Who else has parrots?

[stickycoins]

And what kind/how many? Just wondering. I've seen a few posts that mention birds. I have a Goffins cockatoo and an Alexandrine parakeet. I've had many more but over the course of 30 years some have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. :cry: I've been owned by an African Grey, 2 Tiels, 2 Senegals, an Umbrella cockatoo, 2 lovebirds, and another Goffins. :cry:

It's nice to see other bird folks here. Maybe we can trade stories!

[Seanette]

I do have a bird, but not a parrot. Ava is a ringneck dove (see avatar).

[Ree]

Our foster daughter has a cockatiel.
It's adorable. Bright orange perfect circles on its 'cheeks'.

Actually, I almost posted for advice a few weeks ago.
The bird was acting funny. She was nipping her owner, and anyone else, and she never does that.
Usually, she will just come out and will go to anyone on their arm.

Also, she was spending a lot of time on the bottom of her cage.

Our foster daughter was upset and worried that something was wrong with her bird, so I did an internet search.

From what I found, I think the bird was scared because of her new surroundings.

She seems OK now.

[Knightmare]

We used to have a Sulphur Crested cockatoo a few years ago. My ex-gf wanted one, and luckily, we got one for free. I, however, NEVER wanted one. At first it was really cool. It would sing and dance, it would talk a little...
Then it got to the point where she pretty much stopped caring for it. So guess who had to take care of it? Me, of course. The only thing I wouldn't do was clean the cage. I MADE her do that.

The bird was bored and lonely. It chewed up the walls and blinds, would screech all hours of the day, and eventually, it started losing his feathers on his stomach and legs because he would chew at them. Not good.

Eventually, we (meaning ME) found him a better home. A lady that all ready owns many birds, but did not have a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.

That bird (honestly, I don't even remember his name) was a very handsome and smart bird, but we weren't ready to for it. They live a VERY long time, and deciding to own one should NOT be taken lightly. You're talking around a 30 year commitment or so.

Would I ever own another one? Perhaps, but probably not. I prefer dogs.

[Ljt09863]

my fiancee has a sun conure. loud as heck..... named phoenix. i gotta admit he is a cutie, but annoying. i didn't want him.

[XCashier]

My MIL used to have a Tucuman Amazon Parrot ( http://www.parrots.com/photos/album/tucuman%20amazon/slides/tucuman.htm ), but she couldn't keep him where she was living at the time, so we took him in. He was a friendly bird, and smart, who used to do a "chicken dance" every so often. :lol: Unfortunately, he started slowing down, stopped dancing, seemed unhappy. We took him to the vet, and found he had cancer and had to be put to sleep. :cry:

Hubby used to have a cockatiel when we were engaged, but that bird was so shrill and loud and would never shut up. He eventually was given to an aviary.

[Trishlovesdolphins]

Our foster daughter has a cockatiel.
It's adorable. Bright orange perfect circles on its 'cheeks'.

Actually, I almost posted for advice a few weeks ago.
The bird was acting funny. She was nipping her owner, and anyone else, and she never does that.
Usually, she will just come out and will go to anyone on their arm.

Also, she was spending a lot of time on the bottom of her cage.

She seems OK now.


i guess i missed that post. my cockatiel does the exact same thing before she lays an egg. she'll be moody for a few weeks, she'll let me feed her and change water but that's it. so, if she starts again, you might think about that. when/if she does lay an egg, if its not fertile, (wont be unless you have a male) take it away pretty quickly. wayne had some when he was younger that would starve sitting on unfertile eggs.


we have 2 buggies (parakeets) named zip and lock, because one is yellow and blue, and the other is green, a cockatiel nanners, and a quaker named chico not including my 3 babies (kitties)

[Seanette]

Ava can get pretty pesky for attention when she's about to lay an egg (she seems to have decided I'm her mate). She'll follow me from room to room (she's free-range), land on me and nibble on me (we think she's grooming me, or trying to), and so forth. She does leave the nest when she has eggs (apparently, she thinks I'll take over :lol: ), so we know she won't starve.

