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Lady
Lady is an Illiger's Mini Macaw, and yes she does have a personality that fits in with our way of life. She is funny at times with her silly antics, mostly her vocabulary. She also makes us laugh with her body language when she is tilting her head and asking us, "what are you doin'?
I've been trying for years to get her use to hands but she really doesn't seem to want anything much to do with climbing aboard. She will allow me to pet her head and neck but that's about as far as we have gotten no matter how patient I am. Now if something surprises her and she takes flight or ends up onto the floor she comes right up on my hand. If I could get her away from her cage she is much more easily persuaded to come to me, but it's not easy to find a way to get her to leave the cage.