shazgeoff Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Eddie does everything with his left foot,which means he is right brained hehehe He having what i call a teenage strop today:evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Dayo does every thing with his right foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 George does everything with his left foot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Talon is left footed. Rikki is right footed! <br><br>Post edited by: Talon, at: 2008/12/26 20:56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedyn Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Mine are both lefties. If you are interested, do a Google search for Dr. Peter Snyder. He did one of the more recent and comprehensive studies on parrots footedness and speaking abilities. If I recall, the majority of them are lefties. I'd post a link, but I'm replying from my phone and it would be a major ordeal to do so. Maybe someone here would be so kind as to do so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra902 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 oh man! i was just going to write something up on that! i noticed merlin is a lefty and was ruminating on what that could possibly mean. i shall have to look up the p snyder link. -s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra902 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 here is the link http://www.realmacaw.com/pages/footpref.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Alcazar is a righty.My b/f and I had this discussion couple months ago when we realized him picking his food out of his bowl w/his talon and not his beak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyparrot Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Misty generally holds food with his right foot but offers his left foot if he wants me to pick him up. When we have play fights he tries to grab my fingers with his left foot so he can bite them.:laugh: when he learns to write i will report here which foot he holds his pen with. Steve n Misty<br><br>Post edited by: Mistyparrot, at: 2008/12/17 20:58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I have pictures of Ana Grey using her right foot and some with her using her left foot. When I have her step up she would use her left foot, however I am righthand so I tried with my left hand and she then uses her right foot. So she uses whatever foot is most convenient-- in other words, ambidextrous!!! <br><br>Post edited by: luvparrots, at: 2008/12/18 02:09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphon Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Charlie is right footed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaxtersMom Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Baxter uses which ever foot is most convenient too. He is "ambidextrous" as well.:laugh: :silly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Sandra..that is a very interesting link! Thanks for sharing that with us. Karma for you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Josey is right footed most of the time and thanks Sandra for sharing that link with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooman Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 zuri is right footed and tiago my alexandrine is left footed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Mika is right footed for holding his food, but tends to step up using his left first. This is very interesting to here about all the different birds. Would steping up be that we offer our right or left hand to them so they choose the foot that is closest to the hand offered - :blink: Carolyn & Mika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyparrot Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Carolyn wrote: Would steping up be that we offer our right or left hand to them so they choose the foot that is closest to the hand offered - Misty has a definite preference for stepping up to my right hand and as I have said uses his left foot for this. This may be why he prefers my right hand. I am left handed mostly but I don't know if this has any influence but we know that greys learn by following examples. (that may be why Misty is so untidy:laugh: ) Steve n Misty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiexoxo Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I've never even thought about this subject to be honest!! Thinking about it, Biggles tends to pick his food up with his left foot I think, but I shall be watching his closely over the next few days to find out lol. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillLang Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Oliver's Right Handed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaceyGrey Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Lacey's a lefty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Two of mine are left footed and one is right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janfromboone Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Dr Irene Pepperberg (did I get her name right) did a teleconference the other night ( I heard about it on this forum) She sais 90% are leftys. So I checked Tobie out and sure enough he steps up and hold his food in his left foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goralka08 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Sounds bad, but I've never payed too much attention to it! I'll have to watch her more closely, but by looking at my profile pic, I'm guessing left footed lol. I'll get back to ya on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaedyn Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Since we were on the topic, I posted this as a question for Irine Pepperburg on the recent Parrot Talks teleconference. It turned out to be the first listener question they asked her. As Jan pointed out, Irine said that 90 percent were left footed. She also said that Alex was a lefty, Griffin is ambidextrous, and Arthur (Wart) was forced to use his good foot, since his other sustained an injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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