any one doing basketball??

[cherries_angela]

i just bought a basketball goal for my fids and chevy my g2 seems to be catching on really fast anyone else doing this with their fids?? my u2 just throws the ball at me as hard as he can

 

[deborahbroadus]

i just bought a basketball goal for my fids and chevy my g2 seems to be catching on really fast anyone else doing this with their fids?? my u2 just throws the ball at me as hard as he can

Angela,

I am a member of the www.quakerparrots.com forum. It's interesting how many different owners post about their birds.

Right now, I haven't had time to do anything special with Bammy. But what I did teach him was to get himself out of bed and go feed himself and watch television till I get home. Television..the eternal babysitter!

His set up is:
He has a beddy cage in my bedroom

a Steel contraption of a playground in the den with the television (den is off the bedroom: connecting doors)

BIG huge cage downstairs for when I have company so he can feel protected yet see what's going on.

When I get up in the AM, I raise the cover on his cage..(not take off, he's a late sleeper)..I also don't close him in.

turn on the television and make sure his food and water are fresh..then I am gone (as soon as I dress).

When I get home, he's always on the playground munching, and watching television or looking out the window.

Bammy eats with his hands:

and sleeps in his teddybeddy:

Cuddle time:

Tickle me ELmo

AND...These are my brother's birds:

 

[cherries_angela]

Oh bammy is such a spoiled bird lol my fids can't sleep in my room lol they are such attention hogs they would all be fightin for the spot closest to me lol! I will post pics of them later I'm on my way to stl mo right now and I'm on my phone and can't post any pics

 

[shrap]

Well if I am ever reincarnated as a bird, I know who I want taking care of me.

 

[cherries_angela]

first 2 are of my zons shooter and sweetie pie fresh out the shower they get a shower at least 4 times a day! they love the water! then its P my u2 and then chevy my g2

 

[cherries_angela]

this is what chevy looked like when i first got him! but worse! i dont have any pics of his back but he was bald there to
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/cherries_angela/SS851253.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/cherries_angela/SS851256.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/cherries_angela/SS851257.jpg
this is what he looks like now and he has not even went threw his molt yet!
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/cherries_angela/PART_1231988413053.jpg
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/cherries_angela/PART_1231988308141.jpg

 

[deborahbroadus]

I've seen that pic of the bird with the plucking problem before..trying to recall..

Anyway..good luck with them.

Thanks for sharing! They are cute.

I joined this yahoo group..a bird behaviorist is the creator (if that's the word) and I read those articles that address certain behaviors as a preventative measure.

Bammy hates showers..I can get him to take a shower sometimes. LOL...but luckily he's not a plucker. Some birds really do that sport that "fresh turkey" look with such aplomb. LOL

 

[cherries_angela]

he has not pulled one feather since i got him in aug!!! im so happy!!!! he has been a hand full full time job had to teach him how to play with toys cuz the people i got him from never gave him toys for the full 6 years they had him then i had to switch him to parrot food as they had him on keet food he was a mess but my baby is fully feathered now and is going to be beautiful when he molts out all the old chewed on feathers!!!

 

[deborahbroadus]

he has not pulled one feather since i got him in aug!!! im so happy!!!! he has been a hand full full time job had to teach him how to play with toys cuz the people i got him from never gave him toys for the full 6 years they had him then i had to switch him to parrot food as they had him on keet food he was a mess but my baby is fully feathered now and is going to be beautiful when he molts out all the old chewed on feathers!!!

THAT is something to be proud of. I love it when an animal that wasn't thriving somewhere else, thrives with me..it's just a great feeling of accomplishment. I am sure you feel quite like that! It's actual evidence that you are doing something right!

I was looking at the Sun conjures..they are SO pretty and it would give bammy someone to scream to while I was gone...what do you think?

 

[Miss Tuniwha]

I think the screaming would never end. LOL


*shutters*

but I admit to being bias against most conures.. I like the green cheeks. lol

most of them seem more loud then any bird should ever be. LOL


My pionus will only bathe when the vacuum is on. LOL. but now that my hair is short (shoulder length) he loves to sit on my shoulder and seemingly bathe in my hair. LOL


I vote Pionus best bird ever..


I DID foster a female Eclectus for a few months.. SHE was awesome...

as for Quakers.. .. I have a super sweet one, and an evil one. LOL.

