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NEW BABY WHITE CAP PIONUS

2008-07-18T00:27:04Z

I was thinking of a companion for my 4 year old Maximillian Pionus and thought a baby White Cap would be a good choice. The baby is still being hand fed and so won't be ready to take home until the end of July. I am wondering the best way to introduce the two. They will have thier own cages in the aviary, but my Maxi is never in his cage except to sleep at night.

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New birds, insta-problem

2008-06-10T02:29:34Z

(I'm going to cross-post this on Owned by as well)

I'm in a hurry, so I'll skip the details for now.

Jill and I ran into a great deal on a Blue Headed Pionus pair (they've succesfully bred together) complete with the cage and everything else thrown in. We went and met them and spent time, and decided it was a good idea. We haven't named them yet, but time will take care of that. The girl (we think) is very tame and friendly, the boy (again, we *think* ) is mostly tame, but still a bit shy about hands next to his feet. though he'll let you reach right in and head-scratch and the like. OK, so no real problems there, we know how to work with that and get him more comfortable and everything.

The problem is that Little Girl (just a place-holder name) really likes me. ALOT.

They haven't been in the house 24 hours yet and she's just fallen head-over for me, instantly. Everywhere I go in the house she tries to follow. If she's on her cage, she's on the side and level that's closest to me. She's ignoring her handsome boy. True, he doesn't seem bothered by it so far, but I'm not sure what to do. If this was a single parrot, I'd be delighted, but I don't want her to ignore her boy. She's friendly and accepting of everyone else in the house too, so that's really great as well, but I'm worried that she's dumped her boy for me.

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guyng!

2008-05-21T04:32:39Z

guyng GUYNG guyng!

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Pi- you'll be a woman sooon....

2008-02-01T02:30:36Z

Do Pi's tend to reach maturity sooner than other parrots?
Mine has been doing a little wheezy dance for my hands lately, and just recently started being an absolute angry biting machine...Macu's only like 2 years old and I'm figuring this is the beginning of the "hormones" phase. To add to the mix, Zouma my little lovebird seems to be feeding of the Mac-inator and getting all bitchy too.
Any good advice on how to keep me from getting bit would be nice. So far she seems to do it totally unprovoked...just sitting there, then *bam* biting you!

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Murphy's dad

2008-01-21T22:54:58Z

http://people.tribe.net/pollymoller/blog

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Feather Cyst?

2007-12-26T01:26:07Z

I took Swoozie to the vet on Friday for her check up. She passed with flying colors. Today I find this lump the size of a nickel with white lumps within it.

I contacted her vet ( of course they are closed today ) and sent a photo as well. I also contacted the breeder and sent a pix too. Hopefully it is just a feather cyst. :/

Ideas in advanced are appreciated :)

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She's Home!

2007-12-16T22:37:16Z

Swoozie came home today! :)

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DJFEATHERS.COM

2007-12-14T01:42:53Z

Swoozie's sisters sale fell through. They have 1 max pi for sale and ready to go 11-15-07

Check her out! The Pi's are awesome!

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excited pionus?

2007-11-22T21:07:06Z

hi all, i am new to this tribe and new friend to our pionus kika lady rainbow. she is wonderful and sassy!!! i was noticing that sometimes she makes a noise like a little sneeze, but i dont think that she is actually sneezing... is this something that they do when they are going through an emotion maybe?

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help - changes in altitude?

2007-10-21T00:58:56Z

We're getting ready for a big move, from very low (FL) to very high (CO) altitude, and I'm worried about our Pi. We'll be driving there, and I'd like to know if there's anything I should watch out for (symptoms of altitude change shock)?

Does anyone know how much birds are affected by altitude changes? I know he may be tired for a few days, but if there is anything more serious to look out for, I'd appreciate a heads up...

Thanks! Can't seem to find much on the net about this!

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FInally A Pionus! A Maxi!

2007-09-30T22:49:47Z

My new baby comes home in January! It was hatched last week! I am very excited. The breeder has invited me that week 3 and on I am more than welcome to come anytime her hours are open in her home based store to visit and bond with my baby!

She will also be sending me baby photos as it grows.

I am so excited!

