SPARKY CAME INTO PARROT HAVEN ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, A PRODUCT OF A DIVORCE. SHE HAD BEEN FLYING AROUND, ATTACKING THE VARIOUS OCCUPANTS OF HER HOME. SPARKY'S ORIGINAL NAME WAS, "OOH, CACA" SO CALLED BECAUSE OF WHEN SHE WENT DEFACATED. THIS SEEMED LIKE A DEMEANING NAME SO I RENAMED HER, SPARKY, DUE TO HER SPARKLING PERSONALITY. SHE WAS BOUGHT IN FROM NEW JERSEY. HER OWNERS HAD A PROBLEM PLACING HER BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT BANDED AND THE LAW STATES THAT UNBANDED BIRDS CANNOT BE SOLD OR ADOPTED. ANYWAY, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, AS SPARKY, JUMPED ON MY HAND, AS I WENT TO TAKE HER FROM THE CAGE. I FIGURED IT WAS JUST THE HONEYMOON PERIOD AND SHE WOULD START ATTACKING ME WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS, AND SHE'S SITTING ON MY SHOULDER AS I TYPE HER STORY. SHE BARKS AT ME WHEN I LEAVE IN THE MORNING AND WHEN I RETURN AT NIGHT. SHE CLIMBS INTO THE BED EVERY CHANCE SHE GETS AND LOVES TO HANG OUT ON THE PILLOWS. SHE'S ONE BIRD THAT CONTROLS HER DEFECATING. (WHAT A BLESSING) SHE STILL TENDS TO JUMP AND ATTACK SOME VISITORS, BUT IS EXTREMELY ATTACHED TO ME AND MY HUSBAND. SHE'S A WONDERFUL BIRD AND WILL REMAIN IN PARROT HAVEN AT THIS TIME.