- May 23, 2018
- 3,559
- 157
- Parrots
- Sunny a female B&G macaw;
Japie (m) & Appie (f), both are congo african grey;
All are rescues- had to leave their previous homes for 'reasons', are still in contact with them :)
Hello everybody,
(introductions are not my strong suit)
My name really is Christa, from the Netherlands (so pardon my errors in writing and maybe culture as well- I never mean to be rude, but we Dutch are direct, sometimes to a fault).
I have been raised by an amazing african grey named Rico (apart from my parents of course) who walzed into my 13 yeard old life and turned out to be the best friend ever.
(No longer alive- I still miss him.)
If there is one thing he taught me is that no parrot actually belongs alone, in a cage, a house of any form or captivity- but since so many of them are - let's make the best of it.
I am no saint- I need my birds more than they need me :08: but they are all animals that have seen more homes than they should have.
Anyway- apart from my 2 current african greys (18-ish and 9 y. old) I am trying to cope with a 10 year old ara ararauna. And she is a handfull!
That is why I ended up here
Atm she looks like she has been stuck in the washingmachine for a few weeks - she plucks, has a verry painful, constricted sore wing (both of them were, but one is on the mend a lot faster -fysiotherapy helps!) and an interesting temper.
(We met less than 4 months ago when she was given to me - so we are still getting used to each other.)
All 3 of them are pretty hormonal (it's that time of the year) and since all of them are handraised (no longer legal here in Europe btw) and psycologically a bit odd .... there is a LOT of flirting going on.
So ... I have an CAG on my shoulder trying to seduce me with all his might :40: (and put his lunch in my ear) while at the same time there is a maccaw doing the same to my toes :40: (yuck peanutbutter again! -it's what I used to make her take her painmedication- plze keep it to yourself dear!) and the darling other CAG is trying to gnaw her way through the box with recyclingstuff to build a lovenest just for us... :40:
Life with parrots is never dull - but you guys understand, right?
Anyway- I am reasonably confident that I can handle my CAG's (Japie and Appie) and make their lives more interesting, I am not so sure about Sunny (the macaw) - those species are nothing alike!
They are all wonderfull of course, but where one backs off and checks, the other just sprints right in ... it is rather confusing sometimes and I do make mistakes.:39:
There are other animals in the house of course -> tropical fish, (dart)frogs, spiders (yes, the 'birdeating' variety) and some critically endangerd books (see: nesting parrots).
I love (ballroom)dancing to take a break from all of them once in a while and D.I.Y. projects (making parrottoys mostly & repairing damage).
If I left anything out/ you want to know more ... just let me know.
(introductions are not my strong suit)
My name really is Christa, from the Netherlands (so pardon my errors in writing and maybe culture as well- I never mean to be rude, but we Dutch are direct, sometimes to a fault).
I have been raised by an amazing african grey named Rico (apart from my parents of course) who walzed into my 13 yeard old life and turned out to be the best friend ever.
(No longer alive- I still miss him.)
If there is one thing he taught me is that no parrot actually belongs alone, in a cage, a house of any form or captivity- but since so many of them are - let's make the best of it.
I am no saint- I need my birds more than they need me :08: but they are all animals that have seen more homes than they should have.
Anyway- apart from my 2 current african greys (18-ish and 9 y. old) I am trying to cope with a 10 year old ara ararauna. And she is a handfull!
That is why I ended up here
Atm she looks like she has been stuck in the washingmachine for a few weeks - she plucks, has a verry painful, constricted sore wing (both of them were, but one is on the mend a lot faster -fysiotherapy helps!) and an interesting temper.
(We met less than 4 months ago when she was given to me - so we are still getting used to each other.)
All 3 of them are pretty hormonal (it's that time of the year) and since all of them are handraised (no longer legal here in Europe btw) and psycologically a bit odd .... there is a LOT of flirting going on.
So ... I have an CAG on my shoulder trying to seduce me with all his might :40: (and put his lunch in my ear) while at the same time there is a maccaw doing the same to my toes :40: (yuck peanutbutter again! -it's what I used to make her take her painmedication- plze keep it to yourself dear!) and the darling other CAG is trying to gnaw her way through the box with recyclingstuff to build a lovenest just for us... :40:
Life with parrots is never dull - but you guys understand, right?
Anyway- I am reasonably confident that I can handle my CAG's (Japie and Appie) and make their lives more interesting, I am not so sure about Sunny (the macaw) - those species are nothing alike!
They are all wonderfull of course, but where one backs off and checks, the other just sprints right in ... it is rather confusing sometimes and I do make mistakes.:39:
There are other animals in the house of course -> tropical fish, (dart)frogs, spiders (yes, the 'birdeating' variety) and some critically endangerd books (see: nesting parrots).
I love (ballroom)dancing to take a break from all of them once in a while and D.I.Y. projects (making parrottoys mostly & repairing damage).
If I left anything out/ you want to know more ... just let me know.
