Greetings from myself and my featherbabys!!

[seagoatdeb]

You are on subject Liz, she did ask for our thoughts on clipping. There is a lot of mutilation out there from using severe clipping. I hate seeing the damage to these beings. With Sunny, he got severly clipped and travelled all across the country, and then had to leave home again. Poor little birdie. It left him prone to be frightened into "being a statue,". The breeder showed me that he would lie on his back, but what i saw was a statue afraid poi, just lying on his back scared into frozen. My daughters Meyers will lay on his back and play, but Sunny does not go on his back on his own, and he watches Gaugan do it too. So he has been scared, and i dont think he has to go on his back unless he decides its comfortable. He lets me touch anywhere on him with no fear as long as he is upright. The stability here and his wings growing back is helping him to be well adjusted.

Gaugan is a much feistier personality than Sunny and was a fighting bird when frightened by both a severe clip and a shipping where she spent most of the time with her foot caught in the bars, and then had to have a toe amputated. it has left her prone to attacking a person she fears.

Both my parrots enjoy flying around. Sunny flys more, and Gaugan, like to alternate how she moves around, sometimes flying a lot and sometimes hopping and climbing. Gaugan, when she gets her feelings hurt will just sit in her cage, untill I take her out.......I think she needs me to "suck up"...lol.....to feel okay again.

[liz]

My green kids only go on their backs to "foot fight" with us.

The house I moved from in NC had a door way leading to all but one room, the kitchen was open with the dining room. Here the living room, dining room and kitchen are all open and she has a great time. She will come through at high speed and grab the plastic chain hanging on the sliding glass door and make it swing.

Rambo will climb up on things but always goes back down backwards feeling for each next step.
Myrtle does not care if she is up or down. When someone comes to the front door she will hang off the top of the door to look outside. Or she could swing up or down off the curtains to look out the window. She "aint right".

[seagoatdeb]

lol...your parrots have so much character Liz. Gaugan goes on her back, or flips herself upside down suddenly while she is on my finger and she always expects me to catch her, and somehow i always do....lol... Sunny looks at us and i can just tell he thinks...."why do they like to do that".....lol

[TrishMM]

I appreciate everyone's posts and opinions, I have decided to avoid clipping unless it becomes a case that either bird is in danger . So far they are bonding and sharing very well. I have noticed a funny little difference in their personalities though. Bailey likes to clean his feet a lot and when they are side by side will try to clean Milo's feet also, however Milo Dislikes having his feet touched and flies away when Bailwy does this. Bailey has since learned that if Milo is on his way he will move if his feet are picked and so he is winning most of the birdy battles. ( for a favoured perch or a place closer to me)

[Pajarita]

Well, he might not be trying to groom Milo's feet... Birds do nip other birds' feet to make them move away from them.