Sassy is "THREE Amigos"!

[Mare Miller]

Are goffins normally super messy?! This girl, Sassy, is so busy during the day, hopping around, tearing up stuff, taking a bath in her water bowl, (saw that for the first time, the other day), flinging food, etc...I'm thinking she might have ADHD! I just added a new hanging toy and she is thoroughly enjoying this addition.

When Amigo was living all day in the house with us, I don't recall him being this BUSY!! When out of his cage, he could definitely be more destructive, if not supervised well, but there always seemed to be a method to his maddness! Sassy makes three times the mess Amigo EVER did!!

 

[wenz2712]

LOL... I think it is a too thing in general.. They love to make lots of mess

 

[PetoftheDay]

If her cage is near a wall, you might consider tacking up some cheap plastic sheeting, just so it's easier to clean, and you don't have to worry about any flung food staining the wall! Hey, she is a girl, and we all know girls just wanna have fun, right? Hardware/home supply store usually have it - if you look in the "paint and painting supplies" section, there are usually cheap "drop clothes" that serve just fine!

 

[Mare Miller]

Thanks PetoftheDay, great idea! Our walls are all wood panel so new paint wouldn't be an option.

 

[SillyBoy]

My goffins is exactly like yours. I wish I had half the energy mine has.

 

[GiosMom]

I love it!! Messy girl. How are they doing as far as being within the same room....has Amigo lost interest at all?

 

[KatherineI]

lol, Sugar isn't messy. She's actually kind of a priss :20: The worst I can complain about is her not wanting to sleep in her cage at night.

So far

 

[GiosMom]

lol, Sugar isn't messy. She's actually kind of a priss :20: The worst I can complain about is her not wanting to sleep in her cage at night.

So far

Where does she want to sleep?

 

[KatherineI]

lol, Sugar isn't messy. She's actually kind of a priss :20: The worst I can complain about is her not wanting to sleep in her cage at night.

So far

Where does she want to sleep?

Right now, she sleeps on top of her cage. Eventually (although it looks like later rather than sooner) we're going to get her a stand. I have a great offer (if it still stands, it's been a few weeks since I talked with the guy) on a tall, Manzanita stand on casters. Really, at this point I'd like to just make her something with food dishes up next to the stand, like PVC or something and keep it next to my side of the bed.

It's funny, because at 6am, she starts making all kinds of noise (the sun is up mom!! ) but I can get up, put her inside her cage and she'll grab a pellet or two and then quiets down. Now why she cant just crawl down and into her cage (it's open!!!!!) herself, I do not know.

 

[GiosMom]

I returned my manzanita tree. Bottlebrush is better. Especially for Goffins. Get the Waynes Bottlebrush stand. The manzanita is tooo slippery and harder on their feet. My avian vet recommended Bottlebrush and he said lots of birds have slipped fallen off and broke their leg. He hates them. He has a Goffin I took his advice. Manzanita is better for bigger large Macaws. Again, I'm no expert I'm just passing on vet recommendation....so what do I know. LOL

 

[KatherineI]

I returned my manzanita tree. Bottlebrush is better. Especially for Goffins. Get the Waynes Bottlebrush stand. The manzanita is tooo slippery and harder on their feet. My avian vet recommended Bottlebrush and he said lots of birds have slipped fallen off and broke their leg. He hates them. He has a Goffin I took his advice. Manzanita is better for bigger large Macaws. Again, I'm no expert I'm just passing on vet recommendation....so what do I know. LOL

Well, I'm thinking of still getting it because I've never seen a bottlebrush stand. Ever. Plus, they are giving me a huuuuge discount on it (if it's still available, if not, no biggie). She's been on it and been fine, but more and more I'm thinking I'd rather make something to fit what we want, rather than buying something premade and "settling" with it, if that makes sense.

At this point, I may just keep things as they are and buy or make the stand after the move. In that case, I won't be getting that particular stand because I'll be 1500 miles away.

 

[KatherineI]

Actually.... this is practically perfect for bedtime!: Feathersmart Table Top Stand Large - TABLE TOP PLAY GYMS by MY SAFE BIRD STORE

It's not fancy and is easily moveable and looks like it would be easily cleaned! Plus, I could move it around. Hmmm...

 

[GiosMom]

The bottlebrush isn't as pretty as a manzanita but the stand I got is really nice....why don't you come over with Sugar and try mine out....I will turn on my Keurig!

