Quote Originally Posted by sundial View Post
LOL! Sounds like a typical day at my house with the dogs. What kind of bird is Pepper? She looks to have alot of character. I feel like I could reach out and pet her. Does "flighted" mean you can let them fly loose in the house? I can just see me trying to train Niki to "leave it" when the birdie flies by her.

I think the #1 thing a bird owner needs is a sense of humor and to be OK with chaos. Not clipping birds wings is controversial - but I've only every clipped wings once, I let all my birds fly and when I'm home they fly free (in groups that get along).
She would love it if you petted her, she loves all people and is jealous of all other pets. She loves loves loves to have her head scratched constantly. My dogs know to leave her alone. The biggest problem I have is when she and one of the dogs both want my attention at the same time. She instigates it, biting the dogs, then I have to stop them from retaliating, which is unfair, but the way that it is. When I feed the dogs, she lands on the chair by them and spreads out her wings to intimidate them. Sometimes she can get one of them to back off so she can steal their dinner.
She is a Meyer's Parrot, she is about 8" from beak to tail (they have very short tails). She thinks she is my largest pet and all others better get out of her way. My Shiba Inu x disagrees.