Minzer84
New member
It is with a heavy heart and tear filled eyes that I tell all of you that I have made the decision and found Iggy a new home. I know how many of you feel about rehoming parrots, since it is far too common, and I apologize if any of you find me in the wrong for doing this. It has been a very difficult decision that I have wrestled with and cried over for several weeks now, but in the end I think it will benefit both of us. Right now our relationship is not a healthy one, with Iggy spending much of his day in his cage due to his constant screaming. Also, with the second year of vet school starting in a few weeks, I think it will only get worse.
I have tried so hard over the past 7+ months to work with Iggy and you have all been SO amazing at supporting me and offering me suggestions. Perhaps I was not patient enough, or did not put enough time into him. Thank you to EVERY ONE of you for all the time you have spent trying to help...I feel like something of a failure.
Iggy has been my baby for 5 years, and we have spent endless amounts of time together, most of it pleasant. It is very hard to even type this. So, as stated in an earlier post, this decision has been as difficult as deciding to give up my child for adoption. I hope that makes me somewhat of a better "parront".
The woman who will be opening her heart and home to Iggy lives in CT, and was going to adopt him a year ago, before I moved. She has a female Eclectus and a senegal. I think Iggy will really like being in the company of other birds. His cage will be downsized, but he doesn't use much of the space in his mansion sized one right now as it is, so I think it will be ok...She seems to really take care of her birds, lots of showers and fresh vegetables...she had a cockatiel that lived for 26 years! She is VERY aware of why I am giving Iggy up, and is still up for the challenge. I have also made her aware of the fact that if for any reason it doesn't work out, he is to come right back here to me. I feel comfortable with her, and know that she will allow me to visit him, and will send pictures and updates. So at least it won't be a cold turkey thing.
As for me, I am really going to miss having a bird in my life. I am thinking about volunteering at a parrot rescue (soon), maybe eventually fostering birds or getting a much smaller bird (not anytime soon). These are such amazing animals and deserve so much respect and appreciation, I am just sorry I have not been able to give it to them through Iggy. I would really miss all of you if I left this forum altogether, as also said in an earlier post, you have become my family. I think I'll stick around for awhile if it's ok with all of you, although I may not have much to add, or what I do have to add may not be very valuable as I will no longer be a "parront".
Again, I am so sorry if I have disappointed any of you, I certainly have disappointed myself. I hope that you can find it in yourselves to forgive me and try to understand why I have made this decision. Thank you so much for welcoming me so warmly into this forum in my darkest hours with Iggy, it meant more than you will ever know. (And sorry for such a long post).
Lindsey :smile016:
I have tried so hard over the past 7+ months to work with Iggy and you have all been SO amazing at supporting me and offering me suggestions. Perhaps I was not patient enough, or did not put enough time into him. Thank you to EVERY ONE of you for all the time you have spent trying to help...I feel like something of a failure.
Iggy has been my baby for 5 years, and we have spent endless amounts of time together, most of it pleasant. It is very hard to even type this. So, as stated in an earlier post, this decision has been as difficult as deciding to give up my child for adoption. I hope that makes me somewhat of a better "parront".
The woman who will be opening her heart and home to Iggy lives in CT, and was going to adopt him a year ago, before I moved. She has a female Eclectus and a senegal. I think Iggy will really like being in the company of other birds. His cage will be downsized, but he doesn't use much of the space in his mansion sized one right now as it is, so I think it will be ok...She seems to really take care of her birds, lots of showers and fresh vegetables...she had a cockatiel that lived for 26 years! She is VERY aware of why I am giving Iggy up, and is still up for the challenge. I have also made her aware of the fact that if for any reason it doesn't work out, he is to come right back here to me. I feel comfortable with her, and know that she will allow me to visit him, and will send pictures and updates. So at least it won't be a cold turkey thing.
As for me, I am really going to miss having a bird in my life. I am thinking about volunteering at a parrot rescue (soon), maybe eventually fostering birds or getting a much smaller bird (not anytime soon). These are such amazing animals and deserve so much respect and appreciation, I am just sorry I have not been able to give it to them through Iggy. I would really miss all of you if I left this forum altogether, as also said in an earlier post, you have become my family. I think I'll stick around for awhile if it's ok with all of you, although I may not have much to add, or what I do have to add may not be very valuable as I will no longer be a "parront".
Again, I am so sorry if I have disappointed any of you, I certainly have disappointed myself. I hope that you can find it in yourselves to forgive me and try to understand why I have made this decision. Thank you so much for welcoming me so warmly into this forum in my darkest hours with Iggy, it meant more than you will ever know. (And sorry for such a long post).
Lindsey :smile016:
