I wish I spoke amazon!

brianlinkles

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i am the mom of three parrots:
Dorothy- African grey (cag)
Bowie- blue and gold macaw
Nellie- hyacinth macaw
Reggie- hyacinth macaw
Marnie- white bellied caique
Today while I was out I picked up another toy for Kiwi, I have read that amazons like to chew wood & the only toys that she plays with have cotton rope, this one combines the two so keep your fingers crossed that it might spark an interest. I have read alot in the different threads to try and play with the toys in front of the bird to illicit a reaction. I did this today, sat on a chair and played, loudly with the new toy. Kiwi went nuts, loudly talking and carrying on while I played with the toy. Everytime I picked up the toy and started carrying on she would verbalize and carry on. I loved the reaction. I was playing with her tonight on the floor and thought I would show it to her and see what she did, well she seemed a bit scared of it. I then hung it on her play stand, same thing she was afraid. What do you think? Did she just like it from a distance. I need some direction on helping this girl learn to play! Sometimes I wish I could speak her language!! However I know some of you do, Help!!
 

kerry

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You should keep playing with the new toy near her so she can watch & see you several times a day for days at a time so she can get used to the new toy. Amazons are prey birds so they do have fear of new things. I have done this with my Yellow Naped Amazon Lila & it does work with her. After she has gotten used to seeing me play/handle it in front of or near her for at least several days then I first hang it on the outside of her cage & then after a few days on the outside, I move it inside her cage.
 
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brianlinkles

New member
Aug 17, 2011
740
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Oakwood, Ohio
Parrots
i am the mom of three parrots:
Dorothy- African grey (cag)
Bowie- blue and gold macaw
Nellie- hyacinth macaw
Reggie- hyacinth macaw
Marnie- white bellied caique
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Thanks Kerry! I probably just rushed it with her. She seemed so overjoyed when I was playing with it, I thought it would be ok to bring it closer to her. I will try what you said. I'm telling you for a newbie to larger birds, I certainly jumped in with both feet, rescuing an amazon. It's funny, I was talking to the breeder that I was planning on getting a baby from. I told him that I always dreamed of having a grey however I didn't feel confident enough to get one. I was always trying to find the bird that I felt confident in although was always sad that I wasn't going to get the grey. He laughed and said that with what I'm going through with Kiwi a grey would be a piece of cake to me. Eventually I would love to get another bird and I think having such a fiesty amazon girl is baptism by fire and I would be ready for just about anything!! LOL I love to talk to others with amazon's because I am finding out that they truly do have idiosyncracies (spelling??) I feel so happy/worthy when she wants to interact with me! It makes my day!
 

kerry

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I think that Kiwi was actually reacting to your vocalizations rather than you playing with the new toy. Were you making sounds of excitement or pleasure when she got excited & started talking loudly & being excited too.
You stated above in your post:

" I did this today, sat on a chair and played, loudly with the new toy. Kiwi went nuts, loudly talking and carrying on while I played with the toy. Everytime I picked up the toy and started carrying on she would verbalize and carry on."

You said above that "you played loudly with the new toy"
I take that to mean that you were making loud sounds while you were playing with it.
Is that correct?
Amazons & other parrots pick up on our emotions.
So if you were loudly exclaiming & making loud playing sounds with the toy, she was not thrilled about the toy, she was picking up on the emotions that she was picking up from your vocalizations.
Do you read me?
 
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