jenphilly
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- Oct 15, 2013
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- Parrots
- BE2 (Ivory), B&G Macaw (Max), Budgie Group,
Granbirds- tiels; GCC (Monkey & Monster); Sun Conure (Loki); Bare Eyed Too (Folger); Evil Green Monster YNA (Kelly); B&G (Titan)
So as you all know, I went over to the shelter today to hang with Victoria and birds for a little bit... and really mostly to meet Kelly, the honking big Yellow Nape or turkey Amazon girl 
So, here is a video of Kelly... think this was my second attempt to talk to her. Not sure the video clearly shows her 'affections' for me - but there is eye pinning, neck ruffling and tail splaying all at once. There is also some almost hissing noise if you can hear her, but the dang blue crown is screaming in the background quite a bit, so you may not hear much over that, or your ears may begin to bleed, know mine were!!
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Yfz8Mvq7o"]Kelly - YouTube[/ame]
So clearly not an instant love match with Kelly... she is a pretty girl, but think she will be absolutely beautiful once she is on a good diet and has a molt or two. She has been on seed, but girlfriend seems to be switching over! She loves Victoria (yeah, our own bird whisperer)... she loves Jeanne... she hates me, John (Jeanne's hubby), my hubby and young female shelter employee, so her affections are fairly well split.
Next we have some videos of everyone's favorite Amazon... Rosie man! He was being all goofy and silly, pulled out the camera and he went deer in headlights, not sure I actually got hot bananas, but do have another one I can't post due to language. Anyone want to enjoy a cursing bird, its uploaded to my youtube account, venture at your own risk, you've been warned....
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVAwwP6JaQ"]Ahw(7) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzMAoxtaw4"]Ahw(5) - YouTube[/ame]
And introducing the Amazon I am most likely to actually bring home... yes, he likes me... but even if he was somewhat indifferent, his story is a little heartbreaking and sad, least for me, I'm a big sucker especially for 'old' animals. This is Helmet, he was surrendered by a 'home' with multiple camel cigarette smokers, yes he has been exposed to cigarettes for not sure how long. The really sad part, he was sent to a shelter at the age of at least 60... yes, 60 years old and in my opinion tossed out like trash. I asked Victoria what she knew about him and she said he was afraid and/or aggressive with everyone. I stooped down to say hello and much the opposite of Kelly, there was no pinning, no fluffing, no splaying... Quite the opposite, he rather hesitantly took a step or two in my direction, made a bit of a clicking sound then proceeded to climb to the top of the cage and hang upside down for me. Then he climbed over to the corner where I was still stooping (think I was more stuck then anything!!). So I plopped my behind on the floor and sat and talked to him. He look half scared or sad or both. He talked to me more, then climbed up to a perch... about that time I videotaped Victoria and Max at that ungodly angle that put an easy 50 lbs on Victoria (she was wearing big baggy sweats and a guys XL tee, so baggy clothes).... when I stopped talking to Helmet, you might hear him in the Max video trying to get my attention back. So, I asked him if he wanted a treat, he took first couple things gently from my fingers and promptly dropped them. Tor suggested seeds, so I rooted thru the food bag and pulled out sunflower seed which he happily took and ate. I decided to risk the fingers and opened the cage, he did seem to tense, but I held out a peanut and talked to him, didn't shove it in his face, let him decide to take the step forward to reach it and he did He knocked one from my fingers, but think it was more a miss then anything else, so offered another and he took it. Sat back down on the floor and dug out more nuts, decided to shell the peanuts and give him just the nut to see if he would try for fingers, but he continued to gently take them and just sit there watching me eating away. It was not until later that I found out about his age and background. I told Jeanne I was making a new friend and she presumed Kelly, then told me Helmet's story... we are gonna talk next Saturday. Is heartbreaking to me to think after 60 years he'll spend his last years in a shelter... We shall see, but at the moment, its that reason why we all talked about with how things went with Rosie... could be wrong, but my heart tells me for a 60 year old Zon who has been breathing cigarettes for years to climb around and show off hanging upside down for me - well I compared it to a 95 year old man trying to impress a woman by tap dancing
Enough babbling... here's Helmet (I know, really bad name)....
