I had sunflowers on my patio. and I gave the seeds this squirrel since the birds weren’t eating them, ( and now I just found out that my boyfriend has been feeding it peanuts) but now he just hangs around on the patio when my boyfriend goes outside the squirrel runs up to him and will get extremly close and run circles around him, is it being friendly, i’m afraid it will bite him? what dieases do squirrels have?
is it safe to let them come up to you?
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I’m just curious if anyone has any idea why. I moved in with my boyfriend and his lovely African Grey a while ago. The Parrot is about 16 years old and is a really nice bird but a while after I moved in he started trying to feed me (regurgitating his food for me), he’ll climb off my boyfriend and try to get to me whenever I’m around and I can get away with handling him and petting him in ways my boyfriend would get bit for! I’ve never had a parrot before and my boyfriend says the bird’s never acted this way around anyone before. Does he just have the hots for me or something? I didn’t do anything special to get all this love from him.
he’s a great talker and i really do love him to death. i’m just curious why he’s in love with me all of a sudden. 
i cherish his silly little birdy luv.
They are not tamed. I had the parents but gave them to my boyfriend who has more time for them. The father is a handsome, tame white faced pied and the mother was a white faced but with only a couple grey spots. They sucessfully raised 2 young (I couldn’t hand feed due to time constraints) but I didn’t have the time to “tame” them. I now realized it wasn’t a good idea for me to let them breed if I didn’t have the time to hand-feed them and make them into good pets.
The one is just like the dad and the other is a beautiful white faced pearl (great markings). I don’t their sex. I’ve seen test kits in the back of bird magazines, are they accurate and do they work? If one is a male and the other a female, could they breed or is not good to inbreed birds?
I don’t have time for these guys and I feel bad (although I do have them in a very large, clean cage with plenty of treats and toys and they are in a pitersque bay window) so I think I should sell them. Should I sell them as a pair? What would be a reasonable price for one or both of them? Petshops usually sell them for at least $100 (for the non-common varieties) up to $175 but then again, most of those are still babies and are somewhat tame.
Can mine still be tames at a year old? They hiss at me if I stick my hand in there? Also, they aren’t very vocal. Does this mean they are probably both females? Their dad talks and whistles tunes.
SORRY FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS!
Oh, here’s a link with what they look like:
http://www.backperch.com/images/tielBeauty.JPG (mine has much better, even markings though)
and the other looks a lot like the white faced pearl in the photo (scroll down a bit):
http://www.tieltreasures.com/gallery.htm
THANKS GUYS! And I learned my lesson now about breeding irresponsibly, I should have removed the eggs and not put a nest box in there.
My boyfriend found a baby crow on the floor where he works, he looked very weak and next to him was a sibling of his which had sadly died. He waited a day to see if a larger crow returned to the bird but they never did, so he decided to take the bird home. we dont really know what to do with the little bird now, and theres no wild animal centre any where near where we live. were not sure what to feed him and how often and not sure whether to take him back to where he was found even though the parents did not return that day. please can someone give us some advice on what to do it would be much appreciated. thank you
I just got a baby Green-cheek conure who I interact with every day. My boyfriend met “Skeeter” this past weekend. Skeeter showed a mixture of indifference, curiosity, and some slight aggression towards him (he stepped onto my boyfriend’s hand, but would slowly bite down and harder). My boyfriend also took some millet and started feeding it to him, and Skeeter’s feathers were fluffy while he was eating it.
My boyfriend will be coming over every weekend, and will be moving into my place in early September. He wants the bird to like him and to bond with him as well. Any tips on preventing Skeeter from being a one-person bird and just choosing me as a favorite person? Will it help if my boyfriend feeds him treats, and does the fluffiness mean Skeeter is happy?
Hi everyone! Thanks for all of the great answers- they were all very helpful! The great news is it’s only the second weekend of them seeing each other, and as of today Skeeter seems to love my boyfriend- following him, snuggling him, calling to him, etc. I guess I’ll continue to see how their relationship progresses. Thanks again for all the help! 
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I had sunflowers on my patio. and I gave the seeds this squirrel since the birds weren’t eating them, ( and now I just found out that my boyfriend has been feeding it peanuts) but now he just hangs around on the patio when my boyfriend goes outside the squirrel runs up to him and will get extremly close and run circles around him, is it being friendly, i’m afraid it will bite him? what dieases do squirrels have?
is it safe to let them come up to you?
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Tagged birds, boyfriend, circles, patio, peanuts, seeds, squirrel, sunflowers