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Breeder list wanted

2007-08-19T22:16:51Z

Hi all!

I am researching my first Pionus and wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations on breeders out there to contact. Any help would be wonderful!

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NEWBIE

2007-08-19T22:03:29Z

Hi everyone,
I just got my first parrot, a Pionus Maximillion.... he is 13 weeks and a real love.... his name is Max, and he is mostly green with a spot of purple/blue on his neck area.... quite the funny one.... he loves to climb atop my head to sit on my bun... he makes this sweet chirp when he does that..... When do they start vocabulary? I think he might be trying to say hello but it just comes out like a 2 part gurgle of sound....LOL

Any advice for the newbie?

Maroznia

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I'm Stong to the Finish Cause I eats me Spinach...

2007-05-01T18:46:29Z

Ok so the funniest thing happened with Macu last night.
There I was just having fixed myself a tasty spinach salad. Macu was resting at the end of the window on the sill she prefers which is like 5 feet away from me.
The minute she saw my salad placed on the table she ran like gang busters, and little toes a tapping on the wood of the windowsil to get to the salad.
I was laughing so hard - normally she never does this, very little attracts her attention so much, except for peanuts.
Then she did something I've never seen her do: she stuck her cute little pi face directly into my salad bowl and plucked out a spinch leaf to happily abscond off with and eat with sneaky pleasure. Thankfully it was one that wasn't covered in dressing, but what the heck?
I've never seen her react this way to food.
The only reason I could think of was that the bird store must have offered fresh greens to their birds, which is great...so from now on, she's a little popeye girl.
As far as I know spinach is ok for pis - right?

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Bay Area Pi Phest - May 12 !

2007-04-15T07:45:49Z

Hey all! If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, we're planning a Pi Phest in the East Bay on May 12th. If you think you can bring your Pi please email me for more information - izzy at 7thsign dot com. Yay!

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Bald forehead?

2007-04-08T04:31:20Z

Hey y'all, Murphy has been really stressed out and agitated over us moving to Oakland.
She hated the packing and the moving and now she's in a new place, and I'm trying to reassure her.
Gradually over the course of this month the feathers have been disappearing from her forehead.
Do you think she's been rubbing her head to relieve stress?
Or do you think she's having an internal health issue?

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The Ice Cream Bean

2006-12-28T16:02:19Z

Ok, so I was shuffilng around on the web, kinda looking for the real Pionus diet. Most research done on them is so limited that their diet isn't really well known. Well, apparently they've observed the parrots going crazy over this particular tree - nicknameed the "Ice Cream Bean" tree as it's fruit tastes of vanilla ice cream!
This sounds too good to be true! Has anyone ever seen these trees, tasted the fruit, etc.? If Pi's love it, I'm tempted to purchase some seedlings and try my hand at gardening.

http://www.capetrib.com.au/icebean.htm

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Strange skin flap?

2006-12-28T05:36:54Z

So I'm relatively new to Pionus - is it normal for them to have a skin flap under their mandible? It just showed up recently, doesn't seem inflamed or irritate her, just looks strange. Does it haveto do with reaching maturity? Any ideas? (Pic is in photo album)

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Is that a...?

2006-12-08T04:49:56Z

Ok so I take Macu out on walks and people generally come up to me and ask one of three things:

1. Is that a parrot?
2. Is that a hawk?
3. Is that a crow?

I'm amazed but always willing to educate. Has anyone else been asked if their pionus was something strange? I'm curious to find out! :)

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Sad...

2006-12-05T05:15:02Z

I got a call today in my capacity for rescue chairperson for the Alaska Bird Club. There is a white-cap flying around out there since Friday. It's in the 20's at night. Send all of your best wishes out to this little girl... hopefully she either approached someone and was taken in, or a raven got her before she got too cold.

:(

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Pionus Envy

2006-08-29T22:20:02Z

I don't know who here has seen this site, but I think it's the best pet-bird site ever, not to mention the best pionus site. Melne, who keeps the site and is kept by the birds, is someone I thought was on this tribe. Perhaps she unsubbed or she's on the OBP tribe.

www.pionusenvy.com

Be sure to find the photo albums; there are some great pictures.

