This is my neice, Shannon, with our baby, Sammy. Like I said before, he really took to her. Paul's mom and sister just left here after a quick trip for Christmas and I know Julie,(the sis) thought Sammy was way cool! Now Jeanne (mom) wasn't too impressed after Sammy took a nip of her finger. He's still going through his terrible twos....don't know how long that really lasts, but he's improving in a lot of ways.
Remember Shannon, I know a good breeder!! LOL
I am glad that Sammy is a very personable bird. On Christmas Eve we had everyone here at our house and moved Sammy's cage closer to the action. Everyone was so enamored of him and talked to him all night long. But after 10 p.m., there were only a handful of people left at the house, one being my niece Shannon. Shannon is just like me and would have a small zoo at her house if her husband would let her. Sammy was so taken to her. He cleaned her teeth and kissed and cuddled with her for at least 30 minutes. We would warn her that he might poop on her or get some oatmeal on her but she said she didn't care. (She runs a day care). Even Paul was happy that Sam loved her.
Can't wait to see how Julie likes him.
This is a BIG deal because usually Val's scared Sam is going to gouge out an eye if you get too close. He was very sleepy at the time and just wanted to be cuddled with.
Lucky girl.
Lucy bird.
(sigh)
I'm sure you all loved that last blog...haha. It's true about them regurgitating for love. The paragraph below is from Pet Bird Magazine.
RegurgitatingWhen done in the presence or in close proximity to a human, it normally means that the bird has chosen you as it's mate, and wants to feed you! This action is also sometimes performed on a favorite toy or other object. Bonded birds show their affection for each other by feeding each other, and accomplish this by regurgitating food. This actiivity consists of bobbing the head up and down to bring up food from the crop, and depositing it into the mate's mouth. This is also the manner in which parents feed baby chicks.
Shannon, I'm pretty sure that when your dogs throw up that it's not intended to show you their love. If that were true, they would always vomit on the tile instead of the carpet....LOL
I know it's gross but it is a sign of love and appreciation from a bird. Paul has figured out that Sammy sees me as the reason he gets put into the cage. So for the past two mornings I have left the dogs in the bedroom and Sammy is extremely nice to me. He actually regirgitated 4 or 5 times while on my shoulder!! It was peaches and cream oatmeal. And he would swallow it back down and then give me kisses on my cheek. I know.
About 3/4 of the way in Curtis makes a fart noise and says "who cut one?"
Wow! This morning started out as usual. But instead of Paul putting Sammy back in the cage for me and the dogs to get up, I left the dogs in the bedroom and went into the kitchen with Paul and Sammy. Sammy was so excited to see me and to also not be put up that he jumped on my shoulder and gave me lots and lots of kisses. I was so overwhelmed and happy. He sat on my shoulder instead of Paul's and just talked up a storm..it won't be long before he really talks. He chewed on my ear, which he has NEVER done before. It was great.
I'm viewing videos from a site called Bird Tricks and it's teaching me how to gain Sammy's trust and not bite me. I hope it works but I understand that he doesn't want to go back into the cage. I'll let you know.
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