OMG, MizM, you are so right! Boy can the kids scream....they can REALLY bring out the worst in me ;P
Fortunately both my parrots were sexed, so I know for sure they are girls. I would NOT want to handle a sexually mature Amazon who's in the mood
....or any other "large" parrot for that matter. My friend once asked me to help her get some blood from her Scarlett Macaw so she could find out whether "Bella" was indeed a girl. "Bella" wasn't quite interested in having a stranger hold her in a towel, while my friend clipped a toe nail....in fact...she (??) was quite mad and let me get a taste of her beak once it was over Turned out "Bella" was a "Bellissimo".....
Dorkus, what you read is quite correct. But I don't want to generalize all parrots. It's the hardest thing in the world NOT TO pamper and cuddle a newly acquired baby parrot all the time, because they will most likely want all this attention to continue ALL THE TIME. Some parrots like more attention than others, but Eclectus certainly do quite well entertaining themselves, and having 2 of them is even going to help more. They may not be as attached to you as they are toward each other, but then again, it all depends on how you raise them and how you interact with them.
Oh wait....MizM....YES, I am soooo hooked on T's now....it's not even funny. And even though this comment probably doesn't even belong in your thread here, I'm still gonna tell you that I wish you could have seen my face when I saw all them pics with you holding all them tarantulas.
WOW!!!! I am NOT that brave...nor that experienced to try that. Especially the "trance" pics....OMG!!!! You must have nerves of steel. Just last week I took my Chilean Rose out for the first time, and attempted the "handling". She walked from hand to hand....and now remember, this was the FIRST TIME EVER that I had a tarantula on me. As she was walking from hand to hand, she got faster and faster, as did my heart rate. Once she was back in her home, I rushed downstairs to have a "drink" and a "smoke". My nerves were shot.
Fortunately both my parrots were sexed, so I know for sure they are girls. I would NOT want to handle a sexually mature Amazon who's in the mood
....or any other "large" parrot for that matter. My friend once asked me to help her get some blood from her Scarlett Macaw so she could find out whether "Bella" was indeed a girl. "Bella" wasn't quite interested in having a stranger hold her in a towel, while my friend clipped a toe nail....in fact...she (??) was quite mad and let me get a taste of her beak once it was over
Turned out "Bella" was a "Bellissimo"..... Dorkus, what you read is quite correct. But I don't want to generalize all parrots. It's the hardest thing in the world NOT TO pamper and cuddle a newly acquired baby parrot all the time, because they will most likely want all this attention to continue ALL THE TIME. Some parrots like more attention than others, but Eclectus certainly do quite well entertaining themselves, and having 2 of them is even going to help more. They may not be as attached to you as they are toward each other, but then again, it all depends on how you raise them and how you interact with them.
Oh wait....MizM....YES, I am soooo hooked on T's now....it's not even funny. And even though this comment probably doesn't even belong in your thread here, I'm still gonna tell you that I wish you could have seen my face when I saw all them pics with you holding all them tarantulas.
WOW!!!! I am NOT that brave...nor that experienced to try that. Especially the "trance" pics....OMG!!!! You must have nerves of steel. Just last week I took my Chilean Rose out for the first time, and attempted the "handling". She walked from hand to hand....and now remember, this was the FIRST TIME EVER that I had a tarantula on me. As she was walking from hand to hand, she got faster and faster, as did my heart rate. Once she was back in her home, I rushed downstairs to have a "drink" and a "smoke".
My nerves were shot.
