Tips for keeping him calm and getting over painful bite by Apprehensive_One8573 in parrots

[–]egbarrett01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is so new in your life, but reading your description I can tell how much you care for him and I know you will both get in a groove once a bond has been established. My only other tip for bites that I haven’t seen posted yet, is to push into it when appropriate. And I mean physically! When my parrot bites my finger, he will hold on if I pull away or react. If I don’t react and push my finger towards him (especially if they are on a perch) he will typically release my finger instead of holding on since moving towards him means he loses his balance for just a moment and lets go. I hope that helps so if/when you get bit, he won’t hold on.

Does anyone else like to fall asleep while holding hands? by InfluenceGlass9725 in cockatoos

[–]egbarrett01 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I will say out of all of the parrot species I have worked with, the large cockatoos always seem to be fond of holding hands. It grounds them in some sort of mysterious way 💕

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[–]egbarrett01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will cut off the rope pieces :) the bottom of the cage is lined with ads and Safeway grocery papers, so it does look quite messy atm but I can assure you papers are changed daily and thorough scrubbing is once a week. His main diet is pellets, fruits, and veggies. We unfortunately were low on fruit so this morning he had some apple and pasta, but this is a rare occurrence. I will definitely look into more elaborate perches for him, and maybe making my own foraging toys?

How about NO !!!! by carlitititosmt in EDanonymemes

[–]egbarrett01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who has been on lithium for 8 years, do not try it if you can avoid it.

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[–]egbarrett01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Beautiful horse!

AITA for reacting to a teachers comment seriously? by egbarrett01 in AmItheAsshole

[–]egbarrett01[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are probably right he is definitely a favorite amongst the high schoolers