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lisamarie973
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- Sep 25, 2010
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- Maui - Male CAG (my baby) (Mom's babies) KiKi - Sun Conure, Fred & Wilma - Fisher Lovebirds, Gully,Sweetie,Baby - Cockatiels, Mork & Mindy - Zebra Finches Luna,Sky,Jilly - Budgies 16 Gouldian Finches
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Thank you everyone for all your thoughts and prayers for me and my Maui. I don't think I could give up on finding my baby if I tried, I would be so guilt ridden if I did. I miss him so very much... I keep envisioning him cocking his head to the side, rubbing his beak on my nose and saying "love you baby" love you baby" to me. Of course he picked that up from Trixter, who picked it up from me saying it to ALL the babies.
OH, you guys don't probably know about Trixie, so, let me tell you.... Trixie was adopted by me over a year ago, through THIS very Forum. A couple had Trixie for years, having gotten him when his was only 1 and he is now 11. Trixie, who the owners THOUGHT was a girl the entire time they had him, hence the name Trixie, also goes by Trixter, Thank Goodness and in fact, refers to himself as Trixter most of the time.
The owners became afraid of Trix because he was becoming mean towards them and began not wanting to even come out of his cage anymore. They assumed that this behavior was being formed because they also took in sheltered animals and one of the dogs, a little terrier, kept jumping up on Trix's cage, scaring the crap out of him. They desperately tried to correct the dogs behavior with spe******ts and such, but, Trixter just would not "come back" to his old self. Unfortunately, this couple truly loved Trix with all their hearts and did NOT want to re-home him, they would miss him terribly, so they spent some more money on bird spe******ts to try to correct Trixie's issues, While Trix did "OK" with the trainer, he would not do well for the couple, and continued to bite the heck out of the man. This was so heart wrenching to the man, because, Trixter was HIS baby all those years. He told me that he used to be able to wrap his arms right around Trix and kiss him all over and Trix would just eat up the affection. He said that he loved Trix more than he could express and re-homing was an absolute LAST option, and sadly, it came to that very thing, which is how, I now have Trixter.
Today, Trix is a completely different bird from when he first entered my home, he wouldn't come out of his cage, he wouldn't DREAM of stepping up for anyone and for whatever reason, he would shake like a leaf on a tree anytime a Man came near his cage and let out this super high pitched squeal as if he were totally terrified. Depending on who you were, he MIGHT take food from you through the cage bars, and THAT was ALL he'd do.
After days and weeks and months of just sitting next to his cage for several hours throughout the day just talking to him with his cage door open and coercing him out with his favorite foods, he FINALLY stepped out of his cage to the top of his cage door. That eventually led to him crawling around his cage. Trixter eventually stepped up for me, shaking the whole time for several weeks, then he'd talk to me while perched on my hand, then he'd kiss me and so on and so forth. However, don't get me wrong, I took a few cheap shots from him during the process, but, I KNEW it was NOT because he wanted to hurt me, he is neurotic as hell, for some reason, even today he's still a little bit of a weirdo, but he is the happiest, singing, talking, whistling loving and affectionate bird ever. This bird loves me so much, I mean so, so much that I, now, can touch him anywhere on his body without getting bit. I can lay on the couch, facing the cushions and tuck him against my chest and up against the cushions in like a little cave, while my head is over top of his, my right arm around his back and my right hand is tucked under his tummy so that he could bite my neck, hands, chest, you name it, but, he LOVES it, he'll stay there sometimes for 30 minutes while I just rub and pet and kiss him all over.
While Trixter was super fond of Maui, he also never set out to hurt him either. He and Maui would talk back and forth to each other all day, in fact, Maui was learning his words mostly FROM Trix and Trix can learn something in one single day, he's so super intelligent....IE..... Trix has been hearing me holler for Maui day after day, so, he's also been yelling for Maui as well, LOL... I do think that Trix misses Maui, even though he would NEVER admit to anyone, no WAY, he doesn't miss that pesky BABYYY, he's just a noisy, destructive, BABYYY, to Trix anyways.
Now Oakley, Oakley on the other hand is my husbands Sun Conure and is also my husbands LOVE. She is a super sweet girl who happens to be Maui's very best friend, besides Logan, who is our 110lb German Shepherd that Maui's been around since he was but a hatchling. Maui so very very much LOVESSSS Logan to pieces, he'd hop up on his back and hang out preening him, his ears mostly. Even when Logan decides he wants to take a little stroll through the house to get water or whatnot, not a problem for Maui, he'll just ride right along while continuing to preen him.
Oakley, she is definitely way more in love with Maui then Maui is her, to Maui, she's just his "head scratcher/feather preener", but, to Oakley, Maui is HER very BESTEST friend EVER. So, needless to say, she has been so miserable, crying, literally. Maui makes this repeated squeal, when she's sad or upset, almost like a dog squeaky toy, but in a way that sounds so pathetically sad it about breaks your heart to hear her. She's been so mopey and just plain out of sorts, which hurts my heart even more, ya know?
