I can say that!!!IA that zons are not for a meek person. I have only a study of one, but he sure isn't for somebody easily intimidated. He may be a stubborn bird, but DH and I are more stubborn than he is, and that's how we have persevered with that brat. Wasabi's moods are quite changeable, as are mine. When we're mad, don't even try. Just stay out of the way. OMG, I'm an Amazon without feathers.
Only in some scientific circles.
That being said, all the yellow-naped traited amazons (auropalliata (regarded, if you will, as the nominate Naped Amazon), parvipes, caribae and belizensis) are separate sub-species and are unique. Even if a sub-species it really doesnt matter what 'generation removed from the wild' as, being a sub-species and if bred with their own sub-species, they will breed the true traits of that sub-species. A parvipes is a parvipes is a parvipes, if you know what I mean. I like the Rosemary Low book on Amazons, there's lots of useful information there
The yellowing in the crown of A.o.parvipes is evident, and normally at it's full extent, after the birds first adult moult. The nape however can take up to 10 years (or longer!) to fully develop as the bird matures, and it's no uncommon for there to be no yellow for the first couple of years. Here is a picture of Danny, nearly 6, and his father who is approx 12.
Started with a CAG then went to a severe macaw... Great training for what was ahead. I have taken in and work with aggressive biting macaws. And here I was afraid of a little ole amazon!! The tooz I enjoy are not the big fluffy ones but the smaller independent types such as lsc and Rosie's. Now the goffin is a whole other story! LOLAlot of times you find the People who migrate to the big, white, fluffy Too's are soft People. Women mostly, seem drawn to the awesome large Too's. Those often are people who end up too deep into what they have gotten themselves in to. It's okay to not be a wiseguy persona, or a person who is animated and jovial. I honestly couldn't imagine a Too bite let alone a Macaw bite and I can honestly say that they would never be a bird for me and they seem to scare me. An Amazon bite? Well they can hurt but they aren't anything I'd cry home to Mom about.
When People talk about the Amazons and how scary they are I just shrug it off they are one of the easier types of parrots. Not demanding and ones who can often keep themselves busy. When they want to snuggle they are just like little lap dogs but they are not a needy type of bird.
That is why our world of birds is so amazing, there is a size, color, personality out there for everyone.
Aaaaaah, be careful what you wish for! : lol:All these guys need to be on my "Birdnapping" list
Thanks Ryan
Is he the one that breeds the blue phase YN's? I think those are beautiful but I'd never be able to afford one
with one single look when he was at the animal shelter, I had noooooo idea that we were boarding the Amazon roller coaster. Just as well. It's not been trial by fire, but by bites and screams, with a few lunges for good measure.
Beautiful amazons everyone! I got Sammy from a person from another parrot forum that posted an ad from their local vet's office (they were in the same town as I live in), so anyways, I talked to my parents, my dad helped me with a email to the foster parent, a few days went by, I got a response about her and the foster parent said she was still available and I could have her (as in for free) because she was aggressive and mean. The foster parent as well as the ad said Red Lored amazon, but when I went to pick Sammy up, I realized she was a LCA. She was in a small cage (tiel/conure sized cage, maybe 3x2x2) so anyways, she was on the back porch in the cage in the middle of August (the 18th of this month is when I got her). The foster parent said that Sammy was given up because the owners were moving and couldn't take her with them and also because Sammy had bitten them 3 years previously and they hadn't handled her since then Not sure if that's true but I believe that it is because Sammy doesn't like men that much and she is scared of things raised above her head. I got her in 2006, so it's been a long time but it seems like it was just yesterday. When I went to pick Sammy up, I was just going by the info the foster parent gave me. I knew that I was going to take Sammy home no matter what she looked like, etc, I had that "gut" feeling that I had to save her and get her out of there, I saw that special connection in her eyes as soon as I first saw her, and she's been my heart bird ever since. <3
Those eyesHow in the WORLD did I miss THIS thread?!! This is an awesome thread!!
Here is Sammy- a 18ish year old LCA..
Do the males have the girly eyelashes too?
