New pineapple - double checking caging

[MonicaMc]

also, you can DNA test your bird very easily by going online tohttp://www.avianbiotech.com/SexingCenter.htm order a kit, when the kit arrives you pull 4-6 chest feathers and send them off for testing. its about $22.00 never take them to a vet to do it.. they surgically set or cut a toenail pretty deep for blood. not very nice if you ask me.
and its going to cost a lot more at the vet.

I want to have our new yellow naped amazon sexed and was going to take him to the vet...until I saw this! BUT I also can't imagine pulling chest feathers out. Any recommendation on how to accomplish this?

Please read my reply before yours.

 

[Birdlover11]

Sorry, didn't read the calcium perch part you know if you go on dr foster and smith you could find foraging toys, perches,food bowls, and bird food really cheap ! I am no longer ordering from petco as they take too long for shipping and over price the products. It only took them a day for dr foster and smith for my order to come ! Have read about birdie Piniatas ? They are great ! What you do is that you fill it up with treats and hang it in they're. It takes them a while to tear in it so it's great for me to put in before I go to school. I would first hold off on addings new things to the cage as you only got him yesterday and he is trying to get use his cage.

 

[NikiP87]

Currently i'm waiting for an ID of the tree in our front yard from my mother, the only tree we have. Gotto love FL, sand everywhere -.- Pretty sure it's an elm. If so, i've got a good source of branches to bake. Otherwise i'm going to collect driftwood for some of my snake tanks next week & will look for other trees off the safe list.

Not to keen on buying a ton of toys when stuff is easy enough to make. Currently I have 4 days off a week, so more then enough time to do that Really got into doing self made enrichment stuff with my other critters. And I do have parts for foraging toys coming in

This the site I ordered parts off of: Welcome to Blu's Bird Toys -

One thing I have figured out is that Vasily has a strong dislike for red. Might be part of the toy issue, every one of them has red in it. I have enough parts coming in that I can leave it out for a few toys to experiment with.

Also got this table top stand Petco Premium 3-in-1 Playground for Birds at PETCO

The bf knocked himself out with allergy meds this evening due to a bad attack so i've spent the last while with Vasily. He/she has enjoyed an assortment of tasty goodies on a paper plate. There's even been preening of my face & conversation chatter. It is clearly a daddy's baby, but hopeful it will like two people.

 

[chickymonkey]

also, you can DNA test your bird very easily by going online tohttp://www.avianbiotech.com/SexingCenter.htm order a kit, when the kit arrives you pull 4-6 chest feathers and send them off for testing. its about $22.00 never take them to a vet to do it.. they surgically set or cut a toenail pretty deep for blood. not very nice if you ask me.
and its going to cost a lot more at the vet.

I want to have our new yellow naped amazon sexed and was going to take him to the vet...until I saw this! BUT I also can't imagine pulling chest feathers out. Any recommendation on how to accomplish this?

Please read my reply before yours.

I did read it...before I posted my question to conurelady....