We keep fake eggs in her nest (she insists that it has to be on a particular bookshelf) to slow down her production of real ones.

[AFpheonix]

No house birds, but mom has chickens that occasionally can be pretty entertaining. They'll get up on the back step and look in through the sliding glass door, checking to see if anyone will bring them bread. If they're out and you go outside, they'll all come running at you, hoping for a handout of some kind.
There's one red hen that has it out for the Toy Fox Terrier. Anytime she sees the dog, she'll stalk her and peck her on the nose. Wierdest thing. The dog is pretty meek, too, so she just runs away.

Those suckers do poop all over everything, though. My car was parked at the farm while I was down south this summer, and they'd gotten up on the hood and left me a few presents :mad:

[Trishlovesdolphins]

Ava can get pretty pesky for attention when she's about to lay an egg (she seems to have decided I'm her mate). She'll follow me from room to room (she's free-range), land on me and nibble on me (we think she's grooming me, or trying to), and so forth. She does leave the nest when she has eggs (apparently, she thinks I'll take over :lol: ), so we know she won't starve.

We keep fake eggs in her nest (she insists that it has to be on a particular bookshelf) to slow down her production of real ones.

yeah, nanners does that to wayne, but as far as i'm concerned, she thinks i'm the "other woman" so all she wants me to do is feed her, give her her treat bar and water and talk to her from outside the cage. once she's laid her egg though, she goes back to her loveable self... but she's a real booger most of spring and into the summer

[Kitten in the box]

my uncle has a parrot named Alphie or Alf. He's green and a loudmouth but I forget what kind of parrot he is exactly. He also does not like anyone else except him and will bite anyone who tries to pet him. However he will let me reach in and grab his food and water dish because he knows its feeding time and that I am one of the main ones that helps feed him. But as for petting him no way!

[stickycoins]

It's not a good idea to take infertile eggs out. The hen will keep laying them and deplete her calcium. Better to leave the eggs in the cage about 3 weeks then take them away. Birds will not starve themselves unless they are too sick to get to food.

[Seanette]

It's not a good idea to take infertile eggs out. The hen will keep laying them and deplete her calcium. Better to leave the eggs in the cage about 3 weeks then take them away. Birds will not starve themselves unless they are too sick to get to food.
I find fake eggs quite effective at slowing her down, without the mess potential real eggs have. ;)

[Horsetuna]

i guess i missed that post. my cockatiel does the exact same thing before she lays an egg. she'll be moody for a few weeks, she'll let me feed her and change water but that's it. so, if she starts again, you might think about that. when/if she does lay an egg, if its not fertile, (wont be unless you have a male) take it away pretty quickly. wayne had some when he was younger that would starve sitting on unfertile eggs.


Strange that they'd do that. I was told and I always did, leave the eggs (The mom does sometimes leave the eggs, at least ours did when I raised tiels) to eat then come back... takign the eggs away would mean she'd be impulsed to lay more eggs. Letting her sit on the eggs till she realizes there's no babies is what I'd do.

I never heard of one starving, then again all my birds were paired up for the most part and the ones who werent would abandon their eggs pretty fast to eat, or the parents would 'switch off'.

Riht now I've two little darlings, Mimi and Paulie. Paulie I got last christmas, he was 100 dollars (A steal for a hand raised tiel) because he was pre owned and fully grown. I never regreted it.

Mimi is my baby. I raised her myself and hand fed him myself... I call Mimi a 'her' out of habit but 'he' is definitely a boy.

Neither have ever talked but they whistle a lot (no tunes, just bird song) and are very spoiled.

[stickycoins]

Mimi is my baby. I raised her myself and hand fed him myself... I call Mimi a 'her' out of habit but 'he' is definitely a boy.

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I named my first tiel "Bubba". Also hand-raised. Turned out to be Bubbette! :eek: