Dragaera

Fw: parrots

Tue Oct 26 12:41:28 PDT 2004


> Yes and no.  There is a sort-of head-bobbing thing parrots do, but it
> isn't laughter.  It's more like the dry heaves--that is, threatening
> regurgitation.  It means, "I love you."  If the parrot actually throws
> up on you, that means, "I really, *really* love you."
>
> I have rarely felt sillier then when I got all choked up because my bird
> threw up on me.

  LMAO.  My Orange-bellied Senegal does that.  He's pair-bonded to me and 
will let my wife scratch him for a while and then try to bite her!  lol

> Nope.  Oddly enough, Doc likes having the feathers under his eyes
> preened and played with, but he, and most parrots, are very sensitive
> about the ears.
>
  Mine seems to like it wherever he has pin feathers.  Head, chin, ears, 
neck.         warbi