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Those little Acrobats...

2006-08-29T22:01:42Z

I almost had to keep from laughing out loud a few nights ago when Macu finally figured out how to scale the window via the edge and up to the Tracking that holds my blinds. I was amazed at how she just happily hung out, long enough for me to get my camera to take a quick shot (it's in the photo album). She then let me bring her back down to the table, where she joyfully scaled the window again and slid back down like a fireman going down a pole.....
Do you have any cute/funny stories of your poinus being a little birdie acrobat?

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happy birdday max!

2006-08-07T13:55:20Z

to-day he is 10. i wish he wood leev me a lone.

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Let's hear from the men!

2006-08-04T00:02:21Z

Ok so maybe I'm shallow (or just a girl Pi) but it seems like all the Pi owners on here have girls. Am I doomed? I can't be surrounded by girls of my species, please tell me there's a boy out there who's head I can preen and who might like to listen to my donkey honks....So um...boys, speak up and tell us Bachelorettes some stuff!!! :)

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PIONUS WARS!

2006-06-19T07:32:05Z

Right now I have not only my BW pi and my yellow-nape, but I'm bird-sitting a blue-head pi and a cockatiel for about a week and a half.

My pi, Junior, has always been Queen Bitch. She used to beat up Pepper the amazon, and now they sort of peacefully co-exist most of the time.

This blue-head, however, ain't having it. She (Topaz) fights back. Junior doesn't know what to do; they spar for a few seconds then Junior escapes to another perch somewhere.

I am letting them establish their pecking order under close supervision. It's too bad my camera batteries died; two pionus in full battle mode is a sight to see.

Twice as many birds! Soon I'll be ready for the loony bin.

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Vet recomendations?

2006-06-18T19:51:46Z

hello ~ anyone have a good vet they would like to recomend to me in the San Francisco area? I'm about to check out aav.org, but I thought I'd ask you folks first.

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THE SCENT OF A PI

2006-06-15T07:06:30Z

I tried to describe this delicious and utterly intoxicating scent on my blog. It is not easy to describe because there are so many notes...the sweetest scent I have ever experienced.

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pis and their things

2006-06-15T07:06:04Z

it's 2:05 (a.m.), and max just let out a big shreik (he's a pi; he never makes noise, ever) to protest side 2 (disc 2) of the new kate bush album with bird sounds.

apparently he wants to be the only bird singing along to kate.

??

it's 2 a.m.! go to sleep!!!

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Pink Eye Rings

2006-06-13T05:50:13Z

So Macu is the very first pionus I've purchased. I noticed that bronze wings tend to get a coral pink eye-ring around their eye when sexually mature. Here's my question, do the eye rings only tend to flare deep pink in breeding season, or do some Pi's just have paler or darker coloration there? I love them each and every one, but the deep pink coral eye rings make me initially think "Oh man, is she sick? Are her eyes irritated?"

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When is a Pi sexually mature..

2006-04-24T01:07:03Z

My baby is 2 now and is scenting me up and laying on the love --is he wanting a mate?

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Shy guy Pi's

2006-04-10T17:58:16Z

Hi everyone. I'm a new Pionus owner (or my new Pionus has chosen me to be its mobile perch). Either way I don't have a lot of experience working with them and wanted to know if there were any tried and true games/socalization tricks that I can use which will catch Macu's attention and build trust between us. I also have yet to find sounds that interest her, the kissy noises, clicks, trills and other vocalizations that work really well for the small lovebirds don't interest her too much.
Previous to this I have had lovebirds, who are pretty uppity with a lot of attitude and basically have no problem running up to you for love, but Macu is a little different, she only comes over if I'm not looking at her, etc.
Of course I want to give her belly scratches and love the daylights out of her, but that I completely understand takes time & trust.
So any tecniques or games or even sounds (apart from car alarm sounds or blue jays) would be great advice.
Thanks!
(By the way, Macu is the Bronze Wing in the photo album playing with her new toy)

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pixshurs

2006-04-10T17:53:18Z

add more pixshurs pleeez!!
that is my moms hand in the main pixshur now.

