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does this make me evil

Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:56 am
by pantsonfire321@aol.com
..to hate my parrot. Hes driving me bloody madddddddddddddd:mad:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:03 am
by zinkyusa
Well I guess you shouldn't have taught it all those naughty words..:wah:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:20 am
by cherandbuster
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

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:25 am
by cars
NO not really, "EVIL" would be if you had it for "DINNER"! :p :wah:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:26 am
by cherandbuster
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 :)

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:30 am
by cars
Wendybird wrote: TWEET! :-3


Tweet, Tweet, I thought I saw a Puddy Cat! :D :rolleyes:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:31 am
by valerie
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

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:32 am
by zinkyusa
You're not thinking about cement galoshes for it are you Pants?:wah:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:35 am
by cars
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

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:39 am
by dubs
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!:lips:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:41 am
by cherandbuster
Wendybird wrote: I want to live with Val now :-4


Stand in line, Bendy :)

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:44 am
by valerie
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.

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:17 am
by Nomad
does this make me evil





yes Im afraid it does Damien-ette

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:21 am
by cherandbuster
Nomad wrote: does this make me evil





yes Im afraid it does Damien-ette


Oh that is just beautiful! :D

Great "Omen" connection Nomie :)

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:26 am
by zinkyusa
[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

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:30 am
by YZGI
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

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:00 am
by pantsonfire321@aol.com
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!:lips:


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 .:(

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:01 am
by zinkyusa
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:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:38 am
by valerie
Nomad wrote: does this make me evil





yes Im afraid it does Damien-ette


Funny, I always thought it was Marion-ette.



:confused:

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:09 pm
by along-for-the-ride
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.