Otter
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Hi everyone! Thanks for welcoming us to the forum. I brought Princess Mia the blue fronted Amazon home last Friday. She is around 13 years old and had one family before being surrendered to the rescue for personal reasons.She wasn’t at the rescue for very long and she was well cared for there.
I think things have been going great with her and us. Her first morning here she decided to talk to Steven, saying “Hi girl” “Hello” and making some cat and chirping noises. Now she talks every morning and every evening to any of us who talk with her. I think she’s even close to learning a new word, “Hola.” Not that I would know for sure, as she is the first parrot I’ve lived with in my adult life.
She steps up when she wants to and when she doesn’t she walks away. She doesn’t lunge and bite at all, but she will give a warning pinch if you try to push her. She also bit me today to tell me she didn’t like where I was standing with her and I needed to fix it. I’m working on learning her language, and mostly it’s clear. I was a little uncertain because what the thread describes as the amazon death dance, seems an awful lot like her “I’m interested, keep talking” pose. She puts her head down and her wings slightly open and shakes some. I’m going with it being please keep up the attention because it certainly isn’t that she’s about to fly to me. Not yet anyway, maybe when she’s learned to trust us.
Here are the things that I’m concerned about:
She isn’t moving around in her cage much. She goes to get food or water, but otherwise stands in only one place. I can tell, because all the poop is under that one spot. Today I rearranged her cage and took a few toys out. I think it was more full than she was used to and maybe the toys were a different type than she knows. Afterwards she was more willing to stay on a different perch than usual, but I’ll see more results based on where she sleeps tonight.
Also, she eats Zupreem fruity blend pellets. Today I bought her some of the not colorful ones to try mixing in to try to switch her over. She only likes some of the colors, so I hoped plain pellets would stop her from being picky. I figure she’ll ignore the plain ones, but it’s worth a try. The real issue I’m finding is that she is picky about other food, even treats. At the rescue her favorite treat was cheez-its. Here she will eat tiny bits of crackers and occasionally dried fruits. She doesn’t seem to like any nuts but rarely a piece of almond. I’m wanting to work on clicker training, but I don’t want to be feeding her crackers all the time. I bought nutriberries in hopes that having to eat through that to get the papaya would give her a taste for small seeds I can use later as treats. Any tips for finding your parrot’s favorite food?
She’s a really good girl. We are all so happy to have her. We’re trying our best to work at her pace. I keep reminding myself we have a long lifetime to love her.
Thanks for reading and for any advice!
I think things have been going great with her and us. Her first morning here she decided to talk to Steven, saying “Hi girl” “Hello” and making some cat and chirping noises. Now she talks every morning and every evening to any of us who talk with her. I think she’s even close to learning a new word, “Hola.” Not that I would know for sure, as she is the first parrot I’ve lived with in my adult life.
She steps up when she wants to and when she doesn’t she walks away. She doesn’t lunge and bite at all, but she will give a warning pinch if you try to push her. She also bit me today to tell me she didn’t like where I was standing with her and I needed to fix it. I’m working on learning her language, and mostly it’s clear. I was a little uncertain because what the thread describes as the amazon death dance, seems an awful lot like her “I’m interested, keep talking” pose. She puts her head down and her wings slightly open and shakes some. I’m going with it being please keep up the attention because it certainly isn’t that she’s about to fly to me. Not yet anyway, maybe when she’s learned to trust us.
Here are the things that I’m concerned about:
She isn’t moving around in her cage much. She goes to get food or water, but otherwise stands in only one place. I can tell, because all the poop is under that one spot. Today I rearranged her cage and took a few toys out. I think it was more full than she was used to and maybe the toys were a different type than she knows. Afterwards she was more willing to stay on a different perch than usual, but I’ll see more results based on where she sleeps tonight.
Also, she eats Zupreem fruity blend pellets. Today I bought her some of the not colorful ones to try mixing in to try to switch her over. She only likes some of the colors, so I hoped plain pellets would stop her from being picky. I figure she’ll ignore the plain ones, but it’s worth a try. The real issue I’m finding is that she is picky about other food, even treats. At the rescue her favorite treat was cheez-its. Here she will eat tiny bits of crackers and occasionally dried fruits. She doesn’t seem to like any nuts but rarely a piece of almond. I’m wanting to work on clicker training, but I don’t want to be feeding her crackers all the time. I bought nutriberries in hopes that having to eat through that to get the papaya would give her a taste for small seeds I can use later as treats. Any tips for finding your parrot’s favorite food?
She’s a really good girl. We are all so happy to have her. We’re trying our best to work at her pace. I keep reminding myself we have a long lifetime to love her.
Thanks for reading and for any advice!
