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  1. Dolly

    Habits And Hoummous

    At least once a week I like to have hour mouse with vegetable and breadsticks to dip in it. My first question is, can Frankie have hummus? He loves whole chickpeas, but not sure about the tahini paste in it made from sesame. Second question. What strange little quirks and habits does your...
  2. Dolly

    For Bradders

    Brenda, Bill was videoing Frankie just now and he started chattering. You can hear his babyish voice, and, please excuse the rude bit in the middle!
  3. Dolly

    I Knew It Would Happen Eventually...

    Bill, coming from New Zealand, can be a bit colourful with his language sometimes. Especially when he's cross about something. Anyway, this evening he walked past Frankies  cage to go make coffee, and as he passed by Frankie blurts out on the top of his voice "WHAT A W**KER!!"  Omg, I laughed...
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    Breakthrough At Last

    Finally, after more than 9mths of trying, Frankie had a shower! I've tried everything and he wouldn't have a bar of it. I've just had to give him the odd squirt with a water spray and even that sent him crazy. Over the last week or so I have been taking him into the bathroom with me and he sits...
  5. Dolly

    Calling All You Creative Sorts..

    Frankie has his first hatchday on 3rd March. My grandaughter Danielle wants to give him a birthday party. She wants him to have a special birdie birthday cake ? I've no idea where to start in making something that looks like a human cake to make Danielle happy, but, also appeal to Frankie seeing...
  6. Dolly

    Scarlett's Hoops Problem

    I bought a couple of those hanging rope hoops from Scarlett a few weeks ago. I decided just to hang one up at first on the curtain pole to introduce Frankie to it slowly. He is frightened of it though. He won't go near it. I was reading a parrot group on Facebook today. Some people were having...
  7. Dolly

    Conversation?

    For those of you that have birds that talk, have you found they start strInning perfectly sensible sentences together? Frankie has had my grandaughter in fits of giggling this afternoon. He seems fixated on talking to her. Some of these interactions he's done with me before but Danielle can't...
  8. Dolly

    Ears??

    I'm not overly worried about Frankie, just a little concerned. Over the last 4 or 5 days he keeps shaking his head like a dog does when it has a flea in its ear. It only lasts a few seconds and he may not do it for hours after. I know there's no "lodgers" on him so to speak. I also know their...
  9. Dolly

    Tail feather question.

    When I first got Frankie at 12 weeks old, he was still learning to fly properly. He crashed landed by the patio door and snapped off two of his tail feathers about an inch from his skin. I've never really been bothered about it as I knew he would get his grown up ones eventually.  He is now...
  10. Dolly

    Toenail gadget

    One of my Christmas prezzies was a scholl finger and toenail electric filer. It works really well. It's not overly harsh but does the job well.  Now, both my boys need their claws filing. The nearest vet charged £33 to do little Chunkys last time and they don't even have a dremmal. They just...
  11. Dolly

    Frankies first molt

    He is 9mths old today and it's very obvious he had started his first molt. There's lots of fluffy feathers coming off, but I've noticed his tail feathers and outermost wing feathers are looking very tatty. Does he finish the small feathers first before the big ones start dropping or can they...
  12. Dolly

    Petal Cleanse for allergies?

    someone on a Facebook parrot forum has posted that they use this on their African grey. Does anyone here use it or know if it's any good? Although the main advert says its for cats, further down the page it does mention birds in brackets...
  13. Dolly

    First Molt?

    Can any of you African grey owners tell me when yours had their first molt? I have googles it and come up with several ages from 8mths to 2yrs! I have noticed in the last couple of weeks that Frankie is losing feathers. Not in huge numbers, but enough to be noticeable. It's been a mixture of...
  14. Dolly

    Worried About Frankie

    I'm a little worried about Frankie today. I got up late this morning around 10am as I wasn't feeling great. It was slightly unusual that he hadn't been wolf whistling to me like most mornings, but I figured he was just having a lie in too. When I lifted his cover he just sat there staring at me...
  15. Dolly

    Attacked The Doctor

    I have been very unwell the last few days. My breathing has been not so good for a while, but this week it got so bad I was waking up in bed gasping for breath. Bill was so worried he took the day off work and arranged for our GP to do a home visit. When she arrived I was sat near to Frankies...
  16. Dolly

    Beating The Beak

    As Frankie is moving into an older developmental phase, I have recently come across a new issue. Finger grabbing. He has occasionally done it since we've had him, but it's was pretty much gentle and a firmly worded no stopped it. Things have changed. His cage has a pull down flap door, which...
  17. Dolly

    Lamb Chops

    We are having lamb chops for dinner. The smell is wafting through from the kitchen. Yum yum, can't wait. I remember reading that it's ok to give them chicken bones now and again, but how about lamb chop bones, or any other meat bones?
  18. Dolly

    Ménage A Trios

    During the week I discovered thanks to Julia, that Frankie no longer sees me as mum, but now a love interest! :shock: apparently the baby noises are actually the language of love to a parrot. He also did the droopy wings dance and regurgitation. I put him back in his cage to quell his...
  19. Dolly

    Pin Feathers

    Poor Chunky is having a terrible time with his first molt. I read a while ago on an American forum that members were helping their birds open the feathers. Is this good practice? If so how do you do it?
  20. Dolly

    Ipad And Icloud Problem

    Is there anyone here who knows how to get a video from iCloud on my iPad onto a new thread on this forum? It's driving me crazy. When I start a new thread and click the button for adding photos etc, it brings up all the folders with other photos but not the ones that have been added to iCloud...
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