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Pionus bullies

2006-03-14T17:51:59Z

So today I pulled a really stupid thing and left Junior's cage open. We have two cats who look at her like lunch, but she's not having any of it. She has no fear. Don't worry, nothing happened (knocking on wood).

Anyway, the roommate got home first. He is a big, mean-looking bald man, probably close to 300 pounds, and he's terrified of my bronze-wing. He called me and told me I needed to get home because he couldn't get her off the amazon's cage. She was holding fast right there. Sometimes she'll fly to one of her perches in my room and he'll shut her in, but she wouldn't move, and he was not resourceful enough to get her to go anywhere.

She picks on him. She threatens him. She relishes the fact that he's fully intimidated by her. She has landed on his neck and chomped down on two occasions, once on his ear.

This bird would never, ever, ever bite me in anger. She's my little baby and is the sweetest thing to me, but she has him exactly where she wants him and he's too scared to do anything to remedy the situation, so I have to keep them apart by caging her, putting her in my room, or policing when they're in the same room. It doesn't help that when she's being friendly he is rude and unaccepting, and that he calls her all kinds of names and says he hates her. I'm sure she gets the jist of the sentiment.

Anyone else have this?

Last time I saw this kind of ire, it was my first pi, a white-cap, who broke up with me and moved out with the ex-boyfriend. Don't think I don't know how if feels!

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MAXIMILLIAN PIONUS MAKING DONKEY SOUND??

2006-02-20T17:46:08Z

I know that Pi's make a wheezing sound when excited or scared and this is not it--the sound that Mojo makes is more like a donkey or squeaky toy...he only does this when on my shoulder really close to me and sort of hunched down in cuddle mode. I just wonder if he is happy or what?

Thanks.

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Pionus dreams

2006-02-18T13:52:00Z

What kind of dreams have y'all had about your parrots?
I had a dream last night that I was walking down the street in front of a nightclub and I saw Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters going in the front door, lugging a big piece of musical equipment, but also with a dusky Pionus on his shoulder! I stopped and said hi to him and gushed over the bird. I wanted to interact with the parrot but he was nervous being out in the street and being approached by a stranger. I walked away to leave Dave to his musical setup. :)

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Can pionus eat...

2006-01-27T19:21:48Z

Asparagus?

I was asked that, and figured I'd share the question with you guys.

Thanks!

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SF Bay white-capped pionus on Mickaboo

2006-01-13T05:12:51Z

His name is Tickle. :)

http://www.mickaboo.com/see_our_birds/up_for_adoption.php

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Pionus New Year, January 21 - please RSVP!

2006-01-07T06:42:11Z

Murphy the Dusky Pionus and Max the Maximilian Pionus (with assistance from Polly, Stephanie, and Bebe) cordially invite you to gathering for Pionus parrots and their human staff members! All Pionus species are welcome.

Bring (required):
Pionus parrot or parrots
Parrot treats to share

Bring (optional):
Tabletop perches
Parrot toys
Human treats to share
Additional human staff members
Digital cameras

To RSVP, click on this link or find the Event listing for this party further down the tribe page.

http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/Pionus-New-Year/millbrae-ca/82433781-2d52-4a9e-a7a4-4cc54cce6e13?tribeid=228f2598-6a0e-422c-88d7-32a02438efb0&nextpage=http%3A%2F%2Fpionus.tribe.net

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Remove one letter from Pionus...

2006-01-06T19:46:42Z

...and you get Pious Parrots.
I wonder which one of those weird noises is them saying their prayers?!
(I am feeling goofy)

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Announcing Pionus New Year - a gathering of Pionus!!!!

2005-10-29T17:12:30Z

Hi Pionus and their People!

Max and Murphy (with assistance from Stephanie, Polly, and Bebe) will be the gracious hosts of Pionus New Year, a fabulous gathering of Pionus parrots and their staff in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This gathering will take place on Saturday, January 21, 2006 -- insuring that all participants have fully recovered from the holidays. We're going to need a place to hold this gathering, so please speak up if you know of a place big enough to hold all of us. We're thinking residential, in San Francisco or close by.

