@AkasyaEllric Sorry I missed your post. I usually hang out in the African Grey group as I now have Paco. I had a wild caught White Front Amazon for 25 years.
@MadIe Did you get a White Front? Bugsy was wild caught and not tame what so ever, switching her diet to a healthier one was a night mare, but remember she was wild, not born and raised in captivity. I loved her like you would your spouse or best friend, she was a female even though the pet store told my friend she was a male. She said two words once. They are extremely smart. When I got her she was scared to get out of her cage, well she got over that. She was full flighted and flew where ever she wanted to. Of course I had to shoo her off of the doors, I never used a broom, previous owner did and was terrified of them. She was fearless, not afraid of my dog or the cats. She would drink water out of my fish tank. She did like corn on the cob, chicken bones and waffles, that bird was nuts about waffles. They are screamers, you could hear her a block away, it never bothered me. When I lived in a townhouse I was worried that she would bother the neighbors, but my neighbor was awesome, she said she felt like she was on a tropical island when Bugs got vocal. We had our own language, she understood me and I knew by her different calls if something was bothering her. I talked to her like you would talk to a best friend. My daughter always told me that I was crazy and the bird didn't understand me. Well one day I came home and my daughter was all excited, Bugsy was doing something bad, probably chew the top of the wooden book case, she told me she told her to stop or she would tell mom and she was floored when the bird stopped and flew to her cage. Another thing she learned on her own was to go to her cage. It took bribes with food to get her to do it. Then I would just say bye bye and she would fly on her own. She was so good at it, that when I picked up my coat she would go to her cage, well that's what I thought it was. She actually learned on her own when she heard my car keys jingle that I was leaving and would fly to her cage. I taught her to fly to my shoulder for a treat. Don't underestimate this parrot, true there is not much information on them but I wouldn't have traded the 25 years with her for anything.
