Nakiska
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- May 30, 2011
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- 4 Cockatiels 2 males Chicken Little & Charlie, 2 Females Chiquita and Sweet pea. Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure -Franklin and our now tame, rescued feral Pigeon - Belle.
Well, my excitement over having DeRita in our lives has not wavered a single bit. I am in LOVE with this girl! Like, get tears in my eyes and choke up a bit when I talk about her, because I'm soo full of emotion.
It's safe to say, I have been blessed and DeRita is such a good girl! Now, I know...amazons can have their moments, but don't all birds? So although things are fantabulous now, I realize in a few months, it could change...but no matter...what I feel in my heart for her is solid!
So, the other day we were hanging out together, she was on my shoulder and I was on the computer, she was preening, then she took a nap, then he woke up and preened a bit more.
I wanted to see what she was doing without really looking at her, so I put my phone on "selfie cam" so I could watch her....all the sudden she gave me this look...then I sort of got a LIL Wee bit nervous...because well...that's a big beak by my face....and let's face it...I don't REALLY know her THAT well yet! And I admit...I'm still a bit nervous, she's a big bird compared to what I'm used to.
Anyway...She forced herself to my lips for a "kiss" then she pressed and rubbed her head down the side of my cheek. I couldn't believe it...THEN what's not on here...she nuzzled me with her forehead for a moment, then she looked back up, opened her beak...and totally licked me up the side of my face! Like a full on cow kiss! Hahahaha!
I was NOT expecting that!
She is SUCH a good girl! She is quiet for the most part, she does not squawk at all, she will yell HELLLP! HELLLP! When she wants attention. It's soo funny to me! She does do a lot of growl/snore/purr/meowing type noises, very hard for me to describe...it's nearly constant and with her, it doesn't seem to mean anger or fear...but she makes the sounds all the time. The pitch can change a little bit if she's being scolded for doing something she's not supposed to be doing, so sort of a sassy growl/purr...then sometimes it just seems to be a comfort sound. So for example, she may be on my shoulder all comfy going to sleepy time, and I move my shoulder, she will make the growl sound, then someone walks in the room, she makes the sound, when she is sleeping, she makes the sound, when I speak and she's relaxed she makes the sound...and when I tell her "DeRita...Noooo." for something...she changes the tone to "sassy" and makes the sound! LOL
I am really hoping she expands her vocabulary with us. What she knows, that I've heard from her so far is Hello and Hi which she uses in context...when she is hungry she says..."cracker, cracker?" I've learned that she refers to all food as "cracker" and if someone sits down to eat something and doesn't invite her...she will invite herself by saying...Doooriiitaaa cracker?
Her appetite is healthy, I have been keeping her cage stocked with lots of natural bird safe live plants and keep her ball full of hay and she is definitely enjoying it all. She is using all of her cage now, unlike when I got her she just stuck to her one favorite perch, went to her food or water dish and that was it.
Now every time I walk in the room, she is somewhere different in her cage. She may be on the floor investigating a new plant I put in there, or she will be at the middle picking through the new twigs and weeds I shove through the cage bars, or she will be up, plucking hay, nuts and banana chips out of the holyball thing.
I haven't yet found any feathers or evidence of her plucking herself, infact...it looks like she is letting the few down feathers on her chest grow...so far, and it appears that there are a few new pin feathers making their way in...I am hopeful! We will see!
Here she is "chillaxin" on my knee.
She hasn't shown any aggression, she preens my clothes, my hair, my face, it's all very gentle. I don't REALLY like birds around my face and I know I shouldn't probably let her...but she seems most "loved" there.
Because she sits leaning slightly to the left all the time, I wonder if her previous owner, the truck driver, used to let her ride on his right shoulder often and she would lean into his neck. That's really what it seems like to me...but I have no clue.
Anyway, enough of my long rambling post. Hope you all enjoy the pic's.
I think she's already looking better in 3 weeks, but of course...I'm biased! Hahaha!
Well, take care everyone and thanks for taking the time to check in with DeRita! (I read her all the comments
)
Byeeeee!
Toni & DeRita
It's safe to say, I have been blessed and DeRita is such a good girl! Now, I know...amazons can have their moments, but don't all birds? So although things are fantabulous now, I realize in a few months, it could change...but no matter...what I feel in my heart for her is solid!
So, the other day we were hanging out together, she was on my shoulder and I was on the computer, she was preening, then she took a nap, then he woke up and preened a bit more.
I wanted to see what she was doing without really looking at her, so I put my phone on "selfie cam" so I could watch her....all the sudden she gave me this look...then I sort of got a LIL Wee bit nervous...because well...that's a big beak by my face....and let's face it...I don't REALLY know her THAT well yet! And I admit...I'm still a bit nervous, she's a big bird compared to what I'm used to.
Anyway...She forced herself to my lips for a "kiss" then she pressed and rubbed her head down the side of my cheek. I couldn't believe it...THEN what's not on here...she nuzzled me with her forehead for a moment, then she looked back up, opened her beak...and totally licked me up the side of my face! Like a full on cow kiss! Hahahaha!
I was NOT expecting that!
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She is SUCH a good girl! She is quiet for the most part, she does not squawk at all, she will yell HELLLP! HELLLP! When she wants attention. It's soo funny to me! She does do a lot of growl/snore/purr/meowing type noises, very hard for me to describe...it's nearly constant and with her, it doesn't seem to mean anger or fear...but she makes the sounds all the time. The pitch can change a little bit if she's being scolded for doing something she's not supposed to be doing, so sort of a sassy growl/purr...then sometimes it just seems to be a comfort sound. So for example, she may be on my shoulder all comfy going to sleepy time, and I move my shoulder, she will make the growl sound, then someone walks in the room, she makes the sound, when she is sleeping, she makes the sound, when I speak and she's relaxed she makes the sound...and when I tell her "DeRita...Noooo." for something...she changes the tone to "sassy" and makes the sound! LOL
I am really hoping she expands her vocabulary with us. What she knows, that I've heard from her so far is Hello and Hi which she uses in context...when she is hungry she says..."cracker, cracker?" I've learned that she refers to all food as "cracker" and if someone sits down to eat something and doesn't invite her...she will invite herself by saying...Doooriiitaaa cracker?
Her appetite is healthy, I have been keeping her cage stocked with lots of natural bird safe live plants and keep her ball full of hay and she is definitely enjoying it all. She is using all of her cage now, unlike when I got her she just stuck to her one favorite perch, went to her food or water dish and that was it.
Now every time I walk in the room, she is somewhere different in her cage. She may be on the floor investigating a new plant I put in there, or she will be at the middle picking through the new twigs and weeds I shove through the cage bars, or she will be up, plucking hay, nuts and banana chips out of the holyball thing.
I haven't yet found any feathers or evidence of her plucking herself, infact...it looks like she is letting the few down feathers on her chest grow...so far, and it appears that there are a few new pin feathers making their way in...I am hopeful! We will see!
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Here she is "chillaxin" on my knee.
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She hasn't shown any aggression, she preens my clothes, my hair, my face, it's all very gentle. I don't REALLY like birds around my face and I know I shouldn't probably let her...but she seems most "loved" there.
Because she sits leaning slightly to the left all the time, I wonder if her previous owner, the truck driver, used to let her ride on his right shoulder often and she would lean into his neck. That's really what it seems like to me...but I have no clue.
Anyway, enough of my long rambling post. Hope you all enjoy the pic's.
I think she's already looking better in 3 weeks, but of course...I'm biased! Hahaha!
Well, take care everyone and thanks for taking the time to check in with DeRita! (I read her all the comments
Byeeeee!
Toni & DeRita
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