How true Dawn and they learn from each other as our kids do! I just picked up 
an older slightly mistreated Hyacinth MaCaw, she was in a cage that was big 
enough for her, but her perch was too small so she ended up with damaged feet 
and had problems holding on to a propper sized perch, well thank GOD that 
we've got a good avaian vet here in CT and she was able to save her feet 
after some treatments, I came across her after a fire in the old lady's house 
and since no one in her family wanted to take care of such a large bird and I 
already owned a Blue Fronted Amazon and a Timnah African Grey along with a 
few budgies, I volinteered to see what I could do with this humungus bird!
I took her to the vets, got her nails cut and the sores on her toes taken 
care of, brought her home and put her in her cage along side of Amy [ my 
Amazon ] and Amy who's pretty sociable sez "Hello" to Mrs MaGoo the new name 
for the MaCaw [ I don't know her original name since her owner had died in 
the fire ] and the family cared less about the poor bird. It took about a 
month for her to become sociable enough to where she wouldn't do a typical 
MaCaw SCREAM when ever some one paid any attention to her.
One morning [ just last week ] when I took off the night time covers from 
Amy,Smokey and BJ [ the budgie ] Amy said her usual "Good Morning, Girls" and 
after I took Mrs MaGoo's cover off she said "Good Morning!!" Guess she 
learned from the others!
I can now say that Mrs MaGoo is part of "our" Birds family and she's 
becomming more and more sweet every day, even to a point where she wants to 
have her belly scratched by my daughter!
Peace and enjoy your feathered babies!!
*TOM*
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