 

[deborahbroadus]

I think the screaming would never end. LOL


*shutters*

but I admit to being bias against most conures.. I like the green cheeks. lol

most of them seem more loud then any bird should ever be. LOL


My pionus will only bathe when the vacuum is on. LOL. but now that my hair is short (shoulder length) he loves to sit on my shoulder and seemingly bathe in my hair. LOL


I vote Pionus best bird ever..


I DID foster a female Eclectus for a few months.. SHE was awesome...

as for Quakers.. .. I have a super sweet one, and an evil one. LOL.

Oh the noise wouldn't bother me.

My bother's birds are HIS..no one else can touch them..but they don't snap at me..maybe it's because I respect the beak? Yeah, that's it..i don't put my hands around them. My brother holds them and I speak from a distance.


Bammy is sweet with me, but standoffish with other people. He will go sit on their hands if I put them on there..but then he will bite them (not sharp) to make them put him down. So, no one but my brother and son bother him.

I think the Sun conjures (yellow and green) are SOOOO freaking gorgeous..and I am really considering buying one. I found this link where they are only 300.00....of course, I am researching first.

 

[Miss Tuniwha]

Yeah, Sun Conures and Jenday Conures ( look for both photos, you may have a hard time deciding what one you like more ) are both very pretty.


ME, if I were gonna go pretty.. I would go Caique .. they have neat vibrant colouring, and are SILLY little goofy birds.. very playful.


My pionus is very.. US only.. but the quakers are more even keeled.. one loves everyone, one hates everyone.. LOL

 

[deborahbroadus]

Yeah, Sun Conures and Jenday Conures ( look for both photos, you may have a hard time deciding what one you like more ) are both very pretty.


ME, if I were gonna go pretty.. I would go Caique .. they have neat vibrant colouring, and are SILLY little goofy birds.. very playful.


My pionus is very.. US only.. but the quakers are more even keeled.. one loves everyone, one hates everyone.. LOL

I was looking at this link: http://www.birdbreeders.com/availability.aspx?categoryid=6

The Caiques are more expensive.

 

[Miss Tuniwha]

worth it to me

 

[critical bill]

My sun, sunny. He's my best buddy.

 

[deborahbroadus]

He is gorgeous!!

Can you tell me what kind of interaction he needs? Different people say different things. I am gone for most of the day (work) and get home late. Bammy amuses himself and is well adjusted...(except he hates showers)..I need to know if I give it enough toys and come home and play with it for an hour or so before bed..would it be content?

 

[cherries_angela]

I was looking at the Sun conjures..they are SO pretty and it would give bammy someone to scream to while I was gone...what do you think?

i have been told they are one of the loudest conures lol but they are just so damn pretty! i myself couldnt go from having my fids (feathered kids lol) to not having any i would go nuts with all the silence!!!! i love my birds to talk and yell as long as they do it when we are all awake lol!!!

 

[deborahbroadus]

i have been told they are one of the loudest conures lol but they are just so damn pretty! i myself couldnt go from having my fids (feathered kids lol) to not having any i would go nuts with all the silence!!!! i love my birds to talk and yell as long as they do it when we are all awake lol!!!

Thank goodness that's not one of my worries, and having my own place..the screaming isn't a bother to anyone else.


My concern is mostly how independent the bird is..I LIKE independent. A cockatoo would need too much attention..kinda like that.

 

[cherries_angela]

well i have 2 cockatoos lmao they do take up alot of my time but wouldnt trade it for anything!!! i dont know anything about a sun as i have never owned one lol you could get one and if it didnt work out i can come pick him/her up!

 

[critical bill]

He is gorgeous!!

Can you tell me what kind of interaction he needs? Different people say different things. I am gone for most of the day (work) and get home late. Bammy amuses himself and is well adjusted...(except he hates showers)..I need to know if I give it enough toys and come home and play with it for an hour or so before bed..would it be content?

Thanks. Those pics are about a year or so old. I'll snap a few new ones to show you how his yellow came in. Doesn't even look like the same bird.

No worries, they are extremely independent birds. If you decide on getting one you'll do just fine with giving it the same great care you offer your Quaker.

I'm picking up my next bird in a month or two. Hahns Macaw. Absolutely my favorite bird in the world. Cant wait.