mcmalott
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We adopted lamont a couple of weeks ago from an elderly friend of mine that could no longer care for him. We are his third and last family. It is a guess as to whether or not he is a male - his previous owner liked the name lamont......... He is 25 year old and i think he is a yellow naped amazon. My friend who owned him before did not do much with him and i really want to be interactive with him.
He started talking the first day we got him as well as some sounds (telephone, whistling etc) is he to old to learn new words/noises? His vocabulary is very small and there is lots i would like to teach him.
He comes out of his cage several times a day and always at dinner time with the family. I put him back in his cage using a perch - his prevoius owner did use her hand - i am a little timid - any suggestions? His beake reminds me of a can opener and i have been told that he has bitten in the past!
He seems mostly attached to me - probably because i am home the most and his primary care giver.
Another concern that i have is that he sits on the same perch all day long - granted it is the perch nearest the window and he looks out the window all day long! I have tried relocating the perch and he still picks the same perch. He has others in his cage - different sizes/materials/shapes etc. He also has hanging toys and does not seem to play with them at all.
Any help that you guys could give me would be very helpful - and yes this is my first parrot
He started talking the first day we got him as well as some sounds (telephone, whistling etc) is he to old to learn new words/noises? His vocabulary is very small and there is lots i would like to teach him.
He comes out of his cage several times a day and always at dinner time with the family. I put him back in his cage using a perch - his prevoius owner did use her hand - i am a little timid - any suggestions? His beake reminds me of a can opener and i have been told that he has bitten in the past!
He seems mostly attached to me - probably because i am home the most and his primary care giver.
Another concern that i have is that he sits on the same perch all day long - granted it is the perch nearest the window and he looks out the window all day long! I have tried relocating the perch and he still picks the same perch. He has others in his cage - different sizes/materials/shapes etc. He also has hanging toys and does not seem to play with them at all.
Any help that you guys could give me would be very helpful - and yes this is my first parrot