NicoleN
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Hello everyone-
My name is Nicole and I've poked around on the forum a few times before before finally deciding to become a member. I am 22 and live at home with my parents. We have 2 dogs, 2 cats, and 1 DYH Amazon named Sisqo. Sisqo is 10 years old and my parents have had him since he was only a few months old. About 6 months ago I started to become very interested in him and did a lot of research on Amazons. I guess you can say that I just took him over and now he's my bird. One of the cats was originally mine and my mom fell in love with her, so we kinda traded.
After doing all this research I found out that Sisqo wasn't getting the proper nutrition (mostly all sunflower seeeds), his cage wasn't big enough (20 x 20x 33), and he wasn't getting nearly enough attention as he actually needed. Basically my parents just bought him as a nice decoration for the house. DYH's are known for their talking ability and he only says a few words, and he was very wary of people. The only sounds he would make are grunts to let us know that he was hungry when my parents forgot to feed him.
Needless to say, since I've taken over for him, this has all changed. He has basically become like a child to me and now I always hear from everyone how spoiled he is and how he eats better than I do myself (which is true, but I don't mind). It took me a few months, but I got him a new cage for Christmas (23 x 36 x 66 dometop), and a playstand so he can join us in the living room when we are watching movies or tv. He has become a lot more comfortable around us and is like a whole new bird. He only lets you pet him or scratch him though for a little while and then he let's you know he's had enough, and he has picked up a few more words, but I know he will probably never talk as much as DYH's usually do, but that's alright.
Just this past week I realized how much he really means to me. I came home from school on Thursday and saw that he was pooping blood. I rushed him to the vet, they did bloodwork and everything, sent me home with antibiotics and said they'd call me the next day to share the results. Well friday I ended up driving him out to a specialist an hour away, having more tests done on him and he was hospitalized until Monday. I was a huge mess. Overall, I spent $1500 on vet bills without even batting an eye. I realized that is something my parents probably never would've done (not that they're bad people or anything), so it's a good thing that he's mine now.
That's basically it so far about Sisqo. Oh, and he is named after an R&B artist that was pretty popular around the time we got him. He had a song out called the "Thong Song" (if any of you remember it) and his head was platinum blonde, hence the perfect name for a DYH.
I will post some pics and more info. soon.
My name is Nicole and I've poked around on the forum a few times before before finally deciding to become a member. I am 22 and live at home with my parents. We have 2 dogs, 2 cats, and 1 DYH Amazon named Sisqo. Sisqo is 10 years old and my parents have had him since he was only a few months old. About 6 months ago I started to become very interested in him and did a lot of research on Amazons. I guess you can say that I just took him over and now he's my bird. One of the cats was originally mine and my mom fell in love with her, so we kinda traded.
After doing all this research I found out that Sisqo wasn't getting the proper nutrition (mostly all sunflower seeeds), his cage wasn't big enough (20 x 20x 33), and he wasn't getting nearly enough attention as he actually needed. Basically my parents just bought him as a nice decoration for the house. DYH's are known for their talking ability and he only says a few words, and he was very wary of people. The only sounds he would make are grunts to let us know that he was hungry when my parents forgot to feed him.
Needless to say, since I've taken over for him, this has all changed. He has basically become like a child to me and now I always hear from everyone how spoiled he is and how he eats better than I do myself (which is true, but I don't mind). It took me a few months, but I got him a new cage for Christmas (23 x 36 x 66 dometop), and a playstand so he can join us in the living room when we are watching movies or tv. He has become a lot more comfortable around us and is like a whole new bird. He only lets you pet him or scratch him though for a little while and then he let's you know he's had enough, and he has picked up a few more words, but I know he will probably never talk as much as DYH's usually do, but that's alright.
Just this past week I realized how much he really means to me. I came home from school on Thursday and saw that he was pooping blood. I rushed him to the vet, they did bloodwork and everything, sent me home with antibiotics and said they'd call me the next day to share the results. Well friday I ended up driving him out to a specialist an hour away, having more tests done on him and he was hospitalized until Monday. I was a huge mess. Overall, I spent $1500 on vet bills without even batting an eye. I realized that is something my parents probably never would've done (not that they're bad people or anything), so it's a good thing that he's mine now.
That's basically it so far about Sisqo. Oh, and he is named after an R&B artist that was pretty popular around the time we got him. He had a song out called the "Thong Song" (if any of you remember it) and his head was platinum blonde, hence the perfect name for a DYH.
I will post some pics and more info. soon.
