Plumas story.
I would like to share the story behind each of my birds and since Plumas was the first bird it makes sense to start there.
My wife and I had only been married 2 years and we wanted to have a pet. We tried a cat a co-worker of my wife gave us to try out for a week.
It did not go well. If the cat had not been de-clawed (something I don’t approve of) we would have been ripped to shreds. We gave it back.
My wife (call her Rozzina) was from South America and her mother had 3 or 4 amazon parrots. After a visit down south Rozzina was full of stories about her mother’s parrots. It sounded like lots of fun and so we said “let’s get one of our own”.
A pet shop less than a block from our apartment sold parrots and we picked out an Orange Wing Amazon for around $175.00 This was back in 1985 or 86 and we knew nothing about parrots other than some talk and live a long time. We named him PLUMAS.
10 days after buying him he got sick (3 days after the “guarantee” expired). We found a good vet and took him in. They kept him for about 3 days and through antibiotics and force feeding him Plumas pulled through.
Even though he was a wild caught parrot I was able to teach him to step up but he never learned to talk only whistle. Also because of his wild caught nature I have never tried to force anything more out of him. I feel sorry for him and try to treat him with as much kindness as I can.
I would like to share the story behind each of my birds and since Plumas was the first bird it makes sense to start there.
My wife and I had only been married 2 years and we wanted to have a pet. We tried a cat a co-worker of my wife gave us to try out for a week.
It did not go well. If the cat had not been de-clawed (something I don’t approve of) we would have been ripped to shreds. We gave it back.
My wife (call her Rozzina) was from South America and her mother had 3 or 4 amazon parrots. After a visit down south Rozzina was full of stories about her mother’s parrots. It sounded like lots of fun and so we said “let’s get one of our own”.
A pet shop less than a block from our apartment sold parrots and we picked out an Orange Wing Amazon for around $175.00 This was back in 1985 or 86 and we knew nothing about parrots other than some talk and live a long time. We named him PLUMAS.
10 days after buying him he got sick (3 days after the “guarantee” expired). We found a good vet and took him in. They kept him for about 3 days and through antibiotics and force feeding him Plumas pulled through.
Even though he was a wild caught parrot I was able to teach him to step up but he never learned to talk only whistle. Also because of his wild caught nature I have never tried to force anything more out of him. I feel sorry for him and try to treat him with as much kindness as I can.
