I had been considering getting a sun conure, but when I saw an ad for a Nanday in my area I decided to go visit her.
The people selling her had a baby and were scared of landing on the baby's head or something, so she was rarely let out of her cage, which was tiny, had one toy, and was dirty. Water was mucky and her diet looked to be sunflower-heavy seed mix. She is five, and that was at least her second home.
I was about to leave without buying her... I didn't get much impression of what she is like and I did not feel qualified to rehabilitate a bird, so I figured I would not buy but would look for someone with experience to do so. But, they said "well why don't you take her home, and if you like her, pay us then." In the heat of the moment, I said yes.
Anyway, she looks pretty good, but malnourished. Lackluster colours, cruddy beak (lines through it, if you know what I mean). She also has one claw with grows UP instead of out but I assume this is a birth defect. Her claws are long but not crazy. She is also moulting.
She is really sweet though! She likes rubs (she is covered with pin feathers on her that I am helping her with), she danced with us a bit yesterday, and she readily accepted pellets (and fruit and veg, as long as I ate some first). She can be very loud but not very often. She has no idea what to do in her relatively large cage with toys, but she is starting to figure it out. She makes cute baby and baby toy sounds.
I think that, ultimately, I am going to keep her. How can I send her back to that?? Part of me has a bad feeling, i think because I was really tired yesterday when I went to visit her, and I felt pessured (by my conscience, I mean) into it. As opposed to it feeling like a choice, you know? And because my other two birds will get a bit less attention for the nex little while as we have to split our time between them. Ultmately though I feel I am working toward a good goal!
Not sure what the point of this thread is LOL... Guess I just needed to share my feelings with fellow bird-folk.
The people selling her had a baby and were scared of landing on the baby's head or something, so she was rarely let out of her cage, which was tiny, had one toy, and was dirty. Water was mucky and her diet looked to be sunflower-heavy seed mix. She is five, and that was at least her second home.
I was about to leave without buying her... I didn't get much impression of what she is like and I did not feel qualified to rehabilitate a bird, so I figured I would not buy but would look for someone with experience to do so. But, they said "well why don't you take her home, and if you like her, pay us then." In the heat of the moment, I said yes.
Anyway, she looks pretty good, but malnourished. Lackluster colours, cruddy beak (lines through it, if you know what I mean). She also has one claw with grows UP instead of out but I assume this is a birth defect. Her claws are long but not crazy. She is also moulting.
She is really sweet though! She likes rubs (she is covered with pin feathers on her that I am helping her with), she danced with us a bit yesterday, and she readily accepted pellets (and fruit and veg, as long as I ate some first). She can be very loud but not very often. She has no idea what to do in her relatively large cage with toys, but she is starting to figure it out. She makes cute baby and baby toy sounds.
I think that, ultimately, I am going to keep her. How can I send her back to that?? Part of me has a bad feeling, i think because I was really tired yesterday when I went to visit her, and I felt pessured (by my conscience, I mean) into it. As opposed to it feeling like a choice, you know? And because my other two birds will get a bit less attention for the nex little while as we have to split our time between them. Ultmately though I feel I am working toward a good goal!
Not sure what the point of this thread is LOL... Guess I just needed to share my feelings with fellow bird-folk.