does this make me evil

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:56 am

..to hate my parrot. Hes driving me bloody madddddddddddddd:mad:

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:03 am

Well I guess you shouldn't have taught it all those naughty words..:wah:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:20 am

My sister had one that finally drove her crazy!

One day, when the bird was on the shoulder of her husband, she leaned in to give the hubby a kiss. The bird went mental! He kept pecking at her face and actually drew blood.

That was it for the birdie. He went bye-bye :-6

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:25 am

NO not really, "EVIL" would be if you had it for "DINNER"! :p :wah:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:26 am

Wendybird wrote:

Poor birdie :-1

Bendybird

I bet you feel sorry about any sad bird story

Could he have been a long lost relative? :p

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:30 am

Wendybird wrote: TWEET! :-3

Tweet, Tweet, I thought I saw a Puddy Cat!

:rolleyes:

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:31 am

I understand the frustration, I really do... but it's like a lot of other

pets.

Parrots are REALLY intelligent, and they need a LOT of stimulus. If

you can up their activity level and their toy count (;) ) you'd go

a long way towards quieting them down. Different kinds of foods that

they have to work at a little to get to, hidden under a cup or something,

exercise their minds, too. And a good, steady routine helps. Cover them

at night, let them have a certain amount of regular peace and quiet

time. When you uncover them in the mornings, you'll probably have a

little extra "vocalization" for a bit.

Pet stores have lots of toys... wooden multi-colored blocks on ropes,

etc. and that might be a good starting point.

Heck, maybe Lulu can come tell us more... I've only ever cared for a

blue and gold macaw so not that much experience.

:-6

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:32 am

You're not thinking about cement galoshes for it are you Pants?:wah:

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:35 am

valerie wrote: I understand the frustration, I really do... but it's like a lot of other

pets.

Parrots are REALLY intelligent, and they need a LOT of stimulus. If

you can up their activity level and their toy count (;) ) you'd go

a long way towards quieting them down. Different kinds of foods that

they have to work at a little to get to, hidden under a cup or something,

exercise their minds, too. And a good, steady routine helps. Cover them

at night, let them have a certain amount of regular peace and quiet

time. When you uncover them in the mornings, you'll probably have a

little extra "vocalization" for a bit.

Pet stores have lots of toys... wooden multi-colored blocks on ropes,

etc. and that might be a good starting point.

Heck, maybe Lulu can come tell us more... I've only ever cared for a

blue and gold macaw so not that much experience.

:-6

Hey val, you just discribed "me" to a "T"! :p

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:39 am

My Grandad had an African grey parrot, it tried to kill me! Grandad passed away, and I was staying at Moms til after the funeral, she asked me to get something from Gramps house (they lived in the same street) as I went into the darkened house, my Grandads voice came from the gloom..

"How do mate".....Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! I nearly had a freakin heart attack! And I nearly sh........! Well lets just say I don't like Parrots any more!

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:41 am

Wendybird wrote: I want to live with Val now :-4

Stand in line, Bendy

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:44 am

Forgot to mention, the bird I took care of was named "Ali".

Get it? Ali Macaw.

:p

She was beautiful, I still have some of her tail feathers (from natural

moult, I didn't pull them out!!). They are bright bright blue on one side

and a very distinct gold on the other.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:17 am

does this make me evil

yes Im afraid it does Damien-ette

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:21 am

Nomad wrote: does this make me evil

yes Im afraid it does Damien-ette

Oh that is just beautiful!

Great "Omen" connection Nomie

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:26 am

[QUOTE=valerie]Forgot to mention, the bird I took care of was named "Ali".

Get it? Ali Macaw.

Oh, I just got it:yh_rotfl

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:30 am

If it makes you evil, your in a line behind me. I had an umbrella cockatoo that darn near drove me batty. It was fine for the first couple of years. Then I guess it become sexually mature. Holy crap. It's name was Casper and I darn near made a real ghost of it. Luckily right before the funeral the wife sold it.:-5

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:00 am

dubs wrote: My Grandad had an African grey parrot, it tried to kill me! Grandad passed away, and I was staying at Moms til after the funeral, she asked me to get something from Gramps house (they lived in the same street) as I went into the darkened house, my Grandads voice came from the gloom..

"How do mate".....Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! I nearly had a freakin heart attack! And I nearly sh........! Well lets just say I don't like Parrots any more!

Harvey is an African grey. He is a nightmare he hates bright lights so at night we can't turn on any thing bright . He hates strangers ,he hates anyone walking directly up to to his cage you have to do it slowly .The thing that grates the most is one of his squarks /tweets it goes right through me and he always does it at the same time every day i'm sure the little critter can tell the time .

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:01 am

YZGI wrote: If it makes you evil, your in a line behind me. I had an umbrella cockatoo that darn near drove me batty. It was fine for the first couple of years. Then I guess it become sexually mature. Holy crap. It's name was Casper and I darn near made a real ghost of it. Luckily right before the funeral the wife sold it.:-5

darn near drove me batty.

not sure i approve of your choice of modifier here:mad:

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:38 am

Nomad wrote: does this make me evil

yes Im afraid it does Damien-ette

Funny, I always thought it was Marion-ette.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:09 pm

We have a nice quiet turtle....... and four active parakeets who sometimes can drive me crazy. One a nice day their cage goes on the back porch with them in it.