hello everybody

[enslin]

hi everybody,long time not look by.[enslin from austia]i had a lot new happenings about my cag[rocky]have him now five months[i think]?well finally just yesterday evening i was sitting on the couch with him,he let me scrache his head!!jipiee!and now that i was sitting and writing on the computer,he climb down my shoulder on my arm and holding is beak on my pullover and waited till i realized what he wanted,beibg scrached again!!oh i am so exited!Oh and by the way he also learned a lot new tricks[since i am training with a dvd of dave and chat womach]that is:waving,shake his head no and yes,spinning in a circle,give kiss,and two card tricks that he can perform now[and that all on cue,behalve the cardtricks]!and the best of all he really enjoys it,he is already exited when i just say training!Isnt that great.well only one problem he still does hate the waterspray and i dont want to loose his trust by putting him under the shower[the zink you can forget totally]maybe i should wait for a bit before trying it again[once he almost liked the shower]ONCE!well i hope to hear from somebody.Greatings to all and to all your birds.Sara&rocky from netherland.

[Irish]

What a talented bird you have, Sara :-). I haven't even tried to teach Bob or Gracie any tricks (although Gracie came knowing quite a few). I'm glad he has decided to bond and be friends. Bob has learned new things since he arrived, too, but the most fun thing that he does is that every morning when I let him out of his cage, he wants to get all snuggly--by throwing himself over on his back and beaky, beaky, beaky at my fingers for a half hour while I hold him like a baby! If I put him upright, he rolls back over. We only finish this "game" when HE's ready! I'm gonna hafta remember to start carrying foot toys, methinx.... After that, he's ready for me to make his breakfy and settle down for awhile in his cage so I can get on with taking care of the rest of the flock. Aren't they fun? *grins*

[greyburd]

Congrats on how far you've come with your little guy!! I know you must be excited! I haven't started training Spencer to do tricks yet. I think that would be so much fun. I think he'd enjoy it, also.

Good luck with the bath "problem". Greys, in general, don't like to bathe. Spencer hates it when I spray him with the spray bottle. If he's not in his cage, he tries to run away from with water bottle. I tried to put him in the shower with me one day, that didn't work either. Neither did putting him in the kitchen sink. But, he does like to toss the water around that's in his water bowl. Unfortunately, most of it gets all over the living room and not on his body. I'm sure he'll earn with time!