It was 1989. I remember the year very well because it was the year my son was born.
I was happy with my 2 amazon parrots and not looking for more. But there was this pet shop next to the bank I went to every week. I was in the habit of walking through the pet shop for seeds or toys or whatever.
When I walked in the saleswoman was chasseing an amazon parrot around the floor. She had a perch in her hand and was trying to get it to step up onto the perch. The bird was in High Gear and running away as fast as it could. The picture that formed in my mind was crystal clear in an instant.
There was a T stand in the middle of the shop and I am sure the bird had been placed there. The woman had walked passed the bird too quickly and startled the bird into escape. She did not want to get bitten and the bird was afraid of the perch and the large saleswoman.
I got in front of the bird and lowered myself to her (the birds) level and offered my hand. The bird stepped onto my had right away and I set the bird back onto the T stand.
I learned that the bird was 7 or 12 years old I don't remember exactly and had been taken to the shop to be sold. I went right back to the bank and got the money and bought the bird right away.
We named her Pacho after one of my mother-in-law's bird of the same breed (red lored amazon)
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She was in a separate cage at first but due to the closeness of Plumas's cage the would groom each other through the bars. Eventually we tried them out together in the same cage and they have got along ever since.
She if friendly with me and somewhat friendly with my son. There have been some mating between Plumas and Pacho but never had eggs. We were not trying to breed them. We only put them together because the got along well with each other. We did not know or suspect she WAS a she until the difference in behavior became um obvious.
So that is how I ended up with 3 amazon parrots.
It was not planed out, just happened. I love them all.
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I was happy with my 2 amazon parrots and not looking for more. But there was this pet shop next to the bank I went to every week. I was in the habit of walking through the pet shop for seeds or toys or whatever.
When I walked in the saleswoman was chasseing an amazon parrot around the floor. She had a perch in her hand and was trying to get it to step up onto the perch. The bird was in High Gear and running away as fast as it could. The picture that formed in my mind was crystal clear in an instant.
There was a T stand in the middle of the shop and I am sure the bird had been placed there. The woman had walked passed the bird too quickly and startled the bird into escape. She did not want to get bitten and the bird was afraid of the perch and the large saleswoman.
I got in front of the bird and lowered myself to her (the birds) level and offered my hand. The bird stepped onto my had right away and I set the bird back onto the T stand.
I learned that the bird was 7 or 12 years old I don't remember exactly and had been taken to the shop to be sold. I went right back to the bank and got the money and bought the bird right away.
We named her Pacho after one of my mother-in-law's bird of the same breed (red lored amazon)
.She was in a separate cage at first but due to the closeness of Plumas's cage the would groom each other through the bars. Eventually we tried them out together in the same cage and they have got along ever since.
She if friendly with me and somewhat friendly with my son. There have been some mating between Plumas and Pacho but never had eggs. We were not trying to breed them. We only put them together because the got along well with each other. We did not know or suspect she WAS a she until the difference in behavior became um obvious.
So that is how I ended up with 3 amazon parrots.
It was not planed out, just happened. I love them all.
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