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Kili

Type: Senegal Parrot
Genus: Poicephalus
Species: Senegalus
Subspecies: Mesotypus
Sex: Female
Weight: 120 grams
Height: 9 inches
Age: 15 years, 9 months
Caped Cape Parrot

Truman

Type: Cape Parrot
Genus: Poicephalus
Species:Robustus
Subspecies: Fuscicollis
Sex: Male
Weight: 330 grams
Height: 13 inches
Age: 14 years
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Rachel

Type: Blue & Gold Macaw
Genus: Ara
Species:ararauna
Sex: Female
Weight: 850 grams
Height: 26 inches
Age: 11 years, 9 months
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Parakeets:
Budgerigar (Budgie)
Alexandrine Parakeet
African Ringneck
Indian Ringneck
Monk Parakeet (Quaker Parrot)

Parrotlets:
Mexican Parrotlet
Green Rumped Parrotlet
Blue Winged Parrotlet
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Dusky Billed Parrotlet
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Yellow Faced Parrotlet

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Peach Faced Lovebird
Masked Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
Lilian's (Nyasa) Lovebird
Black Cheeked Lovebird
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Red Faced Lovebird
Swindern's Lovebird

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Rainbow Lorikeet

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Sun Conure
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Blue Crowned Conure
Mitred Conure
Patagonian Conure
Green Cheeked Conure
Nanday Conure

Caiques:
Black Headed Caique
White Bellied Caique

Poicephalus Parrots:
Senegal Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Red Bellied Parrot
Brown Headed Parrot
Jardine's Parrot
Cape Parrot
Ruppell's Parrot

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Timneh African Grey (TAG)

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Blue Fronted Amazon
Yellow Naped Amazon
Yellow Headed Amazon
Orange Winged Amazon
Yellow Crowned Amazon

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Galah (Rose Breasted) Cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Umbrella Cockatoo
Moluccan Cockatoo
Bare Eyed Cockatoo
Goffin's Cockatoo

Macaws:
Red Shouldered (Hahn's) Macaw
Severe Macaw
Blue And Gold Macaw
Blue Throated Macaw
Military Macaw
Red Fronted Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Green Winged Macaw
Hyacinth Macaw

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Halloween Parrots - Pumpkin Carving

Comments (10)

By Michael Sazhin

Friday October 29th, 2010

Kili and Truman helped us with pumpkin carving. We had to pause every minute for them to eat some pumpkin and pumpkin seeds. They had a blast. Not only is it a fun toy to play with, but tasty too! I supervised the parrots while my brother carved a jack-o'-lantern.

Introducing your parrot to new objects frequently is a great way to keep the parrot more social and relieve fear aggression. You see, parrots that are easily frightened can become bitey every time they see something they are scared of. But if you create positive stress free introduction with new objects frequently, they will be far less affected by it. Holidays are a great opportunity to introduce them to unfamiliar seasonal stuff.

The parrots watched as all the humans were enthusiastic about the pumpkin. They were just dying to get involved too. If all the humans are doing it, then it must be safe. This is a fantastic way to introduce them to the new stuff they haven't seen before because seeing you play with it reassures them it is good. Don't just give your parrot a pumpkin or the finished carving, let it watch the process which will get it even more excited to play with it.

The parrots were having so much fun that they did not fight once during the whole time, even when Truman accidentally bumped into Kili.

Parrots on pumpkin

Carving Pumpkin

Jackolantern Parrots

Senegal Parrot and Cape Parrot

Cape Parrot with Jack o lantern

Halloween Parrots

Cape Parrot Jackolantern

Cape Parrot eating pumpkin

Senegal Parrot Halloween

Cape Parrot Halloween



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bmsweb

Posted on October 29, 2010 09:21PM

You have a good team there Michael :lol:


zazanomore

Posted on October 30, 2010 12:51AM

The real Halloween horror is the slimy pumpkin feet and beaks.


Brittanyv326

Posted on October 30, 2010 01:46AM

That's adorable, I can't believe they're so into it! Sadie was terrified of our pumpkin, but we did get a full size one...


Michael

Posted on October 30, 2010 02:02AM

You can see that Kili was a bit weary of it at first as well. I didn't show it but she was flying off a lot cause she was nervous. But when she saw Truman digging in and having a blast, she wanted to check it out as well. It's actually pretty cool how I can just get one parrot to like something and then the other one really wants it all of a sudden too.


zazanomore

Posted on October 30, 2010 03:01AM

[quote="Michael":27hq7pep]You can see that Kili was a bit weary of it at first as well. I didn't show it but she was flying off a lot cause she was nervous. But when she saw Truman digging in and having a blast, she wanted to check it out as well. It's actually pretty cool how I can just get one parrot to like something and then the other one really wants it all of a sudden too.[/quote:27hq7pep] For my birds, millet is always better when someone else is eating it.


Jenny

Posted on November 1, 2010 10:56PM

[quote="zazanomore":3vk4popg]The real Halloween horror is the slimy pumpkin feet and beaks.[/quote:3vk4popg] :lol: so true!


Skip

Posted on August 8, 2011 05:13PM

HOLLOWEEN AWESOMENESS What are you doing for 2011 holloween? :P


liz

Posted on August 9, 2011 02:47AM

I thought the funniest picture was Truman licking the outside of the pumpkin.


cornettocockatiel

Posted on January 26, 2012 12:37PM

Awesome! :senegal:


cornettocockatiel

Posted on January 26, 2012 12:38PM

Awesome! :senegal: Cool photos!

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