Looking forward to meeting and preening all of you. :)

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Speaking ability in pionus

2005-10-19T18:44:12Z

Okay, so who here has pionus that talk? Junior (female bronze-wing) says, "hello" and "up." She also goes crazy for sound effects. Zippers, ripping paper, any objects clanking together or making clicking noises etc.

My first pi, Rockefeller (male white-cap), said a bunch of things. He made a shooting sound when we pointed at things, called us fuckers, said his name, was generally a very vocal bird, in that quiet pionus way.

The second, Wookiee (female bronze-wing), said "hello" and "up" as well as "Wook!"

Topaz, the female blue-head I'm bird-sitting, chuckles softly when we laugh.

Of course, each pionus has its own shriek, amazingly loud for their mellow nature. Junior sounds like a fire alarm.

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Red!!!

2005-10-14T02:12:45Z

Do your Pionus hate the color red?
It must be because of their red tail underfeathers and how they spread them to look threatening. Murphy freaked out when I wore a white T-shirt with a big red panel on the front, and I try never to wear a red towel on my head after the shower. She doesn't appreciate that either. :)

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Bestest parrot playgym for sale

2005-09-20T07:56:03Z

I hope you guys don't mind this for sale post. I need to sell my playgym, and it's really, REALLY cool. I think it is the best gym that's made, for many reasons explained in my ad:

http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/for/98706330.html

Thanks for reading. Pass along to interested friends?
Stephanie

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pionus and bicycles

2005-08-20T02:37:35Z

hello all,

i recently posted a question about riding a bike with bird passenger on the 'owned by parrots' tribe and i just saw that this tribe exists. :)

i am seriously considering getting a pionus. i rent and have roommies in san francisco so their quiet nature appeals to me. i don't know pionus' character very well. (i had cockatiels in the past. i came to sf temporarily from hawaii and my mom took care of them. when i decided to stay here permanently, my mom had completely become cleo and spikey's person). do you think a pionus wuold enjoy being a passenger on a bicycle? I'd keep his feathers clipped at all times and he'd be in a travel cage of some kind, probably on my body like a birdie back/yummy pack. my cockatiels loved riding in my bike basket in their travel cage.

also, where, near san francisco can i find a breeder of pionus? the pet store on 24th and Douglas has 3 right now, but at $800 each, i was hoping to find a breeder with more affordable prices.

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Pionus Parrots Research Foundation

2005-08-11T00:05:08Z

http://www.fatparrots.org/index.html

I'm having a wonderful time checking out this web site.
The study results are really interesting and so are the photos of Pionus in the wild. :)

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Pionus "war stories"

2005-07-30T05:58:43Z

I was helping Polly move once, and Murphy was out on top of the cage. Neither of us let her out(that's another story *entirely*). At that time Murhpy and I had not grown close, and though I really liked her she often regarded me with a disdainful eye.

As the shifting of items went on, some large things were moved past Murphy's cage. She became quite agitated and was periodically on patrol. She moved out on to the top of her cage door and "gacked" a couple of times to express her displeasure at the whole operation.

As I was walking past her door, she suddenly decided that I *must* be to blame for all the turmoil in her world. And she had had enough. And like most who have decided they've had enough, she wanted more. Of me.

She leaped from the cage door to my shoulder. And she commenced to use her sharp pionus beak on my right ear.

I knew she was terrified, and I was afraid I'd hurt her if I tried to grab her off my shoulder. I decided in an instant that I was just going to stand there and take it until Polly could get a towel to grab her with.

Bite. Flap. "Gack!" Paul stands still.
Bite. Flap. "Gack!" Paul stands still. Paul begins to bleed.
Bite. Flap. "Gack!" Paul stands still. Paul bleeds.
Bite. Flap. "Gack!" Paul starts to move slowly, and continues bleeding.
Bite. Flap. "Gack!" Paul moves so Polly can grab Murphy with towel. Paul bleeds on the towel.

I stood there while Murphy bit all the way through my right ear lobe three times, almost through once more, and then almost all the way through the cartilage just in front of the ear canal.

The pain was... inspirational... to say the least.

By the time the third bite was over, I was really looking forward to getting her off my shoulder. I actually had to walk to a place where Polly could get her while the last two bites were happening. Polly pulled her off during the fifth bite... I have no doubt that Murphy's beak would have gone all the way through the cartilage if she had been able to stay there.

