That is as far as one grand daughter is concerned. Sunny, my sun conure had taken a strong dislike toward my oldest grand daughter, lunging towards her if she got too close to me, actually bit her on her lip a couple of years ago and has never liked her since.
Well yesterday she has toned down some and has allowed her to pet her on her head and no longer lunges toward her, doesn't really want to go to her but she is not being aggressive around her. I have explained that she is being more receptive to her since she is listening to what I tell her about being so loud and quick, she is 8 going on 9 years old in the spring so she is old enough to listen to instructions.
Now Sunny is acting the same way to her much younger sister who is 3 years old for she wants to just come up to her and immediately touch her, Sunny wants no part of it so she will just have to wait until she is older. She has actually flown over to her and landed on her back to bite her but she only got hair.
Josey wants nothing to do with either one of them, in fact she doesn't much care for anyone else but me and sometimes hubby.
Never take life seriously, no one gets out alive anyway!
Aren't they funny Jude! I think I was fooled into thinking all parrots must be like AGs but they aren't are they. The AGs have to be one of the most placid of the parrot family, Argyle has been an eye opener. I guess for those of us that have always had other parrots, this is considered the norm.
I'm so glad that Sunny is mellowing towards your grandaughter.
It's good to hear you older Grand Daughter is listening to your wise advice Judy.
I have the same issue with both my birds and the GranChildren. They move fast, act stupid and heck, even hurt themselves doing it.
No wonder our birds are wise enough to know they are a threat. :-)
My oldest grand children ranging from 12 to 16 all can interact with both birds and even Jake the suspected wild caught conure will fly to her shoulder now. :-)
Now - I want to see some phtoo's of Sunny!!! :-)
Within all of us is a varying amount of space lint and star dust, the residue from our creation. Most are too busy to notice it, and it is stronger in some than others. It is strongest in those of us who fly and is responsible for an unconscious, subtle desire to slip into some wings and try for the elusive boundaries of our origin. ~K.O. Eckland, "Footprints On Clouds"
Dayo in flight....
Like Dan said Wanna Picture"...Your patience shows in your post's...
A Grey is a wild animal removed from the wild, bred to be companions. They are long removed from being able to take care of themselves but not so long as to forget at times they're still wild...so it's up to us to make sure we protect them. We're the reason they demand all this attention. We removed them from the wild. Jay
In time all of the birds and kids will get along as the kids mature, LOL. My girls are in college and it has take three years for them to not be scared of Java. I can't blame them, she has a beak like a can opener. She has just now gotten sweet and will go to any member of the family. She still gets a wild hair and will viciously bite my husband occasionally. I tell him I am sending her sign language, just do everything I say and no one gets hurt. LOL.
That's great news Judy. It's strange how our fids seem to understand who will be naughty and who will be nice. Ana Grey on Christmas day flew to my 9 year-old grandson's shoulder to sit. Of all the family around he is the one she chose.
I agree with others!!! Pictures please!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~ Ana Grey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sterling Gris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yes I do need to take some more of Sunny to share and will do that as soon as possible, as I am typing she is sitting here on my shoulder, her favorite place to be.
I have to watch Harvey with my youngest niece (nearly two). She is absolutely fascinated with Harvey and doesn't understand the "if I poke him, I will get bitten" rule. Therefore, he gets caged when they call. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him (as with any animal and children)!
On the other hand, Harvey has started taking a liking to Katie - she's 15 and Harvey loved her at the start - and then bit her. This week he's taken to flying to her at every opportunity and just sitting, looking at her - which she finds unnerving and I remove him!
All in all, they've got a mind of their own!! It's how they want it, when they want it and only IF they want it!
Great that Sunny is calming down a bit Judy
What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity
Here is one photo I took with my blackberry, it turned out fairly well, thought I would share it with you all.
She is absolutely beautiful - her colouring is fantastic - it's so dramatic. She looks like a cutie featherball
What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity
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