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    Hi stopped by and was looking at your flock! I especially love the last one little Kira! Too cute. You have very beautiful birds also.

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    Hi Granny! I really love the play gyms you have in your pictures. Can you tell me where you got them?

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    Hey Grannyat50

    I am sorry to hear that you have lost the good relationship you had with Sprout. I am in the same boat as you right now. I would so very much love it if the new birds would be more tame. I know I have the patience to deal with letting them take it at their own speed ... but I feel anxious that they may never be as friendly as what Chloe was. I am far to loyal to ever give up an animal just because it wasn't doing what I want it to ... so if my two end up bonding with each other and always being fearful of me it will be a disappointment but I do enjoy watching them interact so there is always that to look forward to. Anyway, I hope you are able to get Sprout and Buddy to come around. I agree with you, opening the top of the cage so the bird can come out is not socializing it. You are farther ahead though than I am because mine won't even go on my shoulder or head ... they just dart in the opposite direction every time I am close by. Let's hope that 2010 will be the year we are both able to social our birds. Keep me posted on your progress and I'll do the same. Cheers.

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    You basically look over the forums to make sure the rules are enforced. If you catch a spammer, they get banned. The rest of us would help you when you get started.

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    Hello Grannyat50 ... thanks for asking about Chloe. Unfortunately she became egg bound and being an inexperienced bird owner I did not know what was wrong until it was too late. I miss her terribly. She was a great bird. I now have a new little guy (got a male this time as I don't want to deal with another egg situation it was far too tramatic for me but mostly Chloe). My new guy is not tame at all it seems. I guess comparing him to Chloe is not fair as she was very social. He is terrified of me. Freaks out when I put my hand in the cage just to change food and water. I have my fingers crossed that he will come around at some point ... patience is a virtue! Thanks again for asking.

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    I got mine at kind of a junk store for $25. They had a whole bunch of them. Unfortunately, the junk store is long gone, which is too bad, because they had tons of neat stuff -- like old breakfronts with marble tops (no room in our little house!). Anyway, the guy told me people were buying the old peddle sewing machines, throwing away the cabinets and making tables out of the iron bases.
    I just wanted to refinish the cabinet and leave it as a sewing machine. I went to a Singer dealer to get a new belt and a "foot". I gave him the serial number and he looked i up. Said it was from about 1920, no not a true "antique" -- yet. He offered me $25 for the iron base -- no go! I love the "country" look of it. It sits in our family room, right below an old beveled glass mirror with a thick wooden frame. The frame has 3 old coat hooks on it. My mother-in-law gave it to me years ago. Apparently it used to hang in my husband's grandparent's basement and his grandfather used to shave by it! A nice remembrance (once I refinished it and had the mirror resilvered).

    By the way, your birdies are beautiful! Aren't Parrotlets such fun? But SO complicated! LOL! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures!

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    Thank you so much. They are truly beautiful. It's so hard to get a good picture of my Beemer. I've been thinking about getting him a blue friend but your yellow one is making me rethink that decision.

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    Hi, This is Sue, who you got Buddy from. I came to check this out. Thanks for the info....Chat with you soon.

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    Yes I got sprout, cage, food and toys in Stillwater. The parrotlet I first saw was at the pet store in Crossroads shopping center. Way overpriced though. I was going to get one from breeder in Becker but that fell through. Love your birdies too

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    Not too far away from me, I'm in Maple Grove. So where did you find Sprout? The Stillwater bird fair? And where did you see a parrotlet in a pet store, I don't usually see them in bird stores. The occassional Petsmart/Petco sells them at unreasonable prices, but I got Noodle from a local pet store in Rogers.
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