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Post by heatherg on Dec 24, 2022 20:16:05 GMT -5
We went to a Christmas Eve dinner and Willow seemed fine, but now I’m getting seriously groomed. I think he was more anxious than I realized. There were a couple of moments where a motorized scooter startled him but in general he was chilling out and preening.
Anyhow we’re back in my apartment and I think perhaps it’s simply past bedtime! Yes, Willow ran into his cage and up to his sleeping spot. He was just grumpy.
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Post by cnyguy on Dec 24, 2022 20:21:26 GMT -5
Willow was probably just happy to be home and have some one-on-one time with you. Of course, he always wants to make sure you look your best too.
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Post by Caseysmom on Dec 24, 2022 21:32:37 GMT -5
Lucky Willow going out to dinner, Casey is home when we go out but he sees the car coming in the driveway and is calling by the time we unlock the door. Frigid weather here with high winds. Casey couldn’t go out even if he wanted to though
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Post by heatherg on Dec 25, 2022 4:21:24 GMT -5
We did not leave the apartment building. The wind is howling outside and it would be dangerous for people, much less birds.
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Post by biteybird on Jan 3, 2023 23:23:48 GMT -5
Hope you had a great Christmas, despite the weather! We went to Melbourne for a week, but it's the wet season in the Northern Territory and I had my sister looking after Bonnie (just visiting our house) and there was torrential rain every day whilst we were away. In the NT it's the wet season, which goes for 7 months. It's really humid as well (the dry season goes for 5 months and is generally more bearable, LOL). Since we moved to the NT I've noticed that Bonnie reacts more to noises (including birds and neighbours' machinery/music etc.), probably because the sound carries more, but perhaps also because people are outside more because it's not freezing cold.  |
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Post by heatherg on Feb 7, 2023 17:55:56 GMT -5
It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and Mr Willow is exceptionally snuggly.
He’s a bit offended because he wants to cuddle but I brought him half a small tomato. If I put it in front of him he bites it out of wrath and then throws the glop. Yay!
I had a very bad migraine yesterday and willow was cuddling with my right (painful) eye which was very helpful.
I can’t get a picture to show the warmth and love. My little pal just groomed my eyelashes.
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Post by biteybird on Feb 25, 2023 2:33:37 GMT -5
They can be quite endearing sometimes.
Bonnie loves to grab the seeds out of tomatoes and then flicks all the goop everywhere afterwards. Messy quakers!
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Post by heatherg on May 16, 2023 8:28:54 GMT -5
We are having our morning cuddles. Willow has his beak tucked right under my eye and I feel his hot breath on my cheek. Willow tripped running out of his cage this morning and fell at my hand with his beak open. So I jerked back my hand. And he spun around to the underside of the door.
I scooped him up while he was hanging from the door, but he was scared and gave me a few good bites. So I’m making it up to him. I hear some loud beak crunching so I think Willow has gotten over his fright.
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Post by cnyguy on May 16, 2023 19:45:10 GMT -5
Hope that Willow has recovered from his scare.
I was thinking about your attempts to teach Willow to identify colors and wondered if you're still working on it and how you're progressing.
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Post by heatherg on May 16, 2023 22:30:03 GMT -5
We got sidetracked with other things. Trying to train bird basketball and finding he was scared of the hoop and the clicker.
He’s definitely getting louder though! I could resume the links.
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Post by heatherg on Sept 6, 2023 21:59:26 GMT -5
Willow was snuggling with my nose and under my eye today. For 20+ minutes. I leaned away from him and he STRETCHED so he would stay with his beak tucked right in the corner of (under) my eye and nose.
Then he was mad because I wrote a message to someone and stopped communing with him. So he pinched me.
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Post by simon727 on May 2, 2024 3:14:05 GMT -5
You've discovered a very unique cure for a sinus headache. Over a period of 53 years, I've lived with three parrots, and not one has been a cuddler, but all three have had their own ways of showing that they like to be with me. As I often point out, every parrot is an individual with a unique personality. That's such an interesting perspective! |
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Post by heatherg on May 8, 2024 14:16:11 GMT -5
We are snuggling right now. He loves to cuddle with my nose and face and lick my nose while i cup him in my right hand. If I stop petting he nudges me with his beak.
I can type pretty well left handed now.
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Post by cnyguy on May 8, 2024 19:06:30 GMT -5
Whichever hand you use to type, it's a major accomplishment when you have a parrot in the other hand.  |
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Post by heatherg on May 11, 2024 15:50:32 GMT -5
I’m only supposed to pet the bird, not do anything else. He starts with beak nudges and graduates to nips if I’m not attentive enough.
Currently he’s snuggling at the corner of my eye and getting jaw rubs. And now he’s chewing on his toenails! Quakers have such round little feather heads to kiss. And the smooth beaky. And of course, campy smooch noises are always a hit.
Willow prefers to sit on his basket handle the best although he’s more ok with my shoulder than months earlier. He Will Not hide under my hair so I can sneak him into the library. And we haven’t worked on the harness in a while.
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