Recent content by Linda M

  1. Back to square one

    Thankyou, I will start to make a note, I obviously change my clothes lol, her cage is literally 4 ft away from where I sit (side on to her cage) so she sees me all the time. How to get inside a parrots head lol.
  2. Back to square one

    Hi, thank you for your replies, I have not let Buddy out, she had a bad experience with her last owner when she was out and he couldn’t get her back in again, she is extremely hand shy. I have found she doesn’t like bright colours so I wear a cream coloured cardi when I do her food, she climbs...
  3. Back to square one

    Hi, Buddy has been with us now since December, she was really scared every time I had to put my hand in the cage, so I tried saying ‘food time’ as I slowly approached her cage, not looking at her with my hands by my sides, this seemed to work after a while, she would climb up to the top of her...
  4. Parrot seed mix, good or bad?

    Thanks for the advise 😊, Iv been told she is an Alexander parrot, we adopted her as we were concerned about where she would end up.
  5. Parrot seed mix, good or bad?

    Hi all, being new to parrot parenting Im not sure if I’m feeding Buddy the right stuff, I but parrot mix and other seed mixes, which she seems to eat ok, there are a lot of sunflower seeds in them which Iv read it not a good thing, I occasionally give her a grape and she likes almonds and Brazil...
  6. New parrot parent

    Thank you 😊
  7. New parrot parent

    Thank you Roz, I really appreciate the help and advise 😊
  8. New parrot parent

    Hi, thank you, here is a pic of Buddy, chewing her perch as usual lol
  9. Reinforcement, Reinforcers, And How To Identify And Use Them

    Thank you so much for the advise in this post, I have been taking things very slowly with Buddy, as she is very frightened, but I wasn’t sure it was the right thing to do, now I know I can take my time and it is better for her 😊
  10. New parrot parent

    Hi, I’m linda and recently adopted an Alexander parrot, we took her on as we a bit worried about where she would end up otherwise, I had a cockatiel many years ago, who I hand tamed, however I’m finding Buddy totally different, she had a bad experience hand wise and is very afraid of them, she...
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