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Taw5106

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Buddy - Red Crowned Amazon (27 yo)
Venus - Solomon Island Eclectus (4 yo)
Buzz CAG (2 yo)
Sam - Cockatiel 1997 - 2004
Tweety - Budgie 1984 - 1987
Sweety - Budgie 1985 - 1986
I have been caring for one my mother's cats for three weeks now while she is out of town. He has a large open abscess so I've been treating it. He hangs with us but if he is out the birds have to stay in their cages. At night he stays in my office with the door closed. He's not allowed to roam freely without Husband or I being there. He has a record for jumping out of trees and catching birds mid air. He's been very well mannered staying with us.

So the first week the cat was at our house Buddy starts making some new sounds and now meows daily. We crack up because we think he is jealous. He has suddenly started announcing "Buddy is a good boy. Especially when the cat is sitting next to us. So we've been using this jealousy to our advantage to coax him to talk because he can talk but just doesn't want to.


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Scott

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Goffins: Gabby, Abby, Squeaky, Peanut, Popcorn / Citron: Alice / Eclectus: Angel /Timneh Grey: ET / Blue Fronted Amazon: Gonzo /

RIP Gandalf and Big Bird, you are missed.
Nice of you to care for your mom's cat within a mixed menagerie. Sounds like you have a solid containment strategy but keep up your guard. It figures your Amazon picked up the new vocabulary; such great linguists!
 

Blancaej

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Middlebury, VT
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CAG Quincy - BD 3/27/00. Gotcha 6/00 ~ GW Macaw Savannah - BD 6/21/93. Gotcha 4/13 ~ B&G Macaw Coqui - BD 9/3/03. Gotcha 10/13 ~ Blue Crown Conure Sidney - BD Unknown Approx 5 Years Old. Gotcha 6/15/
This is a riot! I love how birds react to other pets. LOL! Once we got our dog, all our fids wanted to do was boss her around. One says "Bella Out", the other tells her to "Go Lie Down" all the time and another barks at her. :D
 

AmyMyBlueFront

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Amy a Blue Front 'Zon
Jonesy a Goffins 'Too who had to be rehomed :-(

And a Normal Grey Cockatiel named BB who came home with me on 5/20/2016.
When my mom was alive,we had a cat,and the cat would always bug mom when mom was eating..one day the cat came in to the living room and walked around Smokeys house < The TAG I had> with his tail in the air..Smokes was on her roof top watching the cat...leaned over and grabbed a beakful of fur..then told the cat.."DAMN CAT!!...GO!!!"

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Taw5106

New member
Mar 27, 2014
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25
Texas
Parrots
Buddy - Red Crowned Amazon (27 yo)
Venus - Solomon Island Eclectus (4 yo)
Buzz CAG (2 yo)
Sam - Cockatiel 1997 - 2004
Tweety - Budgie 1984 - 1987
Sweety - Budgie 1985 - 1986
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The first Amazon I ever met was when I was in high school and my family went to a cook out at my father's supervisor's house. The bird's name was Paco and they had two dachsunds, Terry and Toto. Paco would call "Terry!! Toto!!! Come heeeeere!!!" They'd run to his cage and Paco would shell peanuts and drop them for the dogs. I loved watching them and got the biggest laugh from it.

Buddy also has impeccable timing. He has copied my laugh and it never fails, he will laugh at the most inappropriate time like when I was being stern with Canelo demanding he get the tub and he just sat, head pointing away from me but his eyes cutting to me refusing to go. Buddy starts laughing and I couldn't stop from laughing. Bath time was delayed till later lol.


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kozykitty

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Gloria, BFA, adopted on Jan. 9, 2016 when she was 30 years old
. Her mom went to a nursing home.
Also have 2 cats (Rangerand Luna) and a 24 year old aquatic turtle, named Elvis.
I wish Gloria would learn to meow. We adopted her in January at the tender age of 30 and she is living in a house with 3 cats. They're pretty quiet so I guess she doesn't get to hear them enough. She does bark however. I'm guessing her previous family had a dog.
 

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