Bumble-ing Along

[SailBoat]

There are two very different types of Molting.

The most important molting are of the Flight Feathers. That molting is symmetrically with the same or near by feather of each Wing is molted very near each other (within days). When Wing Feathers are Molted, rarely will a Tail Feather be molted.

The other molt is that of the body feathers. This molt is common during specific times of year, normally driven by changes in the seasons. Depending of what the weather is doing these molts can be from very light to 'I think my Parrot blew-up!' This is commonly a combination of Body Feathers and those tiny white feathers that with our Amazons can look like a snow storm!

A Parrot that is ill or stressed will near halt the loss of Body Feathers and limit the loss of Flight Feathers.

 

[Inger]

Got this quick video of her flying to me. I love slow motion giving me the opportunity to see her wings and tail like this!

[ame="https://youtu.be/REdp5k-aR-8"]In Flight - YouTube[/ame]


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[Inger]

And here are some pics of her looking kind of scruffy.

Second one is kind of blurry but it's almost like she's wearing her big sister's feathers and they don't quite fit.

Here's one of her just being cute and letting.l me love up on her. [emoji170][emoji170]

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[SailBoat]

Aaaaa, the joy of a molt! No one is happy and everyone looks for it to end! Some times, scruffy is the best we get during molt! Love the scruffy!

 

[Inger]

Aaaaa, the joy of a molt! No one is happy and everyone looks for it to end! Some times, scruffy is the best we get during molt! Love the scruffy!

Yeah I still think she's pretty cute even all mussed up, and MOST of the time she's still a little lovebug. [emoji7]


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[Inger]

Bumble still does the cute thing where she "sings me to sleep" when I'm napping. It's still filled with lovely birdie vocalizations she doesn't make when I'm awake, but now it's heavily interspersed with kissy noises and "peekaboo". There are a couple of other things that sound like they might be words if I could just figure them out!

Such a wonderful addition to a Sunday afternoon nap!


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[AmyMyBlueFront]

Love the lovey picture and vid of Bum flying..Such a darling tiny little girl :60:






Jim

 

[Inger]

Love the lovey picture and vid of Bum flying..Such a darling tiny little girl :60:






Jim

You might need to add a parrotlet to your flock, Jim [emoji2]


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[LeaKP]

Love this little Bumble and all the adventures!


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[Inger]

Tonight during playtime, Bumble decided to fly back and forth from her cage to me. Usually she sticks to me the whole time; I'm glad to see her branching out a little. She kept trying to eat the buttons on my shirt, so I dumped a bunch of colorful buttons on the table and said, "these are your buttons!" She promptly picked one up and flew off to her cage top with it (and then dropped it - never to be seen again LOL) She did it a couple of times and it was so cute. She's never flown with something in her beak before.

My 23 year old daughter (Susannah) has been here for several weeks and Bumble is quite taken with her. She gets flock called when she leaves the room same as I do. Susannah claims to hate Bumble, but the cuteness and charm and silliness are winning her over even though she won't admit it.

And for fun here - last night Bumble took on a pepper as big as she is. And won, of course!

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[LordTriggs]

Haha your daughter doesn't want to admit the bumble is winning her over

I demand more of bumble!

 

[Inger]

Haha your daughter doesn't want to admit the bumble is winning her over

I demand more of bumble!

No, and in fact when I said, "If you did like her, would you admit it?" She replied "NOPE!" Haha my kid's a brat.


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[LeaKP]

I just wanna say that I love this Bumble thread.


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[Inger]

I just wanna say that I love this Bumble thread.


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[emoji1][emoji1] Thanks so much! I'm glad people are enjoying it. For me it's just a good way to keep track of what happened when, but of course I want people to share my joy LOL


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[Inger]

Bumble and I had a little adventure tonight. I had to drop a package at UPS so I put on her harness and took her with. She does NOT like having it put on. She's not crazy about it once it's on, either. However, tonight she only chewed it about 95% of the time so that's improvement. And she's proving me to again how smart she is. Every time she stopped chewing, I'd stick a little treat in her mouth. After the second, maybe third time, she went "nibble nibble" and then looked up at me expectantly. Repeatedly. Stinker!

After UPS we wandered through a couple of stores and then headed for Starbucks. The girls behind the counter made impossibly high-pitched noises when they saw her and I bought her a fruit cup (no sugar added).

Once we got home and I undressed her, she flew to her cage top and when I tried to pick her up, she gave me her gentle "no" beak. I figured she was going to be mad at me for a while. I stepped into the other room to change out of work clothes, and after a few seconds she started doing a sweet little chirp song. I went back to see if she wanted up yet and she flew to my arm and immediately presented her head for skritches while making her happy quack.

And. My heart melted. Again. Man I love this little girl!

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[AmyMyBlueFront]

Awwww Bumble is a winner in my book,and you are doing such a great job with her Inger!




Jim

 

[Inger]

Awwww Bumble is a winner in my book,and you are doing such a great job with her Inger!




Jim

Well honestly I think she's doing a good job with me, but thank you! And a lot of credit goes to the people here who are so kind and giving if education and support.


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[wrench13]

Keep up with the harness, she will eventually ignore it and be able to enjoy being outside more. Make sure when it is on that no feather's are turned the wrong way or bent and that the straps are laying flat on her.

Nice pic too, a feast for a princess!

 

[Inger]

Keep up with the harness, she will eventually ignore it and be able to enjoy being outside more. Make sure when it is on that no feather's are turned the wrong way or bent and that the straps are laying flat on her.

Nice pic too, a feast for a princess!

Thanks for the encouragement. It was better this time which leaves me hopeful. I'm thinking of switching to an aviator though - I'm not sure this one fits quite right. Of course, it's difficult to tell when she spends all her time with her head backwards chewing on it! [emoji23]


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[Inger]

Bumble has been working on a new trick! I can't believe how quickly she gets it when she wants to. She does 2 spins as a warm up and then two nice flips [emoji7]

[ame="https://youtu.be/xYyAMimIs6M"]Spin & Flip - YouTube[/ame]


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