Linus went back to Omar’s today.
I’ve received an overseas assignment that will last several years and the quarantine procedures will be too much for him.
He will be greatly missed and I wish I could take him with me to the islands.
This will be the last post. Goodbye, everyone.
Dan
I finally got some video of him speaking, and demonstrating his new phrase, “go potty.”
You can also hear him saying, “Hey Linus” in my voice and a couple voices of my friends, as well as “Gimme a Kiss” and “Good Boy.”
Alex the African Grey parrot and subject of landmark studies of bird intelligence dies at 31
WALTHAM, MA (SEPTEMBER 10, 2007)—Alex, the world renowned African Grey parrot made famous by the ground-breaking cognition and communication research conducted by Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., died at the age of 31 on September 6, 2007. Dr. Pepperberg’s pioneering research resulted [...]
Well Linus was doing really well for a while with his plucking… until he got himself caught up in a rope toy. I got home and found him tangled up pretty badly in the strands from the shredded rope and it was wound tightly around his neck. He’d plucked out almost all the feathers around [...]
Linus got a new tree this weekend. I took him in for grooming and decided to get him something so he could sit outside and enjoy the weather. Right now it’s sitting on an end table and he’s getting used to trying to balance himself. The wood is pretty slick so he had a hard [...]
Well it’s time for an update.
The feather picking has subsided for the most part and his tail feathers are coming back in slowly. He almost looks normal, although still like he got in a bar fight. He’s liking the new apartment and I’ll probably be rearranging things substantially so I can get him closer to [...]
Much like the singing frog from that old Warner Brothers cartoon, Linus likes to make his vocalizations when it’s hard to get a good recording. Fortunately last night I was able to get some snippets of what he will sometimes spend hours doing while we’re watching TV at night.
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Well the holidays are finally over so it’s time for an update.
Linus has been plucking for a while. I’ve taken him to the vet and he’s got a clean bill of health so I’m trying to figure out what the issue is. He gets plenty of sleep and light and his diet is fairly varied [...]
Well after what seems like forever the LinusCam is back online with a refurbished camera from Panasonic.
You’ll probably notice that Linus looks a little rough. He’s been feather picking lately and I’ve been working with a local Vet on it but we’re still stumped as to the cause of it. Healthwise he checked out just [...]
I’ve gotten him used to being on his back now. He freaked out a bit at first but he’s fine if he can keep a firm grip on my hand.
Well not much going on with Linus since the last update.
He seems to be mostly weaned and I have him eating food from Beak Appetit and he seems to like it. I’m also trying to figure out how to get him on a pelleted diet as well so I can be sure he’ll eat if [...]
OK, well as is normal with a child… he ignores the expensive toys and gravitates towards the least expensive items. Behold the parrot chewing on shiny colorful ad inserts from the LA Times.
He’s also learning whistles. He spent about 20 minutes with me tonight practicing his wolf whistle. He’d [...]
Well it looks like the linuscam will be down for a while. It’s having issues with the chip that processes the video and Panasonic had me send it back to them for repairs. One of the viewers of his cam was kind enough to loan me a camera to use and I should have that [...]
Ok, I said he likes the New Mexico pepper pods, that was an understatement.
He loves them. They’re like crack for him. I think I finally found a good treat food. This is a good thing since they’re about a dollar for a month’s supply at the local hispanic grocery store.
He also likes my salsa. He [...]
I stopped by the mexican market today and got him a bag of New Mexico Chile pods. He loves ‘em.
I also finally got some video of him doing his little crazy dance around the cage. He does this once or twice a day and I’m a bit puzzled as to what he’s doing. He doesn’t [...]
OK, here’s some new movies (quicktime) of Linus enjoying his playtop.
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Linus attacked Tricia’s hair again last night. For some reason he gets really aggressive towards her red hair. I don’t think he’s being territorial because he lets her hold him but the last couple times he’s been perched on the back of the sofa he’s attacked her hair. It wasn’t a friendly little gnawing, he [...]
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