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Thanks! I finally figured out how to post pictures....LOL makes me want to post more!! Looking forward to chatting! Conniem

HI Conniem,
Just wanted to give you a welcome.
This is a great board, and you will find Mavis to be very helpful host, and an experienced bird lover. Plus many others who are very helpful.
Great pics, look forward to seeing your new baby.
That will be quite a challenge.
I have a Blue fronted Amazon Maggie a cheeky budgie named Ink Spot, and a newly adopted 20yr old Orange Winged Amazon, who kind of found us. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Take Care
Dawn

Hi Dawn, thanks for the warm welcome! I am always looking forward to learning new things about our feathered friends. My meyers is a real sweetie, now days you see more and more of them. Maybe they are catching on! Looking forward to hearing all about your feathered ones! Conniem

Thanks for the nice words Dawn. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

When did you get the Orange Wing Amazon?

Hi Mavis,
Barb had phoned us a few weeks back and asked if we were interested. Thought about it for awhile, phoned Pat who had Joey, and went to see him. This was her husband's bird, he died 3yrs ago, she was fond of him but birds were not her thing. He had all his basic needs met, but she didn't have the time to spend with him, and felt it better to find him a good home. This was his second home and she was the only one to handle him. He was such a gentle bird with her, so that was hopeful. What made my final decision was that if she couldn't find a home for him, she had thought of putting him to sleep. I think maybe this bird also has some sad memories of the husbands death.
I didn't want to see a lovely bird put down.
So here is another challenge.
This is his second week here.
We were all talking to him and he would put his head down to be scratched, I was just taking things really slow, not fast enough for him obviously. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
4 days after he arrived he was jumping at me to pick him up. I put his stand into the living room, and after one time of being on it he gets down from his cage and walks into the living room to find his stand.
He has adapted much faster than I was told he would, he is a very sweet bird. I really don't know what to expect from an older bird, he seems such a gentleman compared to my bratty Maggie. lol
It's just getting him used to our kind of fast paced lifestyle, and noise all day . <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Can you teach an old bird new tricks, they tell me you can. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Take Care
Dawn

Congratulations on your adoption! I think it is wonderful!! conniem

He sounds like he is fitting in perfectly already Dawn. Well Done!!

Hello Connie,

I am also very new to this site. I have had a yellow naped amazon(Bert) for about a week and 1/2. My family fell in love with him quickly. He loves to be scratched and I have perched him once by using a perch from his cage. I am very new to this so any hints would help wonders. How to get him to trust me more is tricky. I have a few nips to prove it. <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
But I keep going back for more. He loves to eat from my hand but as you say this house is so new and loud. The owner of mine also pasted away and the family said Bert loved to cuddle so I'm anxious to see if he will take that on with me. Well I could talk forever.
See you,
Kim R. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hi Kim and congratulations on your new addition! Sounds like you are doing well, you just have to give him some time to settle in and learn to trust you. Figure out what are his favorite foods and offer them to him by hand. He will learn that you always have good things for him! Amazons are such clowns! I think they have great personalities, I am looking forward to hearing more about Bert! Connie

Dawn, just read your post..I have a previously owned Panama Amazon who is about 25 yrs old and I know what you mean about them being a sort of "gentleman" LOL! He's an old fella, kind of stuck in his ways..takes several naps during the day and loves to have his head scratched! Sometimes when he is on my shoulder at night watching the tv, I scratch the top of his head and he scratches the underside with his own foot and falls fast asleep! :rolling: