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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2004Peaches the lovebird is a great pet!
Persia pays little or no attention to my lovebird, Peaches, unless she deems I'm paying more attention to Peaches than is required for her majesty :) Peaches doesn't let me 'handle her'; she was hand fed but then pretty much left on her own. I tried to acclaimate her to perching on my shoulder, etc. (all when Persia was napping and shut away) but this bird will have none of it. She had her wings clipped (badly) and couldn't even flutter, but she managed to get behind furniture and generally waddle to difficult spots. Just as well she doesn't want out, I suppose. She's now simply a small parrot in a good sized cage who has tons of jingling toys and wood to chew on and she gets treats. She's runs around ringing the bells, funny as hell. I bought a bunch of kale for 89 cents. Washed it well with water and left water dripping from the leaves. Peaches was down there ripping the leaves apart and apparently bathing with the wet leaves. She calls out something which sounds like "Peaches!" Lovebirds are not known to be talkers but I think she's trying. She's about a year old now. She dunks herself in her water dish, which is an oversized dish, and comes up with her head and breast feathers soaked. I have to change the water twice a day. I never know when she's going to dunk herself; seems to happen every three or four days. Then she preens her lovely green, yellow, orange and red feathers and fluffs all up looking proud of herself. They she calls out what sounds like "Peaches!" also something that sounds like "trick or treat!" (smile) I've been around birds all my life; primarily parakeets. This girl is showing off :) She doesn't like me to handle her, though. Okay, I won't. Of course I don't really *know* she's a girl; she just acts like one. Not gonna pay for a test to find out because she's not here for breeding. It's just an instinct thing that I think she's a female. She's happy, Persia was raised with parakeets so she doesn't want to kill her; I'm happy. Sweet small bright lovebird who likes to rub her face in wet kale and chirp at Mommy :) Jill >Persia pays little or no attention to my lovebird, Peaches, unless she deems >I'm paying more attention to Peaches than is required for her majesty :) [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >Jill She sounds delicious. Love, Stinky Whoa! Who let you use the computer! Go back to shedding on the furniture! I apologize, Jill. She sounds really adorable. ;) Theresa Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com <cuddled gently for space> > She's happy, Persia was raised with parakeets so she doesn't want to kill > her; I'm happy. Sweet small bright lovebird who likes to rub her face in > wet kale and chirp at Mommy :) I can just imagine! I don't know about lovebirds, but I've had two parakeets (but I call them budgerigahs) who had plenty of personality in those little bodies. I still miss them - and they lived quite happily with Shmogg when they were still here. Hope you are enjoying Rainbow Bridge, Brainy & Vomit, I miss you guys! Yowie ><cuddled gently for space> > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I can just imagine! I don't know about lovebirds, but I've had two parakeets >(but I call them budgerigahs) You mean buggery guards. ;) It's OK, you're allowed to call them budgerigars. It was amazing for me to go to Australia, and see every pet bird my family ever had, sitting outside on trees, screaming their heads off. My favorites are galahs, though. The biggest pests. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> <cuddled gently for space> >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Theresa Actually, outside of Australia where they live in the wild (amazing sight I'm sure!) budgerigars are different than parakeets. They are slightly larger, with more pronounced 'foreheads'. These birds are generally bred genetically for show. How they perch (stance), straightness of the tail, height of the forehead and large evenly spaced facial spots are among some of the more favourable characteristics. Me, I just loved the little (parakeet) devils for their sweet antics. I had one named Buddy who was a foundling like my Persia-cat is. I don't know how old Buddy was when my brother brought him, shivering, into the house. An escapee. I was 14 when Buddy was found and 28 when he died. Paul handed Buddy to me and I cradled him to my chest to warm him and he was mine from that moment on. Buddy would ride around on my shoulder or my head, peck at my glasses, fiddle with the chain around my neck or play with my earrings. He was also a notorious tail-puller. He'd sit, looking all innocent, then suddenly reach up and yank the tails of our other parakeets. Talk about a stinker! <G> Jill >>> <cuddled gently for space> >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >height of the forehead and large evenly spaced facial spots are among some >of the more favourable characteristics. Well, they were close enough for me to recognize. I always thought they were the same species, just known incorrectly here as parakeets. A real parakeet, for example, is the extremely inappropriately named Monk or Quaker, who are not chaste or quiet. ;) We have a huge colony of Quakers living wild here in Brooklyn. They build huge nests on the electric generators. The electric co. tried to dismantle them, but the neighborhood was up in arms. They loved having these bright green birds divebombing around and screeching at each other. The electric co. had to put up these alternate structures for the birds to nest on. ;) My dad has a house in Florida with a Quaker colony nearby. He feels right at home. ;) >Me, I just loved the little (parakeet) devils for their sweet antics. I had >one named Buddy who was a foundling like my Persia-cat is. I don't know how [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >suddenly reach up and yank the tails of our other parakeets. Talk about a >stinker! <G> Aww. I had one named Pretty Boy when I was really little. He used to sit on my head. None of the other birds were as nice as he was, but we were probably really clueless about what they really needed to be happy. There's a parrot park near my dad, with a walk-through aviary featuring rainbow lorikeets. These land all over you and check you out. There's a sign that tell you to cover up any moles you might have-- the parrots try to pry them off you. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:58:22 -0600, "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> yodeled: > He was also a notorious tail-puller. He'd sit, looking all > innocent, then suddenly reach up and yank the tails of our other > parakeets. Talk about a stinker! <G> My grandmother had a parrot that talked, it used to tease the D*g by calling it in for dinner at all hours of the day. The d*g never wised up :-)  SignatureNik Simpson >On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:58:22 -0600, "jmcquown" ><jmcquown@bellsouth.net> yodeled: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >My grandmother had a parrot that talked, it used to tease the D*g by calling >it in for dinner at all hours of the day. The d*g never wised up :-) Oh God, you too? A friend's sister had a bird that used to drive the dogs berserk by saying "Wanna go out? Wanna go out?" ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:58:22 -0600, "jmcquown" >> <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> yodeled: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Oh God, you too? A friend's sister had a bird that used to drive the > dogs berserk by saying "Wanna go out? Wanna go out?" ;) ISTR someone on one of the cat groups had a parrot that would make the sound of cat treats being rattled, I think the cat got wise to it in the end. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > >>> <cuddled gently for space> > >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > A real parakeet, for example, is the extremely inappropriately named > Monk or Quaker, who are not chaste or quiet. ;) Buggery Guards :-) are the same species as "parakeets", just that the domestic variety have been selectively bred for generations whilst wild budgies haven't. eg, a blue, white, grey or yellow budgie in the wild is a freak, and probably won't produce offspring as no self respecting wild bird will select it as a mate, whereas us humans value those traits and try to get them into the offspring. Yowie >> >>> <cuddled gently for space> >> >>> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > >Yowie Gotcha. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Well, they were close enough for me to recognize. I always thought > they were the same species, just known incorrectly here as parakeets. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > each other. The electric co. had to put up these alternate structures > for the birds to nest on. ;) There's a colony in Bridgeport, CT also. They seem to have settled in one tree and it's just amazing to see them all startle out of it at once. A big green cloud :) > My dad has a house in Florida with a Quaker colony nearby. He feels > right at home. ;) [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com My dad has a foundling parakeet named QRP (called Quirpy by his human siblings) who will rub "noses" and give kisses to all the family members but only flies to Dad. Loves to perch on Dad's head while he reads the newspaper :) Hmm. I think I have a picture of that...... SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) dragonandthistle at snet dot net pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > There's a parrot park near my dad, with a walk-through aviary > featuring rainbow lorikeets. These land all over you and check you > out. There's a sign that tell you to cover up any moles you might > have-- the parrots try to pry them off you. ;) There are place slike that here in Australia, but they aren't in an aviary - they're wild (but somewhat tamed) birds. One of Joel's friends has a house that overlooks bushland, and hte rainbow lorikeets, eastern rosellas and sulphur crested cockatoos come along each day for their regular snack of sunflower seeds and stale bread. The lorikeets are quite happy to sit on your hand (or anywhere else) to feed, and the cockatoos are so bold that they'll bite you if they think they aren't getting fed quickly enough. Considering those beaks can crack branches thicker than human fingers, its really an "encouraging nip" rather than a true bite, but they can still draw blood. You have to take care feeding them by hand, and its not a good idea to feed them anything smaller than an 8th of a slice of bread at a time. Yowie "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things to say about Budgies (WAS:Re: Peaches the lovebird is a great pet!): >He was also a notorious tail-puller. He'd sit, looking all innocent, then >suddenly reach up and yank the tails of our other parakeets. Talk about a >stinker! <G> Still on the subject of birds [different ones though], my family had a cockatiel [I think I spelled that right] who would dive-bomb the cats. Ava [my ring-neck dove, for those who don't know] buzzes Felix, or will just land in front of him and stare at him. She has absolutely no fear of him. Good thing for her he's middle-aged and lazy, or he'd have had a dove dinner by now. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things > to say about Budgies (WAS:Re: Peaches the lovebird is a great pet!): [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > fear of him. Good thing for her he's middle-aged and lazy, or he'd > have had a dove dinner by now. :-) For sure he would. They are Kitty FC's favourite food. She can still catch them if she has a mind to. It helps that there are a lot of them around in the garden, they are not blessed with the greatest intellect and have poor taking-off speed. That is, it helps her but not them. She mainly catches one when she looks at the meal I've provided and decides it's disgusting. Tweed " We live in a semi rural area, on 1 hectare, we have lots of trees, and lots of native birds. The most prolific are small parrots, some Eastern Rosellas, and Rainbow Lorikeets. We hang seed bells, in the tree near our dining room window, the birds perch and feed on the bells, where we can watch them. The Lorikeets are very quarrelsome at present, I think it is mating time. The Eastern Rosellas never fed at the same time as the Lorikeets. Marie in OZ > " We live in a semi rural area, on 1 hectare, we have lots of trees, and > lots of native birds. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Lorikeets are very quarrelsome at present, I think it is mating time. The > Eastern Rosellas never fed at the same time as the Lorikeets. Which bit of Oz, Marie? There are fair few Aussies on this group, I'm in Wollongong (baout 100km south of Sydney), NSW Australia > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things > to say about Budgies (WAS:Re: Peaches the lovebird is a great pet!): [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > fear of him. Good thing for her he's middle-aged and lazy, or he'd > have had a dove dinner by now. :-) jpgs, jpgs!!! Yowie "Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Budgies (WAS:Re: Peaches the lovebird is a great pet!): >> Ava [my ring-neck dove, for those who don't know] buzzes Felix, or >> will just land in front of him and stare at him. She has absolutely no >> fear of him. Good thing for her he's middle-aged and lazy, or he'd >> have had a dove dinner by now. :-) >jpgs, jpgs!!! Try http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/AveryStalkingFelix.jpg [Bob hasn't gotten around to renaming pictures from before The Egg]. Also: http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAvery.jpg http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAveryOnCouch.jpg http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAvery20031228Small.jpg Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >"Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> had some very interesting >things to say about Re: Budgies (WAS:Re: Peaches the lovebird is a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Try http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/AveryStalkingFelix.jpg [Bob hasn't >gotten around to renaming pictures from before The Egg]. Also: Wow! I can just hear the menacing organ music on the soundtrack! I knew a cat who was brought up in a house full of birds. He was amazingly patient. The birds were always taking bits of his hair. ;) >http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAvery.jpg >http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAveryOnCouch.jpg >http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAvery20031228Small.jpg Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > "Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> had some very interesting > things to say about Re: Budgies (WAS:Re: Peaches the lovebird is a [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAveryOnCouch.jpg > http://www.impulse.net/~thebob/FelixAndAvery20031228Small.jpg How adorable! And what a handsome kitty Felix is. So fluffy! I bet he is just as soft as silk too. Yowie |
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