Tantrum Time!

[kendrafitz]

Uggh!

[Robyn]

Personally I'd rather deal with rosies tantrum than theirs.

[Ornithomorphosis]

Dianne - lots of good times. Rosie is a big, goofy cuddle bug. Today my mom was here with the kids after school until I got home from work. Rosie was in her cage having a time out for screaming. I took her out and a bit later my mom and I were talking about it. Rosie was on my shoulder bouncing away. I looked at her and asked, is that true, were you screaming? She bounced, said "YEAH!" enthusiastically and gave me a big kiss. This was followed by her trying to feed me, laughing and saying EWW all the while.

Rosie makes me laugh at least several times a day. She melts my heart just as often.

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That's a really wonderful story. It's amazing how well they understand our language.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Hello and welcome Orniwotsit, its good to have a bit of Brit backup, sometimes I think they don't understand me.

[Ornithomorphosis]

Hello and welcome Orniwotsit, its good to have a bit of Brit backup, sometimes I think they don't understand me.

Haha, thank you. Birds of blue feathers have to stick together! Lovely to see another Briton! Anyway, could I hear about your birds?

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Just the one, which belonged to my mother... we tried to get someone else to take him on but he decided Margaret was his best friend so we had to change our life plan. Retirement is looming and we wanted our freedom. Instead we are giving Casper much more freedom than he became used to. He is remarkably well adjusted for a bird that was in a tiny cage with just a bell to play with and pretty much ignored for ten years.
Here he is helping* Margaret with her specs.

Tickle time 5 by Jean-Pierre Declemy, on Flickr

[Cedardave]

Funny I should stumble onto the tantrum topic just as Ivo, my cockatoo is having a right nasty screaming fit.I usually let him get it out of his system...he gets bored with screaming because I will not respond to that and he quiets down.So the way our home is set up,the rising sun first hits the livingroom.Thus awakening the Jardines,hahns greys and quakers.As the sun arises further and hits the diningroom skylights, the day has officially begun.Worse in summer as the sun is up sooner than I want to be.So here we have the livingroom birds who are generally reasonably less noisy than the diningroomers.When that sun peeks thru,imagine the joy of 8 screaming macaws ready for breakfast NOW.But alas...theres more.Once the great outdoors have fully illuminated its time for the front of the house Eclectus and Blue and Gold macaws in with them as well as cockatoo and Amazons to get in on the game.So we must all love our birds for their quirks and personality.I can say from experiance.....when its time for them to leave us as a result of age or illness....the silence they leave is deafening.While they are with us is the time to treasure each second of your time together...fits and all.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Excellent writing Dave, does birdcare take up your whole life or have you got a "proper job" as well to cope with?

[Cedardave]

I am a 70 hour a week truck driver and a couple hundred hours a week bird care specialist.While im away my wife is the caregiver, both morning feedings and afternoon snacking as well as their daily interactions.We have sacrificed winter and summer vacations in order to persue our passion of educating people on the commitment of companion birds as well as helping over emails people with birds having behavioral problems.While we are no substitute for an avian vet, many issues can be resolved with diet or enviriromental changes.I have a pretty good grasp of where the line is to say its time for immediate vet care and never put anyones bird at risk by thinking I have all the answers.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Well done to both of you. It is a shame some people don't ask the questions before they take on what they think is going to be a cute little feathery friend and find out it also has attitude and needs input.