OutlawedSpirit
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- Apr 12, 2016
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So since moving into my mother - in - law's house due to some financial difficulties at the beginning of August, my boys Willie and Tiki have been staying with a friend of mine. With the boys in a very large double stacker and the other birds to consider as well, we just didn't have the space to accommodate everyone. It was definitely not ideal, but it saved me from not having to permanently rehome the boys. (I did rehome Chicken, but that is for another post and there was more involved in that then just our financial situation.)
It seems that we will be staying with the in- law's quite a bit longer than anticipated, so we rearranged things and my mother- in - law was even willing to get rid of her couch in the sitting room to make extra room so I could at least bring Willie home. We are choosing to leave Tiki, our almost 30 year old male eclectus, where he is for now because we all feel that with him being completely blind, that where we are at now is too noisy and chaotic for him and will cause too much stress that he doesn't need and can be avoided. He has settled in pretty well with my friend an d she is okay with him staying there as long as necessary. In the end, when we get back on our feet, we will decide whether he has settled in so much there he's better off staying with her permanently or coming back home with us. I do not want to lose Tiki by any means, but I also want to put his needs and comfort first. I know it isn't fair to let him get settled in with her for so look he thinks it's his permanent home then tear him away again. But we will all sit and talk when that time comes and decide what we think is best for him.
There is something amazing that has come from her having my boys, however. Willie is a blue front that never made any noise really, barely ate, and was severely depressed after losing the only home he had for his first 20 years when his first mom became to ill to care for him anymore. The friend that took them also has a blue front, and an absolutely stunning one too I will say. Apparently he taught Willie how to be an Amazon.
Now that he is back home, Willie is chattering and screeching (while somewhat annoying I am enjoying it much more than the depressed silence he presented us with before.) I did go to get him out today while he was chattering to something outside the window and he nailed me pretty good. I guess I really have to keep inn mind that he is an Amazon and is prone to Amazon overload. Something he never even came close to before, since it would have meant he needed to get excited about something. I will take every bite and bruise since it means that he finally remembers he is an Amazon and remembers what that means. All it took was to give him an Amazon buddy to give him back his thirst for life. That makes everything else we're going through that led up to him being taken in by my friend for a few months worth it.
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It seems that we will be staying with the in- law's quite a bit longer than anticipated, so we rearranged things and my mother- in - law was even willing to get rid of her couch in the sitting room to make extra room so I could at least bring Willie home. We are choosing to leave Tiki, our almost 30 year old male eclectus, where he is for now because we all feel that with him being completely blind, that where we are at now is too noisy and chaotic for him and will cause too much stress that he doesn't need and can be avoided. He has settled in pretty well with my friend an d she is okay with him staying there as long as necessary. In the end, when we get back on our feet, we will decide whether he has settled in so much there he's better off staying with her permanently or coming back home with us. I do not want to lose Tiki by any means, but I also want to put his needs and comfort first. I know it isn't fair to let him get settled in with her for so look he thinks it's his permanent home then tear him away again. But we will all sit and talk when that time comes and decide what we think is best for him.
There is something amazing that has come from her having my boys, however. Willie is a blue front that never made any noise really, barely ate, and was severely depressed after losing the only home he had for his first 20 years when his first mom became to ill to care for him anymore. The friend that took them also has a blue front, and an absolutely stunning one too I will say. Apparently he taught Willie how to be an Amazon.
Now that he is back home, Willie is chattering and screeching (while somewhat annoying I am enjoying it much more than the depressed silence he presented us with before.) I did go to get him out today while he was chattering to something outside the window and he nailed me pretty good. I guess I really have to keep inn mind that he is an Amazon and is prone to Amazon overload. Something he never even came close to before, since it would have meant he needed to get excited about something. I will take every bite and bruise since it means that he finally remembers he is an Amazon and remembers what that means. All it took was to give him an Amazon buddy to give him back his thirst for life. That makes everything else we're going through that led up to him being taken in by my friend for a few months worth it.
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