Marly's Journey

Her first day home.

I will try to make this as short as possible, but there is alot to mention about our little GCC Marly.

Marly is a 2 year old, DNA sexed female Yellow Sided Green Cheek Parrot.

We purchased Marly from another owner on June 1st, 2008. Her previous owner told us that his wife was making him sell her. She was very nippy and bit me often. I assume that is why his wife made him sell her.

I have to admit, I had no clue about parrots when we got PJ & Marly. I new about Zebra Finches because I had them growing up. But parrots??? OH MY!!! I had no idea there was so much to know!

The first thing we did wrong as a parront was not quarentine them when we brought them home. We were EXTREMELY lucky that both birds are healthy!

Marly has come a long way since we brought her home. She used to bite me ALL the time and now she will come cuddle with me and be a loving little birdie. Hubby can do just about anything with her.

Her & PJ didn't get along at first, but soon became the bestest buds. Aren't they adorable together?

Marly is pretty social and will go to just about anyone. She may nip you but unless you make her mad, shouldn't bite you. (I make her mad all the time.. LOL (joking)

Marly has a couple nicknames. Poops-A-Lot (she goes more often than every 15 minutes!), Daddy's Lil' Stalker (because if he is home and she is out of her cage, she has to be with him.)

Marly is doing great at learning new things. We are working on "Marly Come" (comes to us), "Marly Cage"(flies back to her cage), Stay (so hubby can get a breather), Perch (she will go to the perch on top of her cage), and Hubby is working on a few others.

She says quite a few things and of course we are working on more. She says: Gimme Kiss, What's Up, Be Good, Be Nice, YOU Be Nice, Gimme Kisses, Kiss, and a few others that I can't remember at the moment and a few that I haven't been able to make out yet. She is quite the talker, especially when she talks to herself.

She likes to say be nice, then bite you, or beat up her toys. She has no problems trying new foods and toys. She even tolerates our Aussie Shiann alot of times, but when Shiann gets on her nerves, she lets her know.

Here is a picture of her being a little love bug with her daddy. She now demands this from daddy and me when daddy isn't around. She cuddles in the palm of your hand, perches on your pinky finger while you scritch her head with your thumb.

That is all that I can think of to tell you about Marly, although I am pretty sure there is tons more to tell. She's a little ham!

Juno- Our new Sun Conure

I just wanted to introduce our newest addition to the family. This is Juno. She is a Sun Conure. Not sure of exact age, but we were told approx. 2 & 1/2 years old. We have lots of work to do with Juno. We should find out in a couple weeks if Juno is male or female.

I have losts of posting to do to catch up, but had to show off Juno first. Here you can see how much s/he adores the camera!

I will update more soon. I have lots to update on Marly and Juno.

B&G Macaw Baby

**Sniffle** **Sniffle** I decided not to take Baby after all. She is a beautiful Macaw, and I know I could give her a loving home, but being a new parrot owner and knowing her special needs, I felt it wouldn't be the best thing for Baby right now. Baby needs a home where she will have someone that knows a bit more about the needs of a Macaw than I do. I can give her the special attention right now, but when I go back to work, I don't feel she will get the attention she needs and deserves. My biggest fear about taking Baby would be my dogs. I know they wouldn't intentionally hurt Baby, but the do bark, and they can bark loud and get excited which would scare Baby. And if something were to happen to Baby when I wasn't home (dogs scare her and make her fall) I couldn't and wouldn't be able to forgive myself. Baby was in a "not so happy" home before her original owner took her back and is helping her recover. Now baby chews her wings and tail feathers. Her tail feathers have come back, but she is still chewing on her wings and has a tendancy to fall if frightened. Her last fall broke some feathers and hurt her wings. :o(

I do hope she finds a home that can love her and work with her on her feather issue. She is gentle and doesn't bit hard. She does beak, but that only happens when she is frightened. The 2nd day I spent time with her, I was able to get her to step up and I even got some kisses!

This time change business has gotten me all out of wack, so I'm going to go take a little nap and get to cleaning. My next post, I'd like to tell you about my Green Cheek Marly. She is a HAM!

Adopting a B&G Macaw

We have been speaking with an incredible woman about adopting one of her precious macaws. Her name is Baby and she is a Blue and Gold Macaw. She's had a rough life so far and I am hoping to give her a better and forever home. I got the opportunity to meet Baby this weekend and I enjoyed every second! We spent about 4 hours over there getting to know her and her getting to know me. She was a little hesitant at first, but took to me rather quickly. She has an awesome personality! I am looking forward to spending more time with her soon and getting to know how her current owner works with Baby and learning what she likes and dislikes. We are taking her to the vet on Monday, but Baby doesn't like vets so I hope this will be a good visit for her. She is supposed to come to my house Sunday so she can get a feel of what our lives are like and where she will be living. We are still looking for a playstand for her and we think we have found a nice cage for her already. I am sooooo excited and look forward to bringing Baby to her new home and family!

People never cease to amaze me... RUDE, HEARTLESS AND MOST OF ALL IGNORANT

Well, I posted on some Yahoo groups about PJ. I know there are people that are probably tired of seeing her, but I've GOT to make sure I get the word out to as many people as I can so my chances of her returning are that much greater.

So I posted to my Williamson County Group on Yahoo and this is a response I got.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/williamson-county/message/45


Re: [williamson-county] LOST- Sun Conure Parrot (REWARD)
i do not know how you got my email, but this is the dumbest thing i have ever recieved, there is no way in hell anyone is going to see, or catch this bird, no matter if you have had it for a 100 years, if you really knew a thing about birds, you would know its gone forever, if any bird gets its freedom, its not coming back to you, to be put back in a cage, but the other true fact is it depened on you to feed it, its not going to find rice, and green beans, or apples, out in the wild so it will probally die within two weeks, from not knowing what to eat, and the cold weather out here.

I sent her a response back telling her how ignorant and heartless this person was. For one, ignorant about parrots. 2. ignorant about email lists and her/him not fully reading her./his email to know that it came from a list she/he subscribed to, and 3 how ignorant she/he was for replying like she/he did and not knowing that everyone can see how ignorant she/he and they don't even know it! HA HA HA

I know that is bad, but people really need to pay attention to what they are doing realizing they are on the internet, and some people really need to get a heart!

OK, I've said my peace today and I feel better now.

Still looking for my baby... PJ

Well, it's almost been a month now and PJ is still not back home yet. I have gotten some calls and emails though which leave me hopeful! I am trying as many avenues as I know to get the word out. So if you know of any that I may have missed, please let me know! I just had my heart beat stop for a few as someone posting a Sun Conure for sale on Craigslist and immediately pulled it back off before I got a chance to read it, so I'm sitting here, refreshing the page constantly to see if it pops back up again. Will post again shortly! Thanks for reading!