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You've likely thought of this already, but just in case the "consumer" has their own opinion on the subject, rather than investing in a larger bag of pellets of one size or the other, you might want to buy a smaller bag of each size and see if your bird shows a preference. My bird gets the...

I've given my Sophie a balsa wood toy, and she's very happy chewing it into tiny pieces. But I've noticed that every now and then when she's chewing on this stuff, she gets it down really small, and then it seems to disappear down her throat. Anyone else had this happen? I know she sometimes eats a ...

A couple of times when I've used either a hair dryer on low or a small oscillating heater on low from across the room to dry Sophie off after a bath, she's also taken the opportunity to partake in a second helping of bath-time. Not sure what sets her off, but she runs right over and dives into the w...

I just read somewhere the other day that Alexander of Macedon was responsible for first taking these guys from India to Europe, and it's for him that they're named. So maybe it's "Alexandrine" to distinguish the parrots as being named for his taking them to Europe, as opposed to being &quo...

The other day I let out a loud sneeze, then heard my Sophie (in the next room) say "Bless you," which she'd never done before. I'm always saying "Bless you" to any sneeze, person or animal, so she picked it up that way, but it was a surprise to hear her apply it back to me and my...

Hi all- This morning, Sophie had a definite response (repeated "death screams" of warning, running back and forth, flapping) to a small hawk hunting sparrows outside her window, and I was wondering if anyone knew if the predator response is learned or instinctive? I had thought that this t...

Thanks for the hints as to what might be going with Sophie, they're very helpful. (That's very funny about the perch that is no longer in Jibby's cage still being Jibby's.) It's a few days later, and the most-favored board can now be rested alongside the cage, but still has to remain in sight. I'll ...

Hi Everyone- I'm not so much worried about this as I am bemused, but I did want to check to see if anyone else had had this type of thing happen: I gave Sophie (adopted hen, indeterminate age, so far a former feather-shredder) a small piece of wood to use as a bridge from her cage to a chair, to giv...

Sophie is going through her molt right now (right now her pinfeathers are just starting to fray at the ends), and she is doing unique things that I think are just because she's molting, one being that when I get her out of the cage, she climbs onto my shoulder and just wants to cuddle, and will stan...

Thanks for the welcome! Julie, I don't know how old she is. The folks at the shelter thought she was young but couldn't tell me for sure, unfortunately. She seems young, but then so does my 10-year-old budgie sometimes. And she's molting right now and looking kind of ragged, so I'll have to post pic...

Hi everyone: Two months ago, I adopted a green IRN hen named Sophie. I've kept budgies before, but never an IRN, and just learned about them when I was considering adopting another bird and found Sophie's listing on PetFinder. She is either incredibly trusting (she climbed right out of the cage and ...

(Hi, first post.) I also read about females being difficult, and didn't know what to expect when I adopted a female IRN I'd been told was shy of people and wouldn't come out of the cage. So maybe the rescue place gave me the wrong bird... I've had Sophie (another Sophie!) for about two months now an...