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In Reply to: Music? My guy seems to dislike 'complex' music. but enjoys simple instrumentation posted by Elizabeth on September 16, 2012 at 20:54:33:
My bird loves VERY heavy music, which I rarely play these days. He was "brought up" with classical/jazz radio on all day though... Many women dance with their birds. Yes, the birds do seem to like it, but no way I'm doing that.
My bird doesn't learn words from anybody but me. He sometimes understands (to some extent) stuff he hears on the radio, especially weather reports, based on his response. My theory is that they don't understand "words" per se, like we do. Our understanding of words makes it quite easy for us to understand people with different accents and extremely different voices. I think birds only relate to the sound. For instance, my bird loves it when I whisper. He doesn't understand that the words I'm saying are the same as when not whispering: they are different "words" to him.
Greys are not cuddlers, like larger macaws and cockatoos typically are. You have to keep patting them to keep them from fidgeting. One reason to know if they're male is you shouldn't really stroke the backs of males once mature or near, it sexually stimulates them and is a bit unfair...
Yes, the wing-flapping is good exercise, I encourage it. I do not and have never clipped my birds. It's a personal choice, there are as many arguments for as against. I have plenty of flying room, but the Grey doesn't do house laps the way say the cockatiels did. IIRC the Grey flight feathers will not be fully grown again (after baby clipping) until after 2 years old. It is probably a good idea to have a baby clipped, almost all are, certainly if from a store. My bird is physically very small, but weighs 510g, so lots of compact "muscle". He was the exact same size when 10 weeks old as at 10 years old, but ~50g/2oz heavier now.
Hell, I don't even like to keep the bird in a cage, and I never even latched my Grey's door until he was ~2 and was getting too bold. Before then, e.g. he'd come and sit by the house door (like a puppy) when he heard the garage door open. It was obvious he had never been there very long...
Your next hurdle is going to be bath time! Babies aren't too hard, they usually sit there looking stunned, but eventually they will resist a bit. And more eventually they will tell you when they want a bath. They are very dusty, and a bath only "lasts" a few days before they have that chalky look again. Mine likes freezing cold water, so getting him to bath is harder outside the winter.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Music? My guy seems to dislike 'complex' music. but enjoys simple instrumentation - cfraser 11:39:43 09/17/12 (4)
- I have been sprinkling him with water in the tub now and then in prebath fun - Elizabeth 17:06:49 09/17/12 (0)
- Actually i have helped all my birds to masterbate. Thumb sex. - Elizabeth 15:02:02 09/17/12 (2)
- That and dancing with birds won't happen here - cfraser 13:10:39 09/18/12 (1)
- The last few years my cockatiel seemed to 'sit' all the time. He had a white plastic comb he sat on - Elizabeth 23:01:11 09/18/12 (0)
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