Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!olivea!decwrl!adobe!dkletter
From: dkletter@adobe.COM (SUGAR in their vitamins?)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR: Amazon Parrots
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Date: 26 Jan 91 05:07:26 GMT
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i have a yellow nape, and she's great... but if i were to get another
one, i would get it at a much younger age. yellow napes are often
billed as the "pit bulls" of birds (and i know what these people mean
cos i've got the stitches to prove it!). i'm pretty sure that if you
get one at a younger age (i got mine when she was nine and she had
been passed from owner to owner so it's no doubt that she lost it
one day) you won't have to worry about the troubles i went through.
yellow napes also are not very good enunciators, but they love to
yell and really need a lot of attention. while mine doesn't say a whole
lot, she loves to whistle and yell nonsense. unfortunately, she bonded
herself to me only and does not really like anyone else (except maybe
for my father who brings her treats), especially females. but they
are very intelligent. mine has figured out how to unlock her cage,
unscrew screws and even take apart those triangle clips piece by piece.
hope this rambling has helped...



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