SUSIEMac
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- Aug 21, 2015
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Susie - BG Mac
"Bird" - green cheek conure
RIP Princess - Sulfur crested cockatoo. Died in housefire 2005.
Hi everyone, my name is Lyn.
I've owned all sorts of small birds throughout my life; 'keets and 'teils. Su isn't my first big parrot and she isn't my first rehab bird. I also owned a sulphur crested cockatoo for 10 years named Princess. We lost our Princess in a housefire in 2005, something I still can't bear to talk about.
My husband bought SuSu (blue and gold Macaw) from an elderly gentleman who had just lost his wife about 2-2 1/2 months ago. He had her on Craigslist and couldn't get the bird out the door fast enough!! Su was....I don't want to say neglected but definitely not getting a lot of human interaction. I believe the man's wife was Su's favorite person. Her exact age is unknown and could be anywhere between 8 and 12 years old going by what we were told.
She was obviously cagebound and nippy. She also lunged at the cage bars although she was curious and responded to birdie talk. Took me a good 2 weeks to get enough courage to give her treats through the cage bars much less even attempt to make physical contact.
And that was when I began doing some google searches and found this forum and advice posts from Birdman666 and many others. The "Big Beak O Phobes Guide to Understanding Macaw Beaks..." and the entire "toweling"/pull them out of that cage kicking and screaming advice was INCREDIBLY helpful as SuSu's personality is nothing like my cockatoo's.
WOW! I can not begin to tell you how positively this bird has responded to the advice in this forum. The difference is night and day. Instead of lunging and biting or running away, this bird comes running to me whenever I near her house!!! She's french kissy kissy, regurgitating, lovie dovie, talking up a storm trying to mimic every and anything I say to her, she's funny, goofy, 90% more trusting, playful, noisy and vocal...........just one happy happy Macaw. Almost forgot to mention she now steps onto my arm and off again willingly, no towel required!!
The advice WORKS IT REALLY AND TRULY WORKS!!!!
I see a mush Mac on the horizon.
We're still learning about each other. We're finding our limits. We're building real trust and love for each other and I am in awe of this big beautiful baby.
She has the company of our green cheeked conure named "Bird", they share the same room, separate corners and cages. It's hilarious when they both start chattering and shrieking at the same time whenever I walk in the door!!
Well, thanks for reading my ramblings but I just wanted you all to know how much I appreciate everyone sharing and caring here. It is of immense help to others!
I've owned all sorts of small birds throughout my life; 'keets and 'teils. Su isn't my first big parrot and she isn't my first rehab bird. I also owned a sulphur crested cockatoo for 10 years named Princess. We lost our Princess in a housefire in 2005, something I still can't bear to talk about.
My husband bought SuSu (blue and gold Macaw) from an elderly gentleman who had just lost his wife about 2-2 1/2 months ago. He had her on Craigslist and couldn't get the bird out the door fast enough!! Su was....I don't want to say neglected but definitely not getting a lot of human interaction. I believe the man's wife was Su's favorite person. Her exact age is unknown and could be anywhere between 8 and 12 years old going by what we were told.
She was obviously cagebound and nippy. She also lunged at the cage bars although she was curious and responded to birdie talk. Took me a good 2 weeks to get enough courage to give her treats through the cage bars much less even attempt to make physical contact.
And that was when I began doing some google searches and found this forum and advice posts from Birdman666 and many others. The "Big Beak O Phobes Guide to Understanding Macaw Beaks..." and the entire "toweling"/pull them out of that cage kicking and screaming advice was INCREDIBLY helpful as SuSu's personality is nothing like my cockatoo's.
WOW! I can not begin to tell you how positively this bird has responded to the advice in this forum. The difference is night and day. Instead of lunging and biting or running away, this bird comes running to me whenever I near her house!!! She's french kissy kissy, regurgitating, lovie dovie, talking up a storm trying to mimic every and anything I say to her, she's funny, goofy, 90% more trusting, playful, noisy and vocal...........just one happy happy Macaw. Almost forgot to mention she now steps onto my arm and off again willingly, no towel required!!
The advice WORKS IT REALLY AND TRULY WORKS!!!!
I see a mush Mac on the horizon.
We're still learning about each other. We're finding our limits. We're building real trust and love for each other and I am in awe of this big beautiful baby.
She has the company of our green cheeked conure named "Bird", they share the same room, separate corners and cages. It's hilarious when they both start chattering and shrieking at the same time whenever I walk in the door!!
Well, thanks for reading my ramblings but I just wanted you all to know how much I appreciate everyone sharing and caring here. It is of immense help to others!
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