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Post by Hezz on Feb 13, 2017 7:36:05 GMT
Crackers is my new friend - he is not mine, though (just to set the record straight). Crackers is a long-billed corella, and I went just now to take a photo of him, but OH and #2 son have the camera!!! #2 son is on his way to start uni at the beginning of next week. Crackers is with me for only a few days this time, with the option of me becoming his foster family every month or so, for up to a week, as his owner travels a fair bit and his wife doesn't do 6am mornings with Crackers. I have a couple of photos on my phone, but don't know how to get them from there to here. He is big - a bit heavier than a sulphur-crested cockatoo, with a wildly wicked beak which I have felt I figure gently, because I still have my finger/knuckle. We are still sussing each other out, but really he is a sweetie; I just have to learn to read him.
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Post by Hezz on Feb 13, 2017 7:50:24 GMT
Edit to say, he is full of pinnies at the moment so we have had a few good head and beyond scratching sessions. He did use his beak on me then as well, I told him he had to be gentle or no more scratches .... I think he got the message! And he loves his grass, same as what the budgies get ........ they don't seem fazed by his noise, either, which is great! I thought they might have been.
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Post by Shirls on Feb 13, 2017 8:31:44 GMT
Oooh can't wait to see pictures Hezz. How lovely to have a Crackers visit to stay, every so often.
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Crackers
Feb 13, 2017 8:44:01 GMT
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Post by jellybean on Feb 13, 2017 8:44:01 GMT
Same here. Look forward to the pictures Hezz.
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Post by samwiseg on Feb 13, 2017 8:46:40 GMT
That is interesting! Looking forward to seeing Crackers I must admit, I did think your thread title was applicable since that you were posting it!
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Post by Hezz on Feb 13, 2017 10:08:27 GMT
That is interesting! Looking forward to seeing Crackers I must admit, I did think your thread title was applicable since that you were posting it! Brat!!! Crackers will be back with his own family before the camera comes home, so you will have to wait until the next visit ..... I really do hope there will be another visit.
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Post by skysmum on Feb 13, 2017 19:05:37 GMT
Never heard of one of these so had a Google . WOW that beak looks dangerous Hezz . Lovely birdy though
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Crackers
Feb 13, 2017 21:33:22 GMT
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Post by ffiscool on Feb 13, 2017 21:33:22 GMT
I thought the title meant food, lol
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Post by Hezz on Feb 14, 2017 7:59:06 GMT
Never heard of one of these so had a Google . WOW that beak looks dangerous Hezz . Lovely birdy though The beak is a weapon, that's for sure. And I probably have been a little wary of it, in all honesty. I don't know him, yet, and he doesn't know me. As already said, he has grabbed me with it while I have been giving him a scratch, but only once has he drawn blood. He has a habit of getting me on my index finger knuckle, where the finger starts ..... as in where he can do the most long-term damage!!!!!
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Crackers
Feb 14, 2017 8:09:16 GMT
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Post by jellybean on Feb 14, 2017 8:09:16 GMT
Is he tame with the owners Hezz, or do they too still get the occasional bite.
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Post by samwiseg on Feb 14, 2017 8:41:28 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Feb 14, 2017 9:05:30 GMT
Oh Hezz, you tease us saying that you're looking after a bird but cannot send us a photo of crackers? BOOOO!
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Post by Shirls on Feb 14, 2017 9:37:08 GMT
Just googled them myself, aren't they gorgeous looking birdies?
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Post by Hezz on Feb 14, 2017 9:48:13 GMT
Oh Hezz, you tease us saying that you're looking after a bird but cannot send us a photo of crackers? BOOOO! All right smarty-pants, how do I get photos from phone to computer? And if it takes more than two steps, I am lost!!!!
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Post by jellybean on Feb 14, 2017 9:51:04 GMT
You can post them to the forum from your phone Hezz. Just go to "Desktop" mode on your phone then "add image to post".
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