d_hoover18
Meeting neighbors
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- 4/11/19
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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to tell a little story about my first time meeting an Amazon this past weekend. She was a blue fronted and 32 years old. She is currently at a rescue near me and I have been growing more and more fond of Amazons so I wanted to go see one for the first time. She only ever had one home and her owner just passed away unfortunately so she was brought to this rescue. She is currently listed as "unavailable" because she needs to see the vet. Anyway, I was talking to one of the volunteers their and she said that she never personally let her out of the cage yet but she would if I would like to interact with her. She said I'll go get some cookies and you can feed them to her, she is super friendly... WELL...
This bird wanted to go on her shoulder like her life depended on it. It was like they were best friends seeing each other for the first time in 20 years. She put her on a perch and started feeding her cookies and she said I'm gonna leave the room so you can interact with her. I went to give her a cookie and the funniest thing I have ever seen happened... She snatched that cookie right out of my fingers and threw it on the ground with the biggest attitude I have ever seen. So thinking maybe it was a fluke, I tried again with the same outcome and I said okay you don't like me I'll go get your friend back. She comes back in the room and that bird only wanted to be with her. It was the most adorable thing I have ever seen.
So without a doubt this Amazon only likes women, that is certain. Unfortunately that volunteer already has 2 Amazons at home and she said that she can't take her, so of course I had to say "well whats one more?" and she just laughed.
This experience gave me a greater appreciation for not only Amazons but companion birds in general. It's just so incredible that these birds no what they want and they know how to get it by any means necessary, in this case she wanted to be on this womans shoulder and nothing else.
Oh and also, as soon as she got on her shoulder she immediately started talking, her favorite thing to say was "Hello" non-stop and every time the woman laughed she would laugh.
Sorry for the long drawn out story but I just had to share.
I just wanted to tell a little story about my first time meeting an Amazon this past weekend. She was a blue fronted and 32 years old. She is currently at a rescue near me and I have been growing more and more fond of Amazons so I wanted to go see one for the first time. She only ever had one home and her owner just passed away unfortunately so she was brought to this rescue. She is currently listed as "unavailable" because she needs to see the vet. Anyway, I was talking to one of the volunteers their and she said that she never personally let her out of the cage yet but she would if I would like to interact with her. She said I'll go get some cookies and you can feed them to her, she is super friendly... WELL...
This bird wanted to go on her shoulder like her life depended on it. It was like they were best friends seeing each other for the first time in 20 years. She put her on a perch and started feeding her cookies and she said I'm gonna leave the room so you can interact with her. I went to give her a cookie and the funniest thing I have ever seen happened... She snatched that cookie right out of my fingers and threw it on the ground with the biggest attitude I have ever seen. So thinking maybe it was a fluke, I tried again with the same outcome and I said okay you don't like me I'll go get your friend back. She comes back in the room and that bird only wanted to be with her. It was the most adorable thing I have ever seen.
So without a doubt this Amazon only likes women, that is certain. Unfortunately that volunteer already has 2 Amazons at home and she said that she can't take her, so of course I had to say "well whats one more?" and she just laughed.
This experience gave me a greater appreciation for not only Amazons but companion birds in general. It's just so incredible that these birds no what they want and they know how to get it by any means necessary, in this case she wanted to be on this womans shoulder and nothing else.
Oh and also, as soon as she got on her shoulder she immediately started talking, her favorite thing to say was "Hello" non-stop and every time the woman laughed she would laugh.
Sorry for the long drawn out story but I just had to share.