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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 12, 2014 22:45:04 GMT -5
Aaaand add "Wherrre's Chewy? Peek-a-bird!" He just said that...silly bird, he's supposed to be sleeping!
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 12, 2014 20:20:05 GMT -5
He talks A LOT. We can't understand him a lot of the time, but he is definitely trying to talk.
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 12, 2014 19:13:21 GMT -5
Okay, add "Hi bubba!" and "Get you! (as in "I'm gonna get you!") to the list...LOL
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 12, 2014 16:46:12 GMT -5
He also mimics all of Taz's sounds and whistles, as well as Chewy's "Pay attention to ME!" squawk (as loud as Pico can, which is not very loud). LOL
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 12, 2014 14:59:08 GMT -5
Good job, Pico! Parrotlets aren't known for being great talkers, but I've heard of several with big vocabularies and clear speech. Like most kinds of parrots, Parrotlets aren't much interested in upholding their reputation and have their own ideas about what they should do. This is SOOO true! Here is a list of everything Pico says (everything that we can understand, anyway!): "I love you!" "Tickle tickle tickle!" "What happened?" "Good night!" "Pretty bird!" "Mmmmmm!" (when he gets a treat)
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 11, 2014 18:03:46 GMT -5
First off, welcome to the forum! Second, ummmm......good luck?? LOL In all seriousness, I would have advised you to clip his wings....however, since his wing muscles are so well developed...well, that won't help, now, will it? Hmm....I *think* what I would do is towel him every single time he dive bombs you and stuff him (gently but unceremoniously, without speaking to him) back in his cage. See if that changes anything. He just might realize that dive bombing you results in some pretty unpleasant handling.
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 11, 2014 17:39:58 GMT -5
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 10, 2014 19:48:47 GMT -5
I'm so excited, next week I'm taking Cami to a trail obstacle course. I need to get going, but I'll post some pics of what we'll be doing a bit later.
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 10, 2014 2:28:39 GMT -5
(((hugs)))
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 9, 2014 18:22:12 GMT -5
Oh no.
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 9, 2014 13:40:52 GMT -5
Oh, my....that is so adorable!!! Hopefully you'll be back on your feet soon! Jan, I'm so sorry you've been sick and Shah is not making it easy on you! Take care of yourself and feel better!
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 7, 2014 16:21:33 GMT -5
He's getting there. Keep up the good work! If he's not ready to step up from inside his cage, don't force the issue. He may never happily step up from inside the cage. Most birds will happily step up if they're on the floor, they don't like being down low (they feel vulnerable down there). You're doing great, just keep having patience with him.
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 6, 2014 1:47:28 GMT -5
Chewy likes to hang upside down from the top of his cage....LOL
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 6, 2014 1:45:59 GMT -5
I felt safe and secure (just walking today, next time we'll try trotting...maybe LOL), and I was riding "bareback"!
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Post by msdani1981 on Sept 6, 2014 1:42:46 GMT -5
I'm SO ecstatic!!! I figured out a safer way for me to ride "bareback"! I have two steel rods in my back to correct Scoliosis, so there's a greater risk of me getting badly hurt if I fall off...so obviously, I can't risk riding bareback in the traditional sense. That being said, there's nothing like riding without a saddle to improve your position and balance. Last night I couldn't sleep, so I was lying awake thinking about this "problem" and possible solutions. I remembered that when I volunteered at a therapeutic riding center a long time ago, another volunteer and I got to test a new horse...we had to try to make him spook, so the instructor would know what his limits were. He never did spook at anything we did to him, that horse was amazing. LOL Anyway, we were riding him bareback, with a simple vaulting surcingle. Like this: I realized that I have a longeing surcingle, and that I could easily improvise a "vaulting surcingle" by using rope or something to make hand holds. Here is a longeing surcingle and easy adjust side reins, which I ultimately ended up using: I clipped the middle snap on the side rein to the middle ring on the surcingle, and looped each end snap on the side rein through the rings on either side of the surcingle, then ran them back up and snugged them up tight to create secure handholds on both sides of Cami's shoulders. It's kind of hard to imagine, and I don't have a picture....but it worked!! I rode Cami "bareback", and my friend first led her around and then put me on the longe line so she could stand in the middle and watch us. It was AWESOME!!! This is almost exactly what my setup looked like (I threaded the strap through the rings on the surcingle, though...and I was on the horse LOL):
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