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Title: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on May 28, 2014, 11:01:13 am
While I was trying to get a selfie with Rosie, she decided to preen me a bit and give me some kisses.  :)


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Debra on May 28, 2014, 11:13:59 am
Awwww.  :loveuk: I must say that having that size of a beak that close to my eyes would make me very nervous. This pic just shows the trust between the two of you.


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on May 28, 2014, 12:15:23 pm
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Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on May 28, 2014, 12:15:58 pm
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Title: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on May 28, 2014, 12:19:39 pm
Yes, I do trust her.  She is always very gentle.  UNLESS I am trying to put her to bed.  Then all bets are off and she goes after my hands like nobody's business. Never hard enough to really hurt but hard enough to let me know she's mad.


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Debra on May 28, 2014, 12:48:54 pm
Well, you can definitely see how much she loves you in these photos. Thank you for sharing a little bit of your relationship with her with us.


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: steptoe91(tozie) on May 28, 2014, 12:51:01 pm
 :loveuk:  awwww! that is great! yes, you can definitely see the love and trust in your pics.  :loveuk:


me and my skittles share a trust like that  :loveuk: he loves to 'beep' my nose with his beak... which means putting my whole nose IN his beak  :roll:


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Debra on May 28, 2014, 01:20:28 pm
Now that would make a great selfie with your parrot. lol


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Sapphire on May 28, 2014, 01:39:19 pm
That is so adorable Kendra  :heartu: I have to admit, you are very brave. Macaw beaks are pretty scarey. lol.


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: macawpower58 on May 28, 2014, 03:00:45 pm
Awe, I love those kind of birdie kisses.  Chaos used to give them to me, now I'm more likely to loose a part of my face!

How old is Rosie?  I keep praying as Chaos's hormones calm down I'll be once again able to get that close to him. 



Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on May 28, 2014, 03:20:00 pm
Thanks everyone!

I love those kisses too, especially when they are accompanied by her cooing.  :)  Rosie turned two on April fools day this year.  I am not looking forward to hormones.  How old is Chaos?

You know what's funny is small beaks scare me so much more than big ones.  Not that I would let any other bird preen my face that way - big or small.  Rosie and I have been together since she was about 2 months old.  I trust her but that is bc she has never tried to hurt me.  Even when she is being a nudge and nips to get an "oww" (which prompts her to laugh), it is my hands, arms or neck.  Never my face.  If that was to change, then we will have to stop with face kisses. 


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: macawpower58 on May 28, 2014, 03:49:12 pm
Chaos is now 14 years old, and I've had him since he was 5 weeks. 

Hormones changed lots of stuff.  :roll:


Title: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on May 28, 2014, 04:10:30 pm
I'm hoping we have some time before Rosie starts with hormones.  How does it go with GWs?  Rosie is my first and only parrot so I am clueless.  What age did Chaos start?  Is it just a spring thing or constant until they get to a more mature age?


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: 2birds on May 28, 2014, 06:00:18 pm
Love those photo's Kendra.  Rosie looks so sweet and innocent.  I hope that doesn't change anytime soon.  I don't know about macaws at all but my mothers amazon was always a sweetheart to her and it never changed


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Pinkbirdy on May 28, 2014, 07:08:47 pm
What a sweetie [she saw the camera and thought that's what she was supposed to do :smile3:]


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Nakia on June 25, 2014, 04:04:27 am
Love it!! Such a silly sweet girl your Rosie is! She loves her Mommy for sure!  :hugu:

I trust Ruby Jewel that much and she likes to try and put her tongue in my mouth these days. She just started doing that and loves for me to give her kisses all over her face. She never tries to bite my face and never does 'The Macaw Lunge'. I am thinking GWs are not as prone to the lunge.  :confused:

Now Roscoe, my Catalina has a terrible habit of lunging even when he is not mad.  :roll:  With him it is like a natural trait as a macaw and it just comes as instinct to him. Sooo, I only kiss his beak while I hold the upper part with my fingers and he does love that.  :loveuk: He does the kissy sound copying me as I kiss him. If I don't keep him far enough away from my face wjile holding him or working around him, he will rake my cheek with the tip of his beak and cut it. He isn't meaning to be mean, he just does it.  And Angel will to a point, but not as bad as Roscoe, so I know they just have the lunge thing going in their heads and are just being, well a macaw.  :lol1:


Title: Re: Macaw Kisses
Post by: Kendrafitz on June 25, 2014, 02:21:19 pm
Thanks!  Fingers crossed hormones won't be too bad.