The cutest thing was, when Polly was holding Murphy in the towel, she stopped struggling immediately, and gave out a loud "happy" whistle, as if to say "Look Mom! I got him! I got him good!" And I really do mean it was cute... I was actually laughing while verifying my ear was still attached. It was... *very bloody* but still attached.

I wasn't angry, and I didn't hold it against her... she was just tired of all the hullabaloo and wanted to express that. I just happened to be in the right place at the wrong time. And while she was biting me, I was more worried about the fact that the front door was open than what was happening to my ear. It hurt, but she wasn't to blame.

Since then, Murphy and I have become great friends. I cook special meals for her, bring her (mom approved) treats, and provide entertainment by working on my laptop by her cage. She even comes to visit me when Polly goes out of town for an extended period. We call it "summer camp". :)

BTW... there may be those who are thinking having a pionus bite your ear is like getting a piercing. It isn't.

The beak is wide and sharp in some places but dull in others and all of it is being forced through your ear with great strength. Also, she's not just punching through. Once her beak is in you, she shakes her head from side to side while pulling and flapping her wings. So it hurts like hell. I have piercings in one ear, and large tattoo that's partially over bone... and I think I'd rather get the inside of my elbow tattooed than let her bite my ear again. :)

Anyway, I love her dearly. She's a love. And now that we are good friends, it's just a funny story. :)

SG

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Pionus on patrol

2005-07-29T02:09:11Z

Periodically Murphy goes "on patrol". That's what I call it, but I'm sure it's really a territorial display...she stalks slowly and menacingly around on top of her cage, with her tail spread out, her neck feathers bristling, her beak open. Anybody else have Pionus on patrol?

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Welcome Welcome!

2005-07-28T00:41:13Z

Hi Pi People,

This board has received a lot more activity lately and I wanted to say HI to you new people. Take a moment to hit that intro thread - tell us about you and your pi! Show some photos. I dunno.

I apologize for my own response. I don't "get to" Tribe very often - it's so time consuming that I rarely have time for it. But I'll do my best to stop by now and then.

I do live in the Bay Area and I did have Pi Phests, but haven't had time to organize one in quite some time. Usually we do that on the Pionus Info list I also moderate, at Yahoo Groups - there are a few other Bay Area pi kids on that list and if you're interested in a subject-only list which is pretty low volume, stop by and say howdy there too. It comes to my inbox so I check it more frequently. (sheepish grin)

Anyway - please carry on. I'd love to learn more about other Pi in the Bay Area!

Adrienne

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Clash of the pionus!

2005-07-27T18:17:07Z

I have a bronze-wing (Junior, 8, F) and a yellow-naped amazon (Pepper, 15, M). The thing is, Junior, who is at best two-thirds Pepper's size, runs the roost. She chases him around regularly and beats his butt. He kinda deserves it because he's a bit of a punk.

Anyway, I'm watching my friend's blue-head (Topaz, 5, F) for a few more days and Topaz ain't having any of it! Junior goes after her and Topaz stands her ground. They just pop their beaks together for a couple minutes till I decide they've done enough pecking-order-establishing and I chase Junior off.

Pepper, of course, is afraid of both of them. He gets beat up by girls. Hee!

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intro

2004-10-09T01:36:50Z

hi a! ;]

okay, so max (he came with the name) is a 7.5-year old maxi pi. i can never learn enough about him; he is a mystery.

currently: he shares his home with bebe the 5.5-year old amazon. he is in love with her (but she loves jim--;]) but also tortures her. he chases her and bites at her. at feeding time he chases her away from the food so he can eat first; then he regurgitates his meal *for* her.

he cries when she's away from him.

he masturbates (loudly) every morning between 7 and 7:30.

he's pretty aggressive and territorial. he loves me but only cares for my attention/approaching about 20% of the time.

i refer to him as the existentialist bird, because he pretty much just sits around and ponders his condition. he does not talk, and his vocalizations are very quiet.

he's grumpy. he's adorable. he's loved very much.

pics of him and his beautiful companion/sister can be found in my photo album on my profile.

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