Actually search the site I think we have it here too

Just wanted to follow up. Despite a couple more tries, we never got any significant medication into our boy. Eventually we quit trying, and he got better on his own with rest and low stress and lots of fresh veggies and treats.

 

We're working on teaching him and Alice to talk. Due to quick movements by my three year old, they've lost some of their willingness to hop on a finger, but we've banned her from the bird room and we're working on taming them again. We're talking to them daily, and play looped recordings during the day when we're not around. We've also put together a playlist that we sometimes put on with songs we'd like them to learn.

 

As they get a bit older, the edges of Alice's cere are turning a bit bluish. My housemate is hoping for her to be a girl, and cites Jasper (same age, dark blue cere) as evidence that it's just lighting, etc. I'm hoping for her to be a boy, because then we can get them an unrelated girl to mate with and spend the next year or so teaching them to talk.

 

I just wanted to thank everyone for their help and to let you know that all is well, thanks to the expertise and support of folks on this forum.

A little bit of blue on the cere is not a clear indicator that its a boy or girl. If it is blue but white around the nostrils I would say it was a girl... if you can get a nice close up shot of her cere (comes out better if you use the macro setting on your camera) and post it here I am sure someone will be able to tell you whether its a he or she Also best not to use the flash when taking photo's...

As they get a bit older, the edges of Alice's cere are turning a bit bluish. My housemate is hoping for her to be a girl, and cites Jasper (same age, dark blue cere) as evidence that it's just lighting, etc. I'm hoping for her to be a boy, because then we can get them an unrelated girl to mate with and spend the next year or so teaching them to talk.

 

 

If the bluish you see is with a whole lot of white then you have a female.

Thanks for the update

Good news, thank you for the update.

This was a really interesting thread. I wonder how Wandamus and her birds are doing now?

This was a really interesting thread. I wonder how Wandamus and her birds are doing now?

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