AshandBirds
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- May 13, 2017
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I posted a few weeks ago about how I was going to be adopting a 7 year old green wing macaw. You all were so incredibly helpful and so I decided I'd let you all know how things are going!
I can't believe how incredibly smooth everything has been. Spike (I still think I'd like to change his name eventually), seems to have adjusted to his new surroundings remarkably well and has gotten comfortable with me and the house much faster than I thought he would.
He will step up for me without a problem. He comes down his cage onto the couch when he wants head scratches. He climbs down on the floor and walks around after me if he decides I'm not paying enough attention to him lol. He tosses me his ball off his cage and will roll it to me when he's on the floor. He waves his foot when I say hi. He plays peekaboo and is quickly destroying every toy I bought for him. And he LOVES, LOVES, LOVES being misted. He stretches his wings all the way out and shakes his tail feathers around like he's dancing. He also sticks his head under the sink faucet when I'm doing dishes or cooking.
He also has a really awesome vocabulary, even if he won't talk if there's anyone in the room. So far I've heard (while hiding around the corner so he thinks he's alone and will actually talk) hi, hello, i love you, mama, peekaboo, tickle tickle, thank you, achoo, step up, and come here.
Maybe it's the honeymoon period, but man do I feel like I won the parrot adoption lottery!
I can't believe how incredibly smooth everything has been. Spike (I still think I'd like to change his name eventually), seems to have adjusted to his new surroundings remarkably well and has gotten comfortable with me and the house much faster than I thought he would.
He will step up for me without a problem. He comes down his cage onto the couch when he wants head scratches. He climbs down on the floor and walks around after me if he decides I'm not paying enough attention to him lol. He tosses me his ball off his cage and will roll it to me when he's on the floor. He waves his foot when I say hi. He plays peekaboo and is quickly destroying every toy I bought for him. And he LOVES, LOVES, LOVES being misted. He stretches his wings all the way out and shakes his tail feathers around like he's dancing. He also sticks his head under the sink faucet when I'm doing dishes or cooking.
He also has a really awesome vocabulary, even if he won't talk if there's anyone in the room. So far I've heard (while hiding around the corner so he thinks he's alone and will actually talk) hi, hello, i love you, mama, peekaboo, tickle tickle, thank you, achoo, step up, and come here.
Maybe it's the honeymoon period, but man do I feel like I won the parrot adoption lottery!
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