Aavogaro
New member
- Jan 3, 2020
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- Parrots
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Fish & Blue - the budgie brat pack
Snoopy - lovable M whitefaced cockatiel
(Pending adoption) Paco - 25yo CAG
Hi all. Some of you may recognize me From the budgie and tiel forums. My husband and I have been in search of a great for a few years (used to have a Timneh many years ago). I found a local one that someone is looking to rehome. He/she is 25 and a single owner bird since 6 weeks old. E connected through Facebook as we have a couple of mutual friends. She describes her bird as:
Very tame, talks, sings, lots of sounds, loves attention, loves his toys. She states she is rehoming him because her life has changed and she can’t give him the time and attention he deserves. We chatted back and forth interviewing each other and she feels we would be a great fit for her bird. We are very interested in meeting him. After a good amount of back and forth we agreed to meet this week and I asked her if she had any pictures of him and was a little surprised when I saw the pictures. He/she has random red feathers throughout his wings and on his chest. I could tell he has chewed at his feathers some but he is currently fully feathered. I asked her if he has ever plucked and she said yes on 2 occasions. One being when she got divorced and her ex took the other 2 birds in the home. That makes perfect sense to me. What I don’t know is this red feather thing. I researched and what little I could find said it could be one of 3 things. The regrow then after plucking, him receiving antibiotics during a moly or it could be an indication of an illness like liver or kidney disease. So of course now I am concerned about potentially adopting this bird. If we have him a home and he fell ill we would most certainly take care of him with our CAV. But I don’t want to “buy” an illness (I hope that makes sense). I truly believe she loves and adores this bird. She asked me some good questions and I offered up as much as possible about my home and family life. But I am always skeptical about people looking to rehome birds because there can be so many undesirable traits or conditions that are the real possible reason they are giving them up rather than just life changes.
So I am attaching pictures. I would love to know if anyone has any experience with these mysterious red feathers and what would your opinion or advise about potentially adopting this fid that needs to find a new home be. It’s a lifelong commitment that I don’t take lightly so I am reaching out to this community that knows a lot about these birds and has a ton of adoption experience. TIA!!!
Very tame, talks, sings, lots of sounds, loves attention, loves his toys. She states she is rehoming him because her life has changed and she can’t give him the time and attention he deserves. We chatted back and forth interviewing each other and she feels we would be a great fit for her bird. We are very interested in meeting him. After a good amount of back and forth we agreed to meet this week and I asked her if she had any pictures of him and was a little surprised when I saw the pictures. He/she has random red feathers throughout his wings and on his chest. I could tell he has chewed at his feathers some but he is currently fully feathered. I asked her if he has ever plucked and she said yes on 2 occasions. One being when she got divorced and her ex took the other 2 birds in the home. That makes perfect sense to me. What I don’t know is this red feather thing. I researched and what little I could find said it could be one of 3 things. The regrow then after plucking, him receiving antibiotics during a moly or it could be an indication of an illness like liver or kidney disease. So of course now I am concerned about potentially adopting this bird. If we have him a home and he fell ill we would most certainly take care of him with our CAV. But I don’t want to “buy” an illness (I hope that makes sense). I truly believe she loves and adores this bird. She asked me some good questions and I offered up as much as possible about my home and family life. But I am always skeptical about people looking to rehome birds because there can be so many undesirable traits or conditions that are the real possible reason they are giving them up rather than just life changes.
So I am attaching pictures. I would love to know if anyone has any experience with these mysterious red feathers and what would your opinion or advise about potentially adopting this fid that needs to find a new home be. It’s a lifelong commitment that I don’t take lightly so I am reaching out to this community that knows a lot about these birds and has a ton of adoption experience. TIA!!!
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