OutlawedSpirit
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- Apr 12, 2016
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- Parrots
- Bo - DYH ~ Gus - CAG ~ Twitch - Linnie ~ Apple - Pineapple GCC ~ Goliath - Quaker ~ Squish - Peach face Lovebird
So a close friend of mine is a breeder and does some private rescue work. She is who I got Chicken and Tiki both from. I was texting her last night and mentioned Tiki was being hormonal and sent her a video showing how he was acting in his cage, both his pacing back and forth and his lunging and growling. She has a facebook page where she advertises her babies for sale as well as where she will post birds that she has available for adoption.
I was joking and said I could post the video of Tiki on her page so that no one but me would adopt an ekkie from her again. Then I thought about it and told her that it may not be a bad idea to post the video and give people and idea of what a hormonal ekkie can look like before someone decides the little baby ekkie they see looks adorable, then find out what hormones turn that baby into. I told her maybe it will stop an ekkie from having to be rehomed because someone who can't handle the hormonal side of them will end up not getting a cute baby. Or will at least be prepared when their cute baby suddenly isn't so cute.
She actually agreed with me and told me to go ahead and post it. I think that it shows that she really cares more about the well being of her birds than making a quick buck. But with ekkies, hormones are a big factor in them getting rehomed, especially with hens. People don't know what they're getting into, so when their sweet little baby one day tries to remove their finger, they have no idea what is happening. Maybe if they would have seen a video explaining what was happening, either they wouldn't have gotten the bird in the first place, or they would have been willing to work through it, knowing that it was a normal, natural process that had an end in sight.
I was joking and said I could post the video of Tiki on her page so that no one but me would adopt an ekkie from her again. Then I thought about it and told her that it may not be a bad idea to post the video and give people and idea of what a hormonal ekkie can look like before someone decides the little baby ekkie they see looks adorable, then find out what hormones turn that baby into. I told her maybe it will stop an ekkie from having to be rehomed because someone who can't handle the hormonal side of them will end up not getting a cute baby. Or will at least be prepared when their cute baby suddenly isn't so cute.
She actually agreed with me and told me to go ahead and post it. I think that it shows that she really cares more about the well being of her birds than making a quick buck. But with ekkies, hormones are a big factor in them getting rehomed, especially with hens. People don't know what they're getting into, so when their sweet little baby one day tries to remove their finger, they have no idea what is happening. Maybe if they would have seen a video explaining what was happening, either they wouldn't have gotten the bird in the first place, or they would have been willing to work through it, knowing that it was a normal, natural process that had an end in sight.
