The caique is here!

Jtbirds · Apr 10, 2013

Well the caique came last night to use and took up the recently rehomed canaries cage( huge flight cage). His name is pickles and so far so good. I have already gained some enormous trust with him. I can pick him up by his beak lay him on his back. He gives me hand shakes and has whistle competitions with me. I know it is the honeymoon stage but I don't see him reverting to aggression he is settling in so great! He really loves the one boing I have hanging, plays all over that and one of my PVC stands

. I'll hopefully have some pictures up by tomorrow or the weekend

he's a white bellied caique by the way.

Parrotdise · Apr 10, 2013

Congrats! I love the name...looking forward to seeing pics

Jtbirds · Apr 10, 2013

Parrotdise said:
Congrats! I love the name...looking forward to seeing pics

Thanks, his story is difficult I've known him for some time(never really handled hm but a person I knew had him). Then he was rehomed to another lady, the lady apparently thought her young teenage daughter should be responsible of the bird she brought in not her. So pickles got neglected and had no time out and so on. they also changed his name, but I could stand for that as he knew pickles not what he had been changed to.... So me being a jerk changed it back and told the lady that it was never her daughters responsibility to take care of an animal she took in that it truly was her fault for not interacting and so on.

Pinkbirdy · Apr 10, 2013

I agree Pickles is a perfect name !!

Cant wait to see what you think of him .Im sure hes so Happy to be out and have other p arrot friends. [Hes lucky you could get him out of there.]

Jtbirds · Apr 10, 2013

Pinkbirdy said:
I agree Pickles is a perfect name !! Cant wait to see what you think of him .Im sure hes so Happy to be out and have other p arrot friends. [Hes lucky you could get him out of there.]

I know it fits him so well! I think a lot of him already he is very sweet. Plus at the current time he is liking the whole family so I am taking him out to some outreachs we have planned to keep him social like he currently is... Maybe he will become apart of the show crew coming out to shows,joining boo, jackpot, max and Molly, koko, tucker and rocky

(babe and Romeo if they feel up to it

)

I got pictures of him now should have them up directly if not within this night

Pinkbirdy · Apr 10, 2013

Jtbirds said:
Pinkbirdy said:

I agree Pickles is a perfect name !! Cant wait to see what you think of him .Im sure hes so Happy to be out and have other p arrot friends. [Hes lucky you could get him out of there.]

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I know it fits him so well! I think a lot of him already he is very sweet. Plus at the current time he is liking the whole family so I am taking him out to some outreachs we have planned to keep him social like he currently is... Maybe he will become apart of the show crew coming out to shows,joining boo, jackpot, max and Molly, koko, tucker and rocky(babe and Romeo if they feel up to it)

I got pictures of him now should have them up directly if not within this night

SEE!! I told you about these caiques nobody wants to listen to me

Pinkbirdy · Apr 10, 2013

Heres Sammy and my daughter [his favorite person ] But theres no way Im pushing kids and birds [they just live here too LOL]

Parrotdise · Apr 10, 2013

I am glad you got him he needed to have his name. My Moms Severe was called Teo by the person we got her from, she let us know her name was Pepper!

Karigan · Apr 11, 2013

Awesome! If I ever get a size-appropriate companion for my senegal I'm hoping it'll be a Caique, I love their spunk!

Karigan · Apr 11, 2013

Ha, my boy grey is called Teo! Both Teo and Mateo mean 'gift' in Italian and Spanish. Since that's what he was, it seemed appropriate

94lt1 · Apr 11, 2013

You lucky son of a guns... Lol.. I've been wanting a caique since I saw one at Petco.. I'm not paying 1300 from one though... Even though shasta is a sweety and worth her weight in gold..

Featheredsamurai · Apr 11, 2013

94lt1 said:
You lucky son of a guns... Lol.. I've been wanting a caique since I saw one at Petco.. I'm not paying 1300 from one though... Even though shasta is a sweety and worth her weight in gold..

You should check out a breeder, the price will be considerably less. Pet shops always jack up the price unless it's a private business were they raise their own babies.

Jtbirds · Apr 11, 2013

Copperarabian said:
94lt1 said:

You lucky son of a guns... Lol.. I've been wanting a caique since I saw one at Petco.. I'm not paying 1300 from one though... Even though shasta is a sweety and worth her weight in gold..

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You should check out a breeder, the price will be considerably less. Pet shops always jack up the price unless it's a private business were they raise their own babies.

well and rescues seldomn get them in as well. ive seen about 15 come through rescue in the past 2 years id says so they do come around just not as often they are quieter and they usually arnt bad companions and most people enjoy them so they arnt seen as much but there around to be rescued!

Jtbirds · Apr 11, 2013

ok heres so pictures of the handsome devil himself

jtbirds-albums-more-pictures-picture7773-more-pickles.jpg

yes his beak is long and nails need groomed as well, we are letting him settle in before that happens though

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Pinkbirdy · Apr 11, 2013

Pickles looks like he has no problem being a Ham with you already

SandyBee · Apr 11, 2013

What a little cutie!! Settling in nicely

Parrotdise · Apr 11, 2013

94lt1 said:
You lucky son of a guns... Lol.. I've been wanting a caique since I saw one at Petco.. I'm not paying 1300 from one though... Even though shasta is a sweety and worth her weight in gold..

If you were looking for a good Caique breeder Daisy Jane comes from Shady Pines.com Gloria is an amazing! She has babies hatching right now. WBC's are 850.00 & BHC are 800.00.

@ Jt He's cute he looks like he having lots of fun with you! My Mom's WBC's beak grows really fast compared to Daisy Janes' (BHC), i wonder if pickles will have a fast growing beak too, or if it just depends on the bird? I thought maybe it wasn't normal but i looked on Caiquecrazy.com and it is.

Pinkbirdy · Apr 12, 2013

Parrotdise, glad you mentioned Shady pines always wondered about them . Their sight looks great.My caiques beaks always grow.

No_where1976 · Apr 12, 2013

Oh Pickles is beautiful! Congrats

thanks for the pics!

aliray · Apr 12, 2013

Pretty bird thanks for sharing and congrats on the new fid

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