WAIT,
DON'T FORGET ME. I'M PAXTON GREEN PARROT. I'M A MITRED
CONURE TOO.
I AM GREM'S MALE
COUNTERPART; WE DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH; IT HAS TO
WITH "PERSONALITY".
EACH PARROT HAS
HIS OWN PERSONALITY; SO DOES EVERY BIRD FOR THAT MATTER. PAXTON
GREEN PARROT IS ALSO A WILD PARROT IMPORTED PRIOR TO THE BAN.
PAX'S PERSONALITY IS SUCH THAT HE IS VERY DISTRUSTING AND
WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO TOUCH HIM; YES PAX BITES.
PAX IS VERY FRIGHTFUL OF BEING HANDLED, SO MUCH TO THE POINT THAT
HE WILL HAVE A SEIZURE OF SORTS WHEN TRYING TO PUT HIM IN A CARRIER
TO TAKE HIM TO THE VET. PAX CAN BE AGGRESSIVE AND POSSESSIVE
AND WILL EASILY START A PARROT FIGHT WITH GREMIL OVER WHO IS TO
GET THE ATTENTION. HOWEVER, ALL POINTS CONSIDERED, PAX IS
A VERY GOOD PARROT AND WILL SIT ON A SHOULDER NOW AND THEN.
PAX AND GREM GET ALONG FINE WHEN NO HUMANS ARE IN THE BIRD ROOM.
CONSIDER THEN THAT EACH PARROT IS DIFFERENT, EACH WITH
A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY, EACH WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
I GOT INTO A PARROT
FIGHT WITH GREMIL GREEN BYRD; AS YOU CAN SEE I GOT A BLACK EYE.
( I MADE A FULL RECOVERY WITH NO DAMAGE)
PARROTS ARE TERRITORIAL
AND POSSESSIVE AND WILL FIGHT TO DEFEND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS
THEIRS. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN A FEW DAYS AFTER PAXTON
GREEN PARROT AND GREM GOT INTO THE FIGHT. ON THE DAY OF
THE ALTERCATION WE THOUGHT PAX HAS LOST AN EYE. FORTUANTELY
HOWEVER, PAX MADE A FULL RECOVERY WITH NO PERMANENT DAMAGE. PARROTS
HAVE VERY SHARP BEAKS ARE QUITE FAST. PARROTS CAN INFLICT
SEVERE DAMAGE EVEN UPON THERE HUMAN COUNTER PARTS. WHEN
DEALING WITH PARROTS, NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING. THIS PARROT
FIGHT WAS OVER WHO WAS GOING TO GET THE ATTENTION FROM THE HUMAN
COMPANION.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO SOME OF MY OTHER BIRDIE FRIENDS.
NLB WAS 9 YEARS OLD On Janurary 24, 2001 NLB joined
the Smithsonian Institution as a member of the study collection.
MY NAME IS "NLB"
(NEW LITTLE BIRD) I AM A PEACHED FACE LOVE BIRD
I AM ALSO KNOWN AS "
THE BIGGEST LITTLE BIRDIE IN THE WORLD"
THIS IS BECAUSE OF MY VERY FRIENDLY PERSONALITY AND THE FACT THAT
I LIKE TO BE IN ON EVERY THING. I LIKE BEING HANDLED AND
RIDING ON THE SHOULDER OF MY HUMAN COMPANIONS. I KNOW STRANGERS
WHEN I SEE THEM AND SHY AWAY FROM THEM. KINDNESS HAS TAUGHT
ME WHO TO TRUST.
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