So, Just thought I'd give ya'll a little family dynamic here, We all are missing my Maui so very very much, I just want my baby back you guys!!!!
Thanks so much for letting me vent here, I used to LOVE to come here and read all about everyone else's babies and their stories, I'm going to start doing that again, I really enjoyed it and I could use some happy stories about other's baby's, instead of wallowing in my sorrow every day....
Bless your hearts, you're all wonderful people!!
OH, you guys don't probably know about Trixie, so, let me tell you.... Trixie was adopted by me over a year ago, through THIS very Forum. A couple had Trixie for years, having gotten him when his was only 1 and he is now 11. Trixie, who the owners THOUGHT was a girl the entire time they had him, hence the name Trixie, also goes by Trixter, Thank Goodness and in fact, refers to himself as Trixter most of the time.
The owners became afraid of Trix because he was becoming mean towards them and began not wanting to even come out of his cage anymore. They assumed that this behavior was being formed because they also took in sheltered animals and one of the dogs, a little terrier, kept jumping up on Trix's cage, scaring the crap out of him. They desperately tried to correct the dogs behavior with spe******ts and such, but, Trixter just would not "come back" to his old self. Unfortunately, this couple truly loved Trix with all their hearts and did NOT want to re-home him, they would miss him terribly, so they spent some more money on bird spe******ts to try to correct Trixie's issues, While Trix did "OK" with the trainer, he would not do well for the couple, and continued to bite the heck out of the man. This was so heart wrenching to the man, because, Trixter was HIS baby all those years. He told me that he used to be able to wrap his arms right around Trix and kiss him all over and Trix would just eat up the affection. He said that he loved Trix more than he could express and re-homing was an absolute LAST option, and sadly, it came to that very thing, which is how, I now have Trixter.
Today, Trix is a completely different bird from when he first entered my home, he wouldn't come out of his cage, he wouldn't DREAM of stepping up for anyone and for whatever reason, he would shake like a leaf on a tree anytime a Man came near his cage and let out this super high pitched squeal as if he were totally terrified. Depending on who you were, he MIGHT take food from you through the cage bars, and THAT was ALL he'd do.
After days and weeks and months of just sitting next to his cage for several hours throughout the day just talking to him with his cage door open and coercing him out with his favorite foods, he FINALLY stepped out of his cage to the top of his cage door. That eventually led to him crawling around his cage. Trixter eventually stepped up for me, shaking the whole time for several weeks, then he'd talk to me while perched on my hand, then he'd kiss me and so on and so forth. However, don't get me wrong, I took a few cheap shots from him during the process, but, I KNEW it was NOT because he wanted to hurt me, he is neurotic as hell, for some reason, even today he's still a little bit of a weirdo, but he is the happiest, singing, talking, whistling loving and affectionate bird ever. This bird loves me so much, I mean so, so much that I, now, can touch him anywhere on his body without getting bit. I can lay on the couch, facing the cushions and tuck him against my chest and up against the cushions in like a little cave, while my head is over top of his, my right arm around his back and my right hand is tucked under his tummy so that he could bite my neck, hands, chest, you name it, but, he LOVES it, he'll stay there sometimes for 30 minutes while I just rub and pet and kiss him all over.
While Trixter was super fond of Maui, he also never set out to hurt him either. He and Maui would talk back and forth to each other all day, in fact, Maui was learning his words mostly FROM Trix and Trix can learn something in one single day, he's so super intelligent....IE..... Trix has been hearing me holler for Maui day after day, so, he's also been yelling for Maui as well, LOL... I do think that Trix misses Maui, even though he would NEVER admit to anyone, no WAY, he doesn't miss that pesky BABYYY, he's just a noisy, destructive, BABYYY, to Trix anyways.
Now Oakley, Oakley on the other hand is my husbands Sun Conure and is also my husbands LOVE. She is a super sweet girl who happens to be Maui's very best friend, besides Logan, who is our 110lb German Shepherd that Maui's been around since he was but a hatchling. Maui so very very much LOVESSSS Logan to pieces, he'd hop up on his back and hang out preening him, his ears mostly. Even when Logan decides he wants to take a little stroll through the house to get water or whatnot, not a problem for Maui, he'll just ride right along while continuing to preen him.
Oakley, she is definitely way more in love with Maui then Maui is her, to Maui, she's just his "head scratcher/feather preener", but, to Oakley, Maui is HER very BESTEST friend EVER. So, needless to say, she has been so miserable, crying, literally. Maui makes this repeated squeal, when she's sad or upset, almost like a dog squeaky toy, but in a way that sounds so pathetically sad it about breaks your heart to hear her. She's been so mopey and just plain out of sorts, which hurts my heart even more, ya know?
So, Just thought I'd give ya'll a little family dynamic here, We all are missing my Maui so very very much, I just want my baby back you guys!!!!
Thanks so much for letting me vent here, I used to LOVE to come here and read all about everyone else's babies and their stories, I'm going to start doing that again, I really enjoyed it and I could use some happy stories about other's baby's, instead of wallowing in my sorrow every day....
Bless your hearts, you're all wonderful people!!
