *eek!* I guess I'm a purist, I love the severe's traditional coloring, just as I love the greys' - I think both look downright elegant. That poor critter looked to me like it fell in a vat of tomato sauce...What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Personaly I think its the ugliest thing I've ever seen. and I trully hope that the person who did that to that poor bird gave it a good home because I don't thing anyone else would want it. except mabie a zoo poor bird.Why don't people just leave the birds the way they are God made them perfect in every way. people seem to always have to mess with perfection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 Looks like great minds think alike on this one, Pat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaMary Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 I went to visit Tanner yesterday, and spent an hour or so just hanging out by his cage (door open) talking to him and touching him when he invited it. He's SO shy about coming out - he'll get half his body out of the cage and then it's like he suddenly thinks "OMG WHAT am I DOING?" and he jumps back in. But then he spends half his time lying on his food bowl with both feet and his beak sticking through the bars, holding onto two of my fingers while I stroke his beak and tongue with the other two. Yesterday I sometimes just rested my hand at the bottom of the door, and after much back and forth and pretend lunging, he would over and gently take one finger and pull my hand into the cage and kind of nibble on it and roll a bit so I could tickle his chest. Then in the next instant he'd be doing his OMGwhatamIdoing routine again. Bird with 2 brains! He is noticably more confident when he and I are alone in the room. We are also developing a sort of peekaboo game with the cage door: with the door swung open, I'll put my face on the outside of it by the hinge, and he comes up to the hinge on the inside, and then I slowly move out along the outside of the door, chatting tohim, and he follows me out along the inside. I can't wait to get him out of there and home where we can focus a bit more and things are more relaxed! It's starting to look like I may be able to bring him home by Thanksgiving - that's my goal anyway - I think his cage will arrive in a couple of days. Mary and I will be going back to visit him again today - looking forward to it!:cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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