Right now Salty is.....

[wrench13]

Well if tonights training session is proof, Salty is just about recovered from his fall and booboo. So much of his interaction in the sessions is with his beak, I have been able to see his progress , looking at how he is using it. It was breaking my heart when he couldn't open it up enough for instance to grasp the little bell he rings and then gives to me. But darn it he tried and held it by the side of his beak, just cuz he likes doing that trick. But tonite he is back to slamming cups into each other and stuff.

 

[Kentuckienne]

What a relief! I read that the beak has tons of nerve endings, so it must have been painful for a while. They put on a tough display with the mighty wings and fearsome talons, the splendid feathers and terrifying beaks, but even the biggest baddest parrot is a fragile little thing. Great to have Salty back on the bright side.

 

[Gdp2016]

Good to hear that Salty is doing so much better!!

 

[Shine]

Thats the news I've been waiting for! Go Salty!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Salty boy..everyone was rooting for you fella! Happy to hear he is mending quickly Al.
The poor boy just aims to please his Daddy,and its obvious he really enjoys his training secessions with you.

I think this calls for a new video Salty!

And Happy New Year to all!


Jim

 

[wrench13]

Right now Salty is enjoying some special eggies Geri made him, fried in coconut oil, with broccoli, and all sorts of veggies. This boy loves his eggies.

Thanks Jim, HNY to the clan at your nest.

 

[Anansi]

Great news, Al! So glad to hear that Salty seems to have fully mended from his fall. Such a determined little guy.

 

[GaleriaGila]

He just has the most defined SMILE!
I mean... it's a SMILE. Sometimes I think I see DIMPLES!

 

[wrench13]

Gail, he does have a distinct smile - which is deceiving some times, because like any Amazon, sometimes it's no touchie time. I have to read his eyes and body language first.

Right now Salty is eating ' nanners, which he has not had in awhile.
And enjoying having his full length ceiling chain re-installed, with all his fav toys. The only change is 2 Gold's Gym floor matts, 3/4" thick and nice and soft. But buddy, @ $25 each, your killing me !

 

[wrench13]

Right now Slty is sitting on my shoulder as I type, in the bedroom. He just rewarded me tonight bigtime with an extra large dose of Amazon cinnamon cookie smell when I got home from work. I love that and he lets me rub my nose all through his chest and neck, where it emanates from. MMmmmm, make me want to eat him up. I rewarded him with a special wrestling session on our bed, where I AM KING - too many bedsheets to wrap him up in, HA HA HA bird, you're in my world now , MuuHaaHaa. You can not escape! No You Can Not ! Owwwww.... hmmm beaks seem to be stronger then the blankets. Ahhh, Salty , no! No NO ! OK OK - you re still the boss. My son caught part of it on video - I'll post later, it's pretty funny.

 

[LeaKP]

I'm so happy! Yay Salty!

 

[GaleriaGila]

Mr. Goodwrench, you are boss, but not THE boss, the way I see it.
You're the general, the bank, the royal coachman, the Chief doctor and bottle-washer.
Salty's the king.
His Highness, the boy-king of Amazonia.

 

[wrench13]

Right now Salty is being a mush ball. Maybe its the heavy sweater I have on, who knows. I got greeted at the door with a hearty "HI GERI" ( we are working on Hi Daddy ) . And immediately he wanted to play play play, snuggled in the sweater - maybe to eat it? So un-Amazon like. A nice dinner of yams and Avicake, and now he is sitting nicely on the monitor. Scroll forward - now asleep, the green bundle of fedders.

 

[SailBoat]

Right now Salty is being a mush ball. Maybe its the heavy sweater I have on, who knows. I got greeted at the door with a hearty "HI GERI" ( we are working on Hi Daddy ) . And immediately he wanted to play play play, snuggled in the sweater - maybe to eat it? So un-Amazon like. A nice dinner of yams and Avicake, and now he is sitting nicely on the monitor. Scroll forward - now asleep, the green bundle of fedders.

Amazon's have 'Freewill' and can 'choose' to be mush balls and snuggle, and than in a snap, be standoffish. Enjoy! Glad, he is being an Amazon!

 

[wrench13]

Salty's usual MO is to want to play which means wrestle with my hand, on his back, or do peek-a-boo under a blanket or towel, or to do actual beak wrestling. After that, Salty likes to be head scratched for about the same length of time, so 10 min of playing, 10 min of scratchies. Of course that is not a hard and fast rule and sometimes he gets over stimulated when playing, so I have to cut the playing short or he will get distracted when getting his scratchies. And some nights he ONLY wants to play, like last night. Like you said, 'Boats , Freewill !

PS - the pheromone factory was running full blast last night too. Salty was giving off that unique, Amazon, cinnamon, Christmas-cookie smell. I love it and Salty was reeking of it, so much that I was able to pass him around to Geri and my oldest son, who had never really gotten a good whiff of it.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Hi, Geri!

Cute!

 

[Rival_of_the_Rickeybird]

Hi, Geri!

 

[wrench13]

Grrrrrr...

 

[wrench13]

A pic from just now, Salty and his woobie. Oh. how he hates it! I'm surprised that he is not in motion in this one, all the other pics, he is just a raptor=like blur.

 

[Rival_of_the_Rickeybird]

Evil Woobie!

And...
Handsome devils!