I petted his head.

[deef]

I petted Nismos head, I told a few of yous in a post before that I was moving Nismo to my barber shop.JUst to let yas know hes getting on really well. He really loves it in there.I no this to cause hes/shes now a bit closer to me, as I can now pet his head. I think its cool.I did notice when petting him his eyes "Pupils" were Dialating ie... get bigger then going small again? I think maybe fear ??? But were gettin there anyone any ideas on that.I liked petting him and Im goin to keep it up.But I think slowly but surely he is beginning to trust me. Yawhoooooooo !!

[Laurie]

I'm not sure, but I though pupil dilation meant they were intrigued by something. In Klaus' case, it's usually food. LOL

Good job, though, sounds like you're making progress!

[Luvparrots]

I remember posting about Nismo and your barber shop. I'm really glad that it has turned out great for both of you. How is he interacting with your customers; do they love trying to get him to talk? I think if Nismo didn't like the petting he would have let you know by now, so I think its a good thing if he hasn't reacted by biting or moving away. He probably lowers his head to get a really good petting. Please keep us posted on you, Nismo and your barbershop. If you have any pictures of Nismo that you would like to share we would really appreciate it.

[deef]

Hi thanks for the kinda words. Nismo and barber shop are gettin on really well thank God. As for pics, Everytime I try to up load some it says there to big, But yes I promise to try get few up really soon, Things are just all go go go at them mo. ONce again thanks guys talk really soon....

[Perch]

It is cool when you get to interact with your grey through touching. I think it shows an increased level of trust and familiarity. My grey Gracie lets it be known when it is OK to give a scratching...and when she's just not in the mood!

 

Some grey enthusiasts refer to the -pupils dialating- as -eye flashing-. This is most often attributed to an increased sense of awareness, or interest. For Gracie, it means different things in different situations. For instance , new food in the dish...tilt the head, eye flash. Dogs barking, lower on perch, butt in the air, eye flash. Nice little scratching under the right wing, mouth open, eye flash. You get the idea.

 

Being that I am only into my second month of grey ownership; I am amazed at how much Gracie has taught my family about being her. I am facinated at how she discovers new things, and interacts with each person she meets. I find myself paying more attention to her body language and how it changes with our routine.

 

Continued good luck with your move. Everything that I have read supports spending as much time near your bird as possible. Unfortunatley, bringing mine to the fire station wouldn't work so well!

 

One tip I can give you about uploading pics and changing their size simply is this: Open your Paint Program under your accessories...provided of course you are on a PC and not a MAC. Now, clik Open and find the picture you want to view. After it is open in the Paint program, click Image, scroll down and select Stretch / Skew. A little box will pop up. The two top boxes, horizontal and vertical are all you need. Simply put 25 in each box and then click OK. Presto, the image is now 25 percent smaller for uploading. Now click save as and RENAME your image, or you will overwrite your original. Now you can upload the new smaller image to the web site, and it will view just fine.

 

Good luck, looking forward to the pics!

[BaxtersMom]

Glad to hear Nismo is getting along good at the barber shop. Has he created more business for you cuz he's in there?:laugh: I know I would go somewhere to get my hair cut if I knew there was a parrot inside. :woohoo:

 

I do remember your post and there was one thing I forgot to mention. I don't know if you use a lot of chemicals on your customers hair but you might want to be careful if you do. Greys are real sensitive to chemicals/fumes and cleaning products and could make them really sick and could even kill them. Just wanted to make you aware of that if you weren't already. If you have any questions about that you could always ask in the "health room"

 

Sounds like you guys are getting along real well. I don't remember if you said how long you have him though.

 

Keep us posted.

[BaxtersMom]

Hey Perch, just seen your instructions on how to shrink the photos. That is how I do it too but I have to stretch/skew down to 17 & 17.

[Perch]

Hey Baxter's Mom! I use 25 percent as a starting point for most pics, because it works for the file size of the camera that I use. I actually stumbled onto this method by accident.

 

By the way, my Gracie was grouchy today. No head scratching for her...and for some reason she has.begun nibbling on my shirt everytime I hold her. Strong little girl I'll tell you. She punched a small hole in my uniform shirt before work tonight! This is the first post I have replied to from my phone. Pretty cool.

[Lyric]

Deef- this is really great news. I'm glad Nismo is doing so well and starting to allow you to touch him. The environment of the barber shop, having different people coming and going all day long should prove to be entertaining for Nismo. Plus, he will keep your customers entertained so it's a win/win situation for all involved!