I have a female pineapple Green Cheeked Conure that just turned 3 last month. I was never a bird person until I had a 4 year relationship with a woman that owned a Cockatoo. I ended up loving that bird. We broke up and of course, she took the bird with her. I knew then I was a bird person. 9 months later I bought Sky. She loves everyone except my present girlfriend. She cannot stand her touching me.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 06, 2021, 04:39 PM
B Ware
Perhaps I should've posted this in The Lair forum.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 06, 2021, 04:54 PM
triggertreat
I would leave it here. There are a couple bird people around. I'm sure they will pop in.
I'm alright it's the rest of the world that's all screwed up!
March 06, 2021, 06:50 PM
irreverent
Yup, there’s actually a few of us. I just lost my cherryheaded conure last year at this time. I’d had him over 30 years, and he was an adult (wild caught) when I got him as a gift from a then boyfriend. Left the boyfriend eventually, but the bird stayed with me always. He calmed down and became very attached to me.. I could call him to me from anywhere in the house.
Conures are extremely charming and family oriented- mine loved to be part of the action and also snuggle up on my shoulder- and was so very careful with me when grooming (he preened my eyelashes regularly).
I still have 3 Greys (I worked at a birds only animal hospital for a few years, and adopted some “strays”) all up there in age.. 1 is blind at this point, 1 had a stroke many years ago but just keeps on trucking. They are family, and I hope will always be part of my life. I don’t know what I’d do without them.. and it was reaaally hard not to rush out and get another conure after he passed.. does your little girl talk? My little guy was quite chatty- just as chatty as my greys when he felt like it!
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March 06, 2021, 08:16 PM
B Ware
quote:
Originally posted by irreverent: Yup, there’s actually a few of us. I just lost my cherryheaded conure last year at this time. I’d had him over 30 years, and he was an adult (wild caught) when I got him as a gift from a then boyfriend. Left the boyfriend eventually, but the bird stayed with me always. He calmed down and became very attached to me.. I could call him to me from anywhere in the house.
Conures are extremely charming and family oriented- mine loved to be part of the action and also snuggle up on my shoulder- and was so very careful with me when grooming (he preened my eyelashes regularly).
I still have 3 Greys (I worked at a birds only animal hospital for a few years, and adopted some “strays”) all up there in age.. 1 is blind at this point, 1 had a stroke many years ago but just keeps on trucking. They are family, and I hope will always be part of my life. I don’t know what I’d do without them.. and it was reaaally hard not to rush out and get another conure after he passed.. does your little girl talk? My little guy was quite chatty- just as chatty as my greys when he felt like it!
She does. "Pretty bird, What are you doing?, I love you, and pretty pretty. Green Cheeks don't live near as long as Greys or even Cherry Heads but I expect her to be around for another 20 years. Never dreamed I'd be so dang attached to a bird.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 06, 2021, 08:26 PM
Jim Shugart
I've got some chicken thighs in the freezer. Does that count?
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
March 06, 2021, 08:33 PM
arfmel
You are a bad man, Shugart
March 06, 2021, 08:34 PM
Krazeehorse
Umbrella cockatoo and she's getting close to 40.
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March 07, 2021, 06:36 AM
Mars_Attacks
I have a Citron Cockatoo I've had half my life and she's 27 now.
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March 07, 2021, 06:46 AM
irreverent
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Originally posted by B Ware:
She does. "Pretty bird, What are you doing?, I love you, and pretty pretty. Green Cheeks don't live near as long as Greys or even Cherry Heads but I expect her to be around for another 20 years. Never dreamed I'd be so dang attached to a bird.
Possibly because they get so attached to YOU
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March 07, 2021, 07:58 AM
B Ware
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Originally posted by irreverent:
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Originally posted by B Ware:
She does. "Pretty bird, What are you doing?, I love you, and pretty pretty. Green Cheeks don't live near as long as Greys or even Cherry Heads but I expect her to be around for another 20 years. Never dreamed I'd be so dang attached to a bird.
Possibly because they get so attached to YOU
She's my Velcro bird. Very needy.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 07, 2021, 08:04 AM
B Ware
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quote:
Originally posted by Mars_Attacks: I have a Citron Cockatoo I've had half my life and she's 27 now.
Beautiful. My ex girlfriend's cockatoo was a Moluccan.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 07, 2021, 08:40 AM
Jupiter
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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks: I have a Citron Cockatoo I've had half my life and she's 27 now.
They are absolutely fascinating.
My Sister has one that always inches closer and closer whenever I'm around. She doesn't talk much but I know what she's thinking. "I'm going to bite the shit out of the MFer first chance I get".
Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
March 07, 2021, 10:37 AM
irreverent
Probably true, hah!
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March 07, 2021, 01:42 PM
ScreamingCockatoo
I have 5 cockatoos...
Cici is my youngest now at 8. I got her to mend my broken heart after Coco died.
Cici is SCARY smart. She can put together simple sentences to tell you what she wants.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
March 07, 2021, 04:37 PM
ScreamingCockatoo
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
March 07, 2021, 04:45 PM
Fusternc
I have an African Grey. He is 8 years old now and a lot of fun.
March 07, 2021, 06:42 PM
B Ware
quote:
Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo: I have 5 cockatoos...
Cici is my youngest now at 8. I got her to mend my broken heart after Coco died.
Cici is SCARY smart. She can put together simple sentences to tell you what she wants.
5 COCKATOOS????? I'd be on medication.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 07, 2021, 06:43 PM
B Ware
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Originally posted by Fusternc: I have an African Grey. He is 8 years old now and a lot of fun.
Have you decided who to will him to when you pass on?
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints
March 07, 2021, 06:53 PM
Mars_Attacks
I'm 54 now and I got my bird when I was 27.
She will only be 50 when I'm in my 70's.
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