Lobo, she really is gorgous.
I too have a tough time with Rubys diet.Different breeds maybe, theyre all stubborn,picky,noisy,untidy, loveable rogues!!:lol::lol::lol::lol:
I have never known a pet to waste food like she does. She throws it up to 60 cms out of the cage. All the rabbits are aware of the fact there may be some fruit and rice and such on offer so hover around for the scraps we miss. The other evening I was chastising her for being so wasteful, she looked straight at me and said "I love you".:roll:
This morning when we had the rabbit's greens in their dishes, madame helped herself to a sprig of mint from one. My OH called out 'Hoi' so she hightailed it across the bench, up the cage side to the top, all the time with the mint firmly clenched in her beak. She then took the mint in her foot and fed herself on it until it was all gone. If we offered it to her she would probably throw it on the floor.
She is absolutley gorgeous
Does she have free range in your house or is she in a cage? I don't know anyone with a parrot and I'm so interested in them and how they are kept. Are you able to let her out to fly in the garden? Do they poop anywhere or can you train them? I watched this programme and the lady on there would go for walks outside with her parrot just sat on her shoulder the whole time he never tried tried to fly away. I'd be worried that it would fly off and never come back
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Flying off and not coming back is how we ended up with this girl. She was found as a stray last October and unbelieveably no one came forward to claim her, so she was placed in rescue and from there we adopted her.
Most of the parrots sitting on people's shoulders whilst outside have their wings clipped to restrict flight. This is something I will never agree to. Flight is a primary function of a bird and to prevent by clipping wings does not sit right with me; I also wonder how much it affects the bird psychologically. There are also harnesses available but I don't really feel comfortable with the idea of them either.
I would like to think it possible to litter train a bird but because they poop about every 15 minutes I can't ever envisage it to be possible.
Aoife has two cages; a large one for day use and another slightly smaller for overnight. The day cage is 97cms wide, 70 cms deep and 167 cms high. She stays in the cage during the day with a swing and other toys to entertain herself until we get home and is then let out to climb on the outside of it. There are some additional smaller perches attached to the outside as well as some food and water dishes and she is free to fly around the room as she wishes. It is imperative to supervise their outside cage time as they can accidentally fall behind furniture or get tangled in curtains and blinds where struggling to free themselves could result in significant injury.