clayman
New member
- Jun 26, 2016
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- Parrots
- Female BFA's -- Ori and Tia (sisters, hatched in May '16)
Hi everybody!
A fresh new member from the Czech Rep. here.
As of this writing, I almost own a parrot, so to speak -- I have a couple of 
reserved at a local breeder that appears to be very friendly and reliable, and I am in fact picking up the female this coming Tuesday. Cannot wait! The male has already hatched but is still much too young.
I have had a soft spot for parrots for as long as I can remember. I used to own a lutino cockatiel when I was about 10 y.o. That was in the olden days of early 90's when seed diet was deemed sufficient and enrichment activities and other such terms were unheard of (well, here, anyway). Andy, as she was called, stayed with me for about 2-3 years. She was a sweetie until she started laying eggs. She did a complete turnaround at around that point and became very aggressive and intolerant. To this day, I am not sure of the reason; maybe someone can chime in and explain? I tried to take care of her best I could, given what little I knew and was told by my (grand)parents and only in hindsight do I see all that I did wrong. At any rate, when my sister was born, Andy had to go. I came into contact with parrots again when I met my ex-gf, who had a couple of budgies. Those were bought from a pet store at god-knows-what age. They could not stand getting touched and would not even perch on a finger. When we broke up, that was it for me... until now.
I have spent the past several months acquiring all the knowledge that I think I need to know to best take care of my up-and-coming Amazons. I have gathered many toys, bought a spacious aviary and I am also building a bird tree stand for them to make sure they have a spot of their own. These days I am trying to get up to speed as to what is the best diet for them and, frankly, it seems like science. I am going to have to work my way throught all that.
Thank you for letting me be part of this forum and I am looking forward to learning all I can from all of you guys.
A fresh new member from the Czech Rep. here.
As of this writing, I almost own a parrot, so to speak -- I have a couple of reserved at a local breeder that appears to be very friendly and reliable, and I am in fact picking up the female this coming Tuesday. Cannot wait! The male has already hatched but is still much too young.I have had a soft spot for parrots for as long as I can remember. I used to own a lutino cockatiel when I was about 10 y.o. That was in the olden days of early 90's when seed diet was deemed sufficient and enrichment activities and other such terms were unheard of (well, here, anyway). Andy, as she was called, stayed with me for about 2-3 years. She was a sweetie until she started laying eggs. She did a complete turnaround at around that point and became very aggressive and intolerant. To this day, I am not sure of the reason; maybe someone can chime in and explain? I tried to take care of her best I could, given what little I knew and was told by my (grand)parents and only in hindsight do I see all that I did wrong. At any rate, when my sister was born, Andy had to go. I came into contact with parrots again when I met my ex-gf, who had a couple of budgies. Those were bought from a pet store at god-knows-what age. They could not stand getting touched and would not even perch on a finger. When we broke up, that was it for me... until now.
I have spent the past several months acquiring all the knowledge that I think I need to know to best take care of my up-and-coming Amazons. I have gathered many toys, bought a spacious aviary and I am also building a bird tree stand for them to make sure they have a spot of their own. These days I am trying to get up to speed as to what is the best diet for them and, frankly, it seems like science.
I am going to have to work my way throught all that.Thank you for letting me be part of this forum and I am looking forward to learning all I can from all of you guys.
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