New Baby!!

So today just like I said one day things would...everything fell into place. I had saved a small amount of money to put toward my "parrot fund" and I met up with my dad today and he gave me $50 for Easter. I emailed a breeder who is very close to me early this morning to see what she had. She invited me over to see her babies. I was going to see the pineapple and red factor pineapple babies. She was extremely nice and I spent a long time at her house. My only problem is that she clips her babies wings after they learn to fly. I was not impressed with the pineapple babies that were jumping off me and splatting on the floor, lol. So she showed me a bird that she was holding back because it was nippy and older. The breeder really liked this bird and thought I might be a good match for her since she is a tougher case. She is a DNA'd female cinnamon green cheek conure who was the only one that was not clipped. She was a great flier and despite her rough nipping I decided on her. She had a rough ride home and got car sick. I've seen this in birds before so now I know not to take her in the car. I put her in her temporary cage to take a breather and went off to the stores to get toys and food with the remaining money I had since she was so fairly priced. I got a few toys, nutriberries, pellets, and millet spray. When I came back home and took her out I discovered that she is a lot smarter than I thought. She doesn't just fly around, she will come when you call her and even turn around mid-flight if you tell her not to land on something. She isn't nipping right now at all and is currently up on my shoulder sleeping. She is willing to try (and eat) almost anything I give her and has a huge appetite! When she does try to nip me I just distract her and she forgets what she was doing. She is actually playing with her toys and ate a full helping of food as soon as we got home. I don't have a name for her yet but I want it to be something extraordinary! I can't post a picture until my phone charges a little. I am very happy with my new baby. She may not be what I had in mind originally but her outgoing personality is just what I wanted. She was a really easy to clicker train since she will take food so enthusiastically. I will post pictures tonight!

Congrats on your new baby!
I love it when we set out with our mind set on a certain bird, and then another bird changes our mind
Looking forward to seeing pics of her

She was just playing with a jingle ball on the table. It's so cool to see her play. She ate part of a nutriberry for me and I gave her some millet spray. She even made friends with my mom!

What a beautiful girl she is! It sounds like she realizes she is right where she should be, there with you and your family

Congratulations! She's really beautiful. It sounds like a perfect match after all the searching. She was being held just for you like it was meant to be. I'm happy for you.

I can't wait to hear what you end up naming her!

Awww it's so lucky that you found each other! She is a real cutie and she looks full of personality. I love the cheeky look conures have about them!

Yep I knew which one I wanted as soon as I met her, I was planning on getting a boy since I have 2 boys already but I couldn't resist her charm. She will be doing tricks in no time with how food motivated she is. She will already fly to me on command if I ask her to. Today once the sun comes up I'm going to work on getting her to like pellets. She seems to like cooked beans, grapes, and nutriberries so far besides what the breeder gave me to feed her.

How exciting!

Here is a video of her flying to me.

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That's so nice! I'm really glad you ended up getting her. I can tell you're both happy!

Any ideas on a name yet?

I'm naming her Elsa. She is so open minded and active just like my bird Echo, who died last year, that I think a nice name with an E will fit. Plus Elsa is the ice girl from the Disney movie Frozen.

Elsa is a nice name I'm not familiar with the Disney movie but I've heard the name before

Looks like you got more than you expected! Appears she'll do just fine!


Have you been sharing Elsa's progress with her breeder?

She's so cute! I have a cinnamon Greek cheek as well congrats on your newest feathered kid

Congrats!! She is beautiful. Love the story on how you guys ended up together. When I got my baby Kiwi she was not what I had in mind either. I want to look at a cinnamon and the breeder told me she had some yellowsided babies if I wanted to look at them. I wanted to keep my opinions open and the cinnamon did really seem interested in me. So the breeder went back and got 4 yellowsided babies. My Kiwi was the 1st one that come to me and I fall in love right away! good luck with you new baby and I can't wait til you find that extraordinary name for her!

She's doing great! She is learning with the clicker very well. I ended up with the name Elsa. Since my closed companion bird was named Echo and I want to stick with the E's. There is some stuff she needs to work on but I'll post a separate thread about that.

She's beautiful! Congratulations!