Making friends

[Owlet]

A couple days ago I posted an ad on this neighbor app (nextdoor) looking to borrow a power washer so I could deep clean Lincoln's cage. I got a response from someone and went to go pick up the power washer just now. And to my surprise, he greated me with a lovely looking amazon I'm his hand! I was really excited because I didn't know there were any bird owners in my neighborhood. He said he had 3 other parrots inside too. I can't remember exactly what kind of Amazon the one he had was. A red-something. It was a special needs bird. Something wrong with her feet and wings, he didn't really specify though which is fine. This is really great because I now know someone who is experienced with birds that could watch Lincoln if I have to go on a trip or something. One less thing for me to worry about.

It's such a great thing to know other parrot owners around you.

 

[Violet_Diva]

That awesome! It's definately great to have someone close by with experience. Unfortunately for me I'm yet to find someone local with experience - So i'm a tad envious!

 

[GaleriaGila]

That's something I really miss about the Southwest... the parrot people. I was in two local parrot clubs, and had many buddies to call on!

 

[SassiBird]

Score X2!

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[israel_gcc]

A couple days ago I posted an ad on this neighbor app (nextdoor) looking to borrow a power washer so I could deep clean Lincoln's cage. I got a response from someone and went to go pick up the power washer just now. And to my surprise, he greated me with a lovely looking amazon I'm his hand! I was really excited because I didn't know there were any bird owners in my neighborhood. He said he had 3 other parrots inside too. I can't remember exactly what kind of Amazon the one he had was. A red-something. It was a special needs bird. Something wrong with her feet and wings, he didn't really specify though which is fine. This is really great because I now know someone who is experienced with birds that could watch Lincoln if I have to go on a trip or something. One less thing for me to worry about.

It's such a great thing to know other parrot owners around you.

Haha, my first thought was, 'what a great coincidence!" But then it occurred to me that there might be a causal reason why this guy has a power washer in addition to parrots.

Idk what the social media landscape is like in other countries, but in Israel I can usually find a facebook group dedicated to a particular hobby/interest in a certain area - eg, parrot keeping in my city, hiking in the south, etc.

 

[chris-md]

Sounds like you had an adventure! Very cool.

I'm missing something though: you didn't actually say he offered to watch Lincoln. Did he in fact offer or are you just assuming since he's a likeminded person? Cause you know what happens when you assume...

 

[plumsmum2005]

A couple days ago I posted an ad on this neighbor app (nextdoor) looking to borrow a power washer so I could deep clean Lincoln's cage. I got a response from someone and went to go pick up the power washer just now. And to my surprise, he greated me with a lovely looking amazon I'm his hand! I was really excited because I didn't know there were any bird owners in my neighborhood. He said he had 3 other parrots inside too. I can't remember exactly what kind of Amazon the one he had was. A red-something. It was a special needs bird. Something wrong with her feet and wings, he didn't really specify though which is fine. This is really great because I now know someone who is experienced with birds that could watch Lincoln if I have to go on a trip or something. One less thing for me to worry about.

It's such a great thing to know other parrot owners around you.

So a guy with a power washer and parrots = romance but you would have to have separate holidays (sorry running away here).

I look after a friends RB2 several times during the year and he is happy as larry switches back and forth no probs, he thinks he has two homes and two moms!

 

[SailBoat]

I long ago elected to be proactive when it came to our being any place for a given period of time. Since, our Amazons love to 'communicate' we have always made it a point to visit the nearby homes to introduce our Amazon. That way, when the 'communication' reaches a high point, we are visit by folks concerned about our Amazon and not a visit by the locate Police Department.

What, I have found is that someplace around 50/1 is what we see in people that have them self or other family members /friends that have Parrots. I will also get leads regarding other families in the area that have Parrots. Being proactive is the key to finding others with Parrots!

 

[Owlet]

@Chris, I guess I am sort of assuming but I'd ask the guy first and what not and if he says no that's okay I have another option, some family that lives close by. They just don't have any bird experience which makes me a bit weary. I'd have to get them to interact with Lincoln a lot prior to any trips x.x

@Plums, nooo no romance xD this guy was a lot older than me and I'm pretty sure he was married. He was very kind though and I'm not opposed to having older friends, I generally get along better with people older than me anyways.

@isreal_gcc
Yeah he didn't mention birds when responding to my ad so it all kind of made a lot more sense when I saw the amazon. He knew my pain.

 

[DRB]

That's cool that you found some nearby neighbors that also have birds, could see that being a real benefit at some point.

I don't know if any of my neighbors have a parrot and other than the ones within 100' of me I'm not sure they know I have one either, and I'm a bit hesitant to spread the word for what might seem a paranoid reason. We have a bad opiate problem in Northeast Ohio, real bad. Petty crime like home break ins have sky rocketed, many people just want to steal something to sell to get a fix. I have heard stories of people's pets that were either attempted to be taken of their were harmed. It only takes a 30 second Google search to find out that many parrots fetch a pretty penny, I want nothing to do with someone like that knowing that there is a parrot to be had in my home.