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pu0PEtE1wU"]Ahw(3) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDIKz_aHvOU"]Ahw(1) - YouTube[/ame]
So, here is a video of Kelly... think this was my second attempt to talk to her. Not sure the video clearly shows her 'affections' for me - but there is eye pinning, neck ruffling and tail splaying all at once. There is also some almost hissing noise if you can hear her, but the dang blue crown is screaming in the background quite a bit, so you may not hear much over that, or your ears may begin to bleed, know mine were!!
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15Yfz8Mvq7o"]Kelly - YouTube[/ame]
So clearly not an instant love match with Kelly... she is a pretty girl, but think she will be absolutely beautiful once she is on a good diet and has a molt or two. She has been on seed, but girlfriend seems to be switching over! She loves Victoria (yeah, our own bird whisperer)... she loves Jeanne... she hates me, John (Jeanne's hubby), my hubby and young female shelter employee, so her affections are fairly well split.
Next we have some videos of everyone's favorite Amazon... Rosie man! He was being all goofy and silly, pulled out the camera and he went deer in headlights, not sure I actually got hot bananas, but do have another one I can't post due to language. Anyone want to enjoy a cursing bird, its uploaded to my youtube account, venture at your own risk, you've been warned....
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVAwwP6JaQ"]Ahw(7) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzMAoxtaw4"]Ahw(5) - YouTube[/ame]
And introducing the Amazon I am most likely to actually bring home... yes, he likes me... but even if he was somewhat indifferent, his story is a little heartbreaking and sad, least for me, I'm a big sucker especially for 'old' animals. This is Helmet, he was surrendered by a 'home' with multiple camel cigarette smokers, yes he has been exposed to cigarettes for not sure how long. The really sad part, he was sent to a shelter at the age of at least 60... yes, 60 years old and in my opinion tossed out like trash. I asked Victoria what she knew about him and she said he was afraid and/or aggressive with everyone. I stooped down to say hello and much the opposite of Kelly, there was no pinning, no fluffing, no splaying... Quite the opposite, he rather hesitantly took a step or two in my direction, made a bit of a clicking sound then proceeded to climb to the top of the cage and hang upside down for me. Then he climbed over to the corner where I was still stooping (think I was more stuck then anything!!). So I plopped my behind on the floor and sat and talked to him. He look half scared or sad or both. He talked to me more, then climbed up to a perch... about that time I videotaped Victoria and Max at that ungodly angle that put an easy 50 lbs on Victoria (she was wearing big baggy sweats and a guys XL tee, so baggy clothes).... when I stopped talking to Helmet, you might hear him in the Max video trying to get my attention back. So, I asked him if he wanted a treat, he took first couple things gently from my fingers and promptly dropped them. Tor suggested seeds, so I rooted thru the food bag and pulled out sunflower seed which he happily took and ate. I decided to risk the fingers and opened the cage, he did seem to tense, but I held out a peanut and talked to him, didn't shove it in his face, let him decide to take the step forward to reach it and he did
He knocked one from my fingers, but think it was more a miss then anything else, so offered another and he took it. Sat back down on the floor and dug out more nuts, decided to shell the peanuts and give him just the nut to see if he would try for fingers, but he continued to gently take them and just sit there watching me eating away. It was not until later that I found out about his age and background. I told Jeanne I was making a new friend and she presumed Kelly, then told me Helmet's story... we are gonna talk next Saturday. Is heartbreaking to me to think after 60 years he'll spend his last years in a shelter... We shall see, but at the moment, its that reason why we all talked about with how things went with Rosie... could be wrong, but my heart tells me for a 60 year old Zon who has been breathing cigarettes for years to climb around and show off hanging upside down for me - well I compared it to a 95 year old man trying to impress a woman by tap dancing Enough babbling... here's Helmet (I know, really bad name)....
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pu0PEtE1wU"]Ahw(3) - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDIKz_aHvOU"]Ahw(1) - YouTube[/ame]
