Salsa lost his first long tail feather

plax · Aug 9, 2012

My GW, Salsa, lost one of his longest tail feathers. It's the first tail feather he's lost since he came to me on June14. What amazes me is how close Salsa is in size, dimensions, and weight to my Hy, Zaffer. Zaf lost one of his longest tail feathers a few weeks ago. I placed the two tail feathers side-by-side on a table and as it turns out they are almost identical in length to the millimeter. These birds are really well size-matched. Now all I have to do is get them to become friends - easier said than done though.

:red1:

WharfRat · Aug 9, 2012

Can't count how many I've got laying around LOL

ReaRea's tail is VERY full right now compared to Miri, I'm thinking Miri is about to have a bunch of new tail feathers come in.

sssaucey · Aug 9, 2012

Beautiful feathers!!!
Good luck getting them to like each other, nothings cooler to watch than two macaws playing and having fun together(well may be three macaws is lol)

plax · Aug 9, 2012

sssaucey said:
Beautiful feathers!!!
Good luck getting them to like each other, nothings cooler to watch than two macaws playing and having fun together(well may be three macaws is lol)

Thanks. The main issue is that poor Zaf is afraid of Salsa. This wasn't always the case, though. When I first arrived home with Salsa, Zaf was very excited and kept repeating "hello.. hello... hello..." to Salsa. I started taking Zaf over to Salsa's cage and they would gently rub beaks. I could tell they were intrigued with one another. Then Salsa started leaping onto me from his playstand (or his cage top) when Zaf and I were near him and Zaf was either on my shoulder or my forearm. Salsa would leap onto me like that from 2.5 feet away. Poor Zaf immediately became terrified of brash Salsa and all bets of friendship between them (anytime soon at least) were then off :-\

plax · Aug 9, 2012

WharfRat said:
Can't count how many I've got laying around LOL

Yeah, I have bunches of them too from everyone but Salsa.

WharfRat · Aug 9, 2012

Rea and Miri definitely have a love/hate relationship so far, I'm sure it's due to the completely different personalities. Rea is just so laid back and mellow and Miri is gung-ho, can't sit still. When they do get along its great but it usually doesn't last more than 30 minutes or so. (and when Rea has had enough, MAN can you hear her yell no matter where you are in the house) I've been "nibbled" on by all the birds, but I would NEVER want to see Rea mad at a person, I have no doubt she is the strongest by far.

plax · Aug 9, 2012

WharfRat said:
Rea and Miri definitely have a love/hate relationship so far, I'm sure it's due to the completely different personalities. Rea is just so laid back and mellow and Miri is gung-ho, can't sit still. When they do get along its great but it usually doesn't last more than 30 minutes or so. (and when Rea has had enough, MAN can you hear her yell no matter where you are in the house) I've been "nibbled" on by all the birds, but I would NEVER want to see Rea mad at a person, I have no doubt she is the strongest by far.

Miri sounds a lot like Salsa personality-wise. He's continually active, running around, playing with toys, hopping, vocalizing, etc.

ConureCrazy · Aug 9, 2012

Wow.

I always save my fid's feathers. When my tiel Tweeters passed away I put his feathers I kept in a little wooden box for memories and such. Kind of like ashes, I suppose... I plan on doing the same with all my birds. I feel that some of them is still with me, and in their home that way...

plax · Aug 9, 2012

ConureCrazy said:
Wow. I always save my fid's feathers. When my tiel Tweeters passed away I put his feathers I kept in a little wooden box for memories and such. Kind of like ashes, I suppose... I plan on doing the same with all my birds. I feel that some of them is still with me, and in their home that way...

I'm like you. I keep many of their feathers and I'm sure I'll do the same thing if any of them pass before I do.

plax · Aug 9, 2012

plax said:
Miri sounds a lot like Salsa personality-wise. He's continually active, running around, playing with toys, hopping, vocalizing, etc.

Here's an example of Salsa's hyperness:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHrrXiwPpDw"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

WharfRat · Aug 9, 2012

says vid is private

plax · Aug 9, 2012

WharfRat said:
says vid is private

It can't be... I set it as unlisted and checked it twice. I'll look again though.

plax · Aug 9, 2012

plax said:
WharfRat said:

says vid is private

Click to expand...

It can't be... I set it as unlisted and checked it twice. I'll look again though.

Yep, I'm right. It says "This video is unlisted. Only those with the link can see it." So it IS set as 'unlisted' and NOT 'private'. Unless Youtube screwed up and somehow has it set both ways.

MacawGuy · Aug 9, 2012

very long..lol

WharfRat · Aug 9, 2012

well ya dun somethin, it played now. I'll try to get some video's of mine as well

plax · Aug 9, 2012

WharfRat said:
well ya dun somethin, it played now. I'll try to get some video's of mine as well

I didn't do a thing... all I did was go to the same URL that's in the link I pasted here and saw that it said it was 'unlisted'. It must've been a Youtube SNAFU

cd4565 · Aug 9, 2012

worked for me. gotta love the GW's

Adinafloyd · Aug 9, 2012

Soo pretty, wow plax 4 big babies must keep you house active...

plax · Aug 9, 2012

Adinafloyd said:
Soo pretty, wow plax 4 big babies must keep you house active...

Thank you! Yeah, they keep my house active because they keep me scurrying around all the time :11:

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