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Ruby, our Solomon Island Eclectus, came to us three years ago thru a series of unfortunate events. When I first fell in love with the brilliance of the Eclectus female, I hesitated and chose NOT to make a hasty decision and needed to do some research. Unfortunately, our first electus, Scarlette passed away 2 weeks after coming home, from POLYOMAVIRUS, so please take ANY new pet to your vet IMMEDIATELY!! Ok – now to the birdie love-of-our-lives! When Ruby arrived, my husband Chris and I wanted her home ASAP, even though she was still being hand-fed. After our feeding lesson, we whisked her off to our vet and Ruby got a clean bill of health (plus she got micro-chipped so she can be identified even with her leg band safely removed).
Naturally, I think my Ruby is the PRETTIEST bird
ever (of course, all eclectus are incredibly striking, they're like
living artwork)!! They don't scream ... well they do make this SIREN sound
that can leave your ears ringing if you're too close. A popular
question, do they talk? YES! Ruby's voice sounds slightly 'nasal-ly' as if you sucked some helium then spoke. Ruby has a small
vocabulary but it's GREAT!! She talks to herself says “Ruby-boobie-boobie-boobie”;
“I'm a BABY BIRDIE”; “I'm a Pretty Bird.” One time she said “Hello
Ruby” with the same falsetto voice my dad used and the same
inflections. FREAKED ME OUT!! I thought he was upstairs in the
kitchen! Ruby has now gotten into the habit of calling my three dogs outside!! She gives the "come-here" WHISTLE, followed by OUTY-OUT!! Then my oldest, Mollie, who's a bit stubborn ... you hear "MOL-lie, MOLLIE, MOL-lie" in the same tone I call to her! Ruby can expertly do the "wolf-whistle" and when the phone rings, she does Chris' "HELLO" voice.
Eclectus generally don't like to be pet or
scratched. Ruby sits on my shoulder and nuzzles my hair when I lay
back on the couch watching TV. Ruby LOVES to SHOWER!! You
cannot just squirt water at your bird and think they will like it ... I eased her into
it and now she's like an un-official DUCK!! I keep a birdie
shower perch in our shower
and when she needs cleaning, I let her sit on it after the water temp
heats up. If Ruby does NOT want to shower (or anything else for that
matter), she will gently push my hand away with her beak.
Oh ... when I was working at home, Ruby would type all this crazy stuff on my IM's and emails!!! That's when I bought the pencils and remote for her on my downstairs desk! I draw the line at buying her, her own computer ... lol. Needless to say, I could go on and on about our Ruby! |
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