Bird woman's flock

[Pajarita]

No, nests don't promote breeding behavior in quakers because they are the ONLY species of parrot that builds huge communal nests and uses them all year round (they sleep in it every night) - and that is one of their special traits that have allowed this species to colonize in countries where it's real cold at night. They don't come from a tropical climate so they can resist the cold more than other parrots species but they would still die with very low temperatures if they did not have the protection of the nest as well as the shared warmth of all the other little bodies in it. (I happen to know quite a bit about quakers because they are not only endemic to my country of birth but my zoology thesis -I had to take some courses and get a certification to work in a zoo and I had to do a written thesis as well as an oral presentation of the same- was on them).

Why don't you try putting Huey's roosting perch next to Mathew's cage? And yes, WOW! I am green with envy - what a bargain!

[Bird woman]

Don't dare put his roost there because of his new found aggression. He is calming quite a bit since putting Mathews new cage in the bird room but it's still a huge chore to get Mathew on my arm to take him out front.he is going to have to learn some boundaries, and this will be new to him. He's always been allowed to do what ever he wants cause he's never done anything wrong except run some carpenters out of the house when I wasn't home. And once he flew at a guy that came over that tried to pat me on the back and Huie flew between us and struck out. The carpenters shouldn't have tried to come in when I wasn't home , there fault!!! He's been a great guard for the property and the house. things. Are looking better everyday, hell I've only had Mathew 3 weeks . I'm just a little stressed with the bare- eyed comming in when one is just out of quarantine, I know better than to rush this stuff. BW I know I'm wineing

[Bird woman]

Wolf, my birds are the biggest dam ham bones that ever lived. They all think there no. 1 so not much fighting. I would like to make you a few goodies for your birdies for being so kind as to put up with posting my pics for me . I'm in Oregon so lots of great birdie wood and I love working with the different bird safe woods. Let me know. I'm going to get max some builder stuff and see if he wants to help me. nobody said anything about the cloths pens the spring parts.( Toxic ? ). BW. And I don't care how many feathers a bird has they are all beautiful to me !!!!!! And just as presious

[Wolf]

As for Marley being naked, I just wish that she would have come soon enough that I might have been able to prevent it from going so far. But that is not how things came down, so I just try to give her a good home.

While I do use clothespins on the small birds cages they can't get to the springs, but since I am sure that they are not stainless steel I consider them to be toxic.

[Bird woman]

sammy the African grey that was picked to death that came to me about 6 months ago,I think could have been longer my time gets away from me , anyway he's almost completely feathered now , and I just hold my breath it doesn't start again. I've heard horror story's about birds stopping and in one night the owner would find a naked bird again. I was planning to rehome the grays after I got them healthy and socialized but I can't do it. I think about what they went through and how crappy I would feel uprooting them from there new found happy house. Really there both quite a hoot to have around. I get attached to easily. The little bare-eye buddy comes out of the cage now and steps up when I ask him two . Starting to require lots of cuddles now and I'm always happy to supply the love. Sometimes I need more hands to many butts to scratch when there all in my lap at the same time.I think this is why I appreciate the greys and macaws cause they are happiest playing catch or just hanging around you with toys and not demanding you to be rubbing on them. Don't get me wrong my favorite time is when max and all my cockatoos lay in bed and take a nap together or we are watching TV and we're doing girlie stuff like All getting are nails filed. They love that so much. Just us girl time.BW I think that would make a good thread )the specialist time with each one of everybody's birds I would love to know what everyone's special time is with there bird.

[Pajarita]

My downstairs birds share their one-on-one time with me (right now, I have Zoey Senegal on my left shoulder, Peachy Lovie on my right, Sweetpea Senegal on my left knee and Isis Redbelly perching on top of the laptop screen - Sunny Sun conure did not want to come out but I will try again later) and I have been making a point of scratching Linus Too with my right hand while I do Sophie CAG with my left in order to promote flock bonding between them - Freddy Too has his own time with me because he has given up going after Linus and, with the amazons, because they have one another, I only talk to them and touch very little (I always try to promote their bonding with another bird). Poor Pookey gets only a bit of soft talk these days because I am trying to get her to calm down (I think she might now have PTSD -for which I blame myself 100%!- and have started giving her Avicalm but I am also going to put together some herbal concoction to see if I can take more of the edge off her anxiety).

I use the old-fashioned clothes pins - like these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002CH12E2/re ... RR1TQ5B5VP

[Bird woman]

Boy your life with your birds sounds a hell of a lot like mine. We need more hands so nobody feels left out. I really try to have some kind of activity going all the time so anyone of them can join in. Some like dancing 4 like going shopping and playing catch etc. thanks for the clothes pin tip I will get some and see if max wants to build. So far he hasn't shown any interest in the straw or sticks. Just wants to be with me every where. Mathew was singing happy birthday today and talking up a storm first time , I think he's getting pretty comphy cosie. Max dances up a storm and sings baby boop while he's dancing . It's so cute. Good night for now it's been a terribly long day .BW

[Pajarita]

What's baby boop? I wasn't raised in USA so I don't know a lot of this stuff...

[Bird woman]

That dinosaurs cartoon years ago like are old captain kangaroo and Sesame Street ( Barney) I think. Well baby boop was the little girl dinosaur that sang and danced. Anyway just read the post where that person was referring to bird hordeing and I just got the crap bit out of my finger by Huie so I kinda got with him in your defense. It's bad enough getting your finger half ate off by a macaw then you gotta listen to your husband ranting and raving about getting rid of him and keeping the new rescued one , while its your finger that's squirting blood. I fired back a big #%#€€€£¥# , and said then I would be like everyone else and I said {NO.} Dam my finger hurts I shouldn't have reached down to pet his beak cause Mathew was right beside him below my chair. I was smart enough to have my feet up ! Don't worry guys I get my way always and do what I want where the house is concerned. He controls the back half of the property. That was the deal when I started building , your side my side. I don't tell him what to do beyond the back fence and he doesn't control the front part. WORKS WELL Most of the time until he sees I'm getting injured to much and might not be able to provide his meals and back scratchins. men you know , well I'm done venting thanks for listening need to wrap what's left of my finger up. BW I've had Huie 17 years now and he ain't goin nowhere!! Guess he better smarten up too and leave the rest of my fingers alone or he will be eating pellets breakfast , lunch and dinner cause I won't be able to cook.

[Pajarita]

Yes, my husband always threatens to get rid of the 'mean' parrots when I get hurt and even though I know it's just bluster and only because he is so protective of me, it still pisses me off, too. Thankfully, I don't get bit very often but, on the other hand and unfortunately for him, it's always Zeus so he has become an easy target. But it only happens during breeding season (he is always protecting his mate and the nest) and he is getting much, much better (he had been punched with a fist by his previous owner so he has trust issues big time)! This morning, I was able to scratch his head a little bit for the very first time since he came to live with me! Baby steps!