Gus Is home

[Christinenc2000]

Not fully settled in yet though. Named him Gus More pictures to follow as he settles in. The cage the gave us was so nasty I have it in the yard being washed LOL

 

[Selestine]

I am so excited for you and Gus! I can't wait to see more pictures of him once he is more comfortable in his new home. What a lucky break for him to have found you

 

[Birdman666]

And the adventure begins...

Is he pulling chest feathers? If so, I think the cage isn't the only thing that could use a good bath.

 

[Christinenc2000]

I asked the Vet she said it was molting. I thought it was pulled but took her word for it. He is actually a lot calmer now then when I saw him in the vets office. Yeah I know he needs a bath. When we were bringing him inside in the transport cage you could see some dust come off him. Sad .

 

[Birdman666]

He'll feel better after a bath, and some 1 on 1 time...

 

[thekarens]

Welcome home Gus!

 

[Christinenc2000]

He is eating like he is starved. Grapes Few seeds. I have a spray bottle but he pure hates that right now LOL I know Birdman I am the boss LOL
Also I want to thank you again for all the help you have given me. You will never know how much its appreciated.
Just looked in on him and Boyfriend is feeding him some apple LOL

 

[Christinenc2000]

He let me spray him a little but not much . Still scared I guess. Tried to get you a better picture of his chest for you Birdman

 

[Birdman666]

Nah. He's not plucking. That's normal molt. Hard to tell from the first picture.

Mine all got showers tonight. Maggie and Sally's were extra long.

They were both doing the happy flappy thing tonight...

Sally's going through a hard molt at the moment, and really looks kinda ratty.

Maggie is covered in pin feathers as well.

A good soaking in a shower might do wonders for this one, if he tolerates them.

 

[Christinenc2000]

Not been able to handle him yet. Spray really really Pissed him off but I think he will just have to get mad tomorrow LOL. He LOVES grapes so maybe a few grapes will get him over it.
His tail feather also has what looks like a small white tape around it. Someone told me that was a " blood feather " he does not mess with it but really strange looking to me anyway. I will try to get a pic of it in the morning and send.

 

[Christinenc2000]

Gus is doing great. Still hates to be sprayed with a mister but he will get use to it at least when he ruffles his feathers now I do not see dust .

He will eat anything you gie him. Chopped up some Apple, green pepper , orange pepper with a little hot pepper. He is not to keen on cabbage . Loves banana , peanuts in the shell . I did buy some brown rice today and will try that later. I really think he has been on a all seed diet before.

Every time I approach the cage he will start bobbing his head. He will let me rub his beak and just let me scratch the top of his head today thru the cage. Also can touch his feet some. He does not like men Well i say not like he tolerates them. He will let my boyfriend hand feed him but other than that he is not interested in making friends. The dogs are trying to get use to him. LOL He is way to loud for them.

He will say : shut F up. shut the Hell up . Happy Birthday , what , and will yell HELP sounds just like a human when he does LOL> Pretty big bird and hot . quite a few more but not able to understand what he is saying yet. He strings together about 4 words wish I know what they were so I could help him. Just started Peek a boo with him yesterday and he is already saying that. Trying to teach him something besides shut up LOL

Very quiet at night. lights go out he is quiet until we get up in the morning. So that is a plus.

They are pressing charges on the woman that did have him for animal neglect.

 

[Dinosrawr]

I'm so glad he found his way into your heart and your home! It's amazing the recovery they can make when you provide them with love. And I must say, I'm seriously glad that the woman who owned him previously is being charged with animal neglect.

 

[Christinenc2000]

He is a screamer though. Gonna have to break that LOUD demand

 

[thekarens]

He is a screamer though. Gonna have to break that LOUD demand

Not much chance of breaking a mac of being loud. The fact is they are loud. You could probably train him to yell less often.

 

[Birdman666]

He is a screamer though. Gonna have to break that LOUD demand

Screaming protocols are posted in the training section.

 

[Selestine]

That's so great that he will eat the healthy foods you are offering him if he only got seeds before. That could have been a really rough transition!

 

[Blancaej]

Congrats! He is beautiful!