I used to think that 'You' people were crazy...

[poi_lover]

She is a beaut!

I don't understand how someone can let a bird sit in a cage for ten months because of one bite! Poor baby. I'm sure she'll make quick progress with a big-hearted person like you!

[Jer]

I think I am in love with the electus now!!!!

Oh my husband will KILL me!!!!!!!

Jer

[Alyce Johnson]

She's really beautiful and I'm sure if she's already made that much progress with you that she will be fine. She just needed someone who was serious about making friends with her, it sounds like to me.

The local bird store owner says "do they bite?" is a very common question. She (unlike many store owners) answers truthfully -- "They're *birds* so of course they bite!" (It's like asking if a cat will ever scratch you. If you own her long enough, why yes, she most likely will. So what.)I think too many people think a nip or two is the end of the world and give up (and probably shouldnt have bought a bird in the first place).

An initial bite or two (or even a chomp or two) doesnt mean much. Berta left a huge & probably permanent scar on my arm (and more than a few small ones on other body parts) during the first month I had her. (She's a macaw so she came well equipt to inflict some harm.)

Now she kisses me all the time. I view the scar as sort of like getting a lover's name tatooed on your arm - something I would never do for a person! But I dont mind being "marked" by my "giant love bird" at all.

[Tiki]

OMG, Andrew you don't know the half of it! There are people in here who sniff birds! And some people actually have birds with purple butts-and post pics on the internet! THEY are totally nuts!