Cool birds!:biggthump I had 2 parakeets. I like birds and I think they are really cool but they are a lot of work and with 3 cats we just cant do that again!
Strike was cool with them tho.
Strike was cool with them tho.
Dobes & Parrots
I saw mention of this in another post and wanted to start a new thread so as to not combine the two.
I saw where a couple of you have Macaws. We have a pair of Eclectus, a Citron Cockatoo as well as our parent's hand me down African Gray.
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Aside from being interested in who all have parrots, did anyone get their Dobe after they had the birds?
If so I would love to hear from you on how to introduce one another. Not that I want them to interact, the darn cockatoo already barks like a dog, I just don't want the parrot alarms to go off everytime Teak comes up the stairs in their area. Right no our daughter's cocker scrounges around the cages at feeding time looking for discards. The cockatoo will actually toss food out to the dog. If we can get Teak to where she is the same way, more interested in the food than the birds, this would be great.:rotate1:
I saw where a couple of you have Macaws. We have a pair of Eclectus, a Citron Cockatoo as well as our parent's hand me down African Gray.
Aside from being interested in who all have parrots, did anyone get their Dobe after they had the birds?
If so I would love to hear from you on how to introduce one another. Not that I want them to interact, the darn cockatoo already barks like a dog, I just don't want the parrot alarms to go off everytime Teak comes up the stairs in their area. Right no our daughter's cocker scrounges around the cages at feeding time looking for discards. The cockatoo will actually toss food out to the dog. If we can get Teak to where she is the same way, more interested in the food than the birds, this would be great.:rotate1:
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This is Steevie:
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He's an ornery African Grey about twelve years old.
The Dogs know enough to stay away from him, but he always tries to start trouble with the Dogs. He'll bite them if they get close enough to his cage. He calls the Dogs, but they don't pay any attention to him. The Dogs know enough to keep their distance. They're scared of the Bird.
He calls all of them "Mandy", which was the name of the Doberman Before Last.
He's so funny. Whe he sees the Dogs, he hollers "Mandy! Get Down! Lay Down! Stay Down! Mandy!" And then he whistles.
He's an ornery African Grey about twelve years old.
The Dogs know enough to stay away from him, but he always tries to start trouble with the Dogs. He'll bite them if they get close enough to his cage. He calls the Dogs, but they don't pay any attention to him. The Dogs know enough to keep their distance. They're scared of the Bird.
He calls all of them "Mandy", which was the name of the Doberman Before Last.
He's so funny. Whe he sees the Dogs, he hollers "Mandy! Get Down! Lay Down! Stay Down! Mandy!" And then he whistles.
I have three birds I will inherit from my grandparents-that sounds kinda evil but seeing as the birds are all under three they are planning well I guess!
They have two greys and a cockatoo. the greys don't mind dogs at all-they have three peis and my dogs are over there all the time too. Its funny because you will call the dogs and the birds start calling them too.
the cockatoo is another story but they haven't had him very long so he may be ok after a while. I like the greys but the cockatoo is my new baby-I love this bird
I took pics of him when I was there the other day but I didn't upload them to my comp yet so I'll put a pic up of him tommorow-he is pink but the lady my grandpa got him from said its from his calcium and he is really white-I know next to nothing about birds so I have no clue if its true!
here are the greys right after they got them
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/joceboo/000_0356.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/joceboo/000_0370.jpg
the one grey has a mangled foot and the "breeder" supposedly was going to have it put down because she claimed it couldn't eat(you can see her trying to steal a piece of chicken in the pic and she eats jsut fine)-but I also think she saw my grandpa as a big sap and knew he'd shell out whatever she asked for it:nocom: sophie is the one with the mangled foot and cesar without. the cockatoo is named pete but it doens't fit him at all.
They have two greys and a cockatoo. the greys don't mind dogs at all-they have three peis and my dogs are over there all the time too. Its funny because you will call the dogs and the birds start calling them too.
the cockatoo is another story but they haven't had him very long so he may be ok after a while. I like the greys but the cockatoo is my new baby-I love this bird
I took pics of him when I was there the other day but I didn't upload them to my comp yet so I'll put a pic up of him tommorow-he is pink but the lady my grandpa got him from said its from his calcium and he is really white-I know next to nothing about birds so I have no clue if its true!here are the greys right after they got them
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/joceboo/000_0356.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/joceboo/000_0370.jpg
the one grey has a mangled foot and the "breeder" supposedly was going to have it put down because she claimed it couldn't eat(you can see her trying to steal a piece of chicken in the pic and she eats jsut fine)-but I also think she saw my grandpa as a big sap and knew he'd shell out whatever she asked for it:nocom: sophie is the one with the mangled foot and cesar without. the cockatoo is named pete but it doens't fit him at all.
Here are my birds....
Bailey the 2 1/2 yr old blue and gold macaw....
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and Her Highness after a bath...
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And the 3 cockatiel girls Gracie (12 yr old cinnamon), Lacey (5 yr old clear pied) and Cagney (15 yr old normal grey)
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Bailey the 2 1/2 yr old blue and gold macaw....
and Her Highness after a bath...
And the 3 cockatiel girls Gracie (12 yr old cinnamon), Lacey (5 yr old clear pied) and Cagney (15 yr old normal grey)
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everyone has such pretty birds!
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This is Connie and he/she might be 6 years old...lost track lol. She is a sun conure. Her favorite things include mocking noises, making chirp chirp chirp chirp sounds while knocking her beak on her cage, and dancing she has some great moves including bobbing her head clucking and doing a chicken like dance with her wings. lol.
well...we had connie when we had our dalmatian and connie would love to be put on dice's back to take a ride around the living room. but then dice had to be put to sleep and connie went 2 years without a dog in the house...just these 2 new cats lol
Duchess and coco both ignore her....if they come towards her on her cage she will walk right up to them but we intervene before they could make contact or close contact at all. but if connie is on my shoulder and the dogs approach to close she will bite my neck until I get her away from those dogs! lol.
This is Connie and he/she might be 6 years old...lost track lol. She is a sun conure. Her favorite things include mocking noises, making chirp chirp chirp chirp sounds while knocking her beak on her cage, and dancing she has some great moves including bobbing her head clucking and doing a chicken like dance with her wings. lol.
well...we had connie when we had our dalmatian and connie would love to be put on dice's back to take a ride around the living room. but then dice had to be put to sleep and connie went 2 years without a dog in the house...just these 2 new cats lol
Duchess and coco both ignore her....if they come towards her on her cage she will walk right up to them but we intervene before they could make contact or close contact at all. but if connie is on my shoulder and the dogs approach to close she will bite my neck until I get her away from those dogs! lol.
Here is the cockatoo
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http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4104.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4127.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4087.jpg
this is her cage- I cna't remember the name of the place that makes them but they have litte aviary things-they are pretty neat.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4078.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4104.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4127.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4087.jpg
this is her cage- I cna't remember the name of the place that makes them but they have litte aviary things-they are pretty neat.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d96/dobelover58/100_4078.jpg
Here is a picture of my Merlin, she is also a Sun Conure and looks a lot like LapDogs Connie. This is not the best photo of her as she was looking a little moth eaten because she was moulting. If anyone wonders why "she" is named Merlin it's because we were told Merlin was a boy until she surprised us with an egg!!!! I thought something was going on as she had a terrible case of "PMS" it lasted for days then one morning I uncovered her and voila an egg!!!!
She just turned 10 yrs. old.
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She just turned 10 yrs. old.
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