 

[KatherineI]

The bottlebrush isn't as pretty as a manzanita but the stand I got is really nice....why don't you come over with Sugar and try mine out....I will turn on my Keurig!

Apparently, I really need to make a trip to SoFlo! I have friends in the Miami area who have been dying to see me. Better leave that Keurig on the entire trip I loooove my coffee; just call me Lorelei!

 

[GiosMom]

Absolutely! But you better bring the birds or no coffee for youuu! Haha

 

[KatherineI]

Absolutely! But you better bring the birds or no coffee for youuu! Haha

lmao!

I also was just informed that the stand is not manzanita, it's java wood.

 

[Mare Miller]

I love it!! Messy girl. How are they doing as far as being within the same room....has Amigo lost interest at all?

Amigo is fine in the same room with Sassy but only when I have him in his cage. When I let him out, he tries to bee-line it over to her cage. I stop him just before take-off, I still don't trust him. Hopefully, someday I'll be able to let him out while she is in the same room but I would always have to have Sassy caged and that's ok, I would hate to see him hurt her.

 

[Lee_Creature_Girl]

When I put together my bird room, I bought life-sized photographic murals of beaches at sunset & rain forests (plus one of an under-water walk-through in a salt-water aquarium) to cover the walls & then affixed plexiglass panels over them to protect the murals & to make the walls super easy to clean. They've been more than worth the effort & expense although that was back before I could no longer work & when I had the money to spend.

Sandblasted Manzanita isn't slippery but branches with the bark still on are very slippery. That said, there are so many different types of surfaces to perch & play on both in & out of my bird room that none of my birds ever perches on any one type of perch often enough for the texture to become a problem to their feet...especially since they're almost never confined to their cages. They do all seem to really like the thick sisal rope "vines" throughout the room best though...even my little guys.

Both my goffins are messy as far as tossing toys (especially Audrey who loves her box of foot toys while Angel prefers hanging toys) & shredded paper around but then that's a good thing; they're busy playing when not napping or eating. Which kinda refutes the notion that parrots pluck due to boredom. I can guarantee there's not a bored feather in my household. LOL.

I don't think anyone really knows why some birds pluck. Some might pluck from boredom or anxiety, others from hormones & still others for no known reason but plucking isn't necessarily a sign that any of these conditions caused it or even existed for a particular bird.

One of my Goffins was a plucker when I got her from a less-than-desirable situation. & the other began plucking to a much lesser degree when she was about three. Audrey plucks primarily during breeding season but only the long feathers, never the down beneath. She's actually kind of cute during that time all soft & fuzzy & tail-less. I call her my little emu. Angel, my semi-rescue Goffins, pulls everything down to her bare skin during the same period & then lets many long feathers & a little fluff grow in between breeding seasons.

I really don't care about plucking. As long as they're healthy, happy & not self-mutilating beyond just feathers, it's fine with me. I think many people get overly concerned about it & probably even make things worse by subconsciously transferring their anxiety about it over to the bird. I'm very lucky though, neither of my Toos does the morning & evening screaming thing or even screams at all beyond a couple call outs once in awhile if I leave the bird room before they feel they got their fair share of the attention. None of my parrots are screamers. Sorry, got off topic.

 

[MaraWentz]

HA ha ha goffins lol. I remember my goffin. Brought her home at one year. Was told she was very quiet, not too playful, never talked an d sat on my shoulder. Gave it 5 minutes in the car she just opened right up. Talking up a storm, dancing, hopping, We got home and she is climbing on our heads, flying everywhere, grabbing our dogs tails, splashing in her water bowl, flinging her food. Goffins... boy oh boy

 

[KatherineI]

HA ha ha goffins lol. I remember my goffin. Brought her home at one year. Was told she was very quiet, not too playful, never talked an d sat on my shoulder. Gave it 5 minutes in the car she just opened right up. Talking up a storm, dancing, hopping, We got home and she is climbing on our heads, flying everywhere, grabbing our dogs tails, splashing in her water bowl, flinging her food. Goffins... boy oh boy

I have seen hardly any of this type of behavior Sugar does a bit of dancing when she gets vocal (no more than 4x's a day and less than 30 minutes each), she's active but not playful, and steers clear of both Loki and Onyx (she's scared of both), although Onyx has no tail for her to pull I hope she comes out if her shell eventually. She's also prissy and picky, won't eat her pellets if they've been out too long in her opinion