kristynkritters
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- Aug 5, 2014
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Hi guys, I'm new here... To give y'all a bit of background on myself - I'm from Alabama, recently married, hubby is a veterinarian & I am a veterinary technician & seeking to soon further my education for applied behavior analysis (focusing on pet related behavior problems). I've personally had a good bit of experience with birds, & used to own a lovely little sun conure who passed away in a tragic accident. It's been about 5 years now & I think I'm ready to look into getting a new feathered kid.
Long story short, the housing arrangement will consist of being able to take the bird to work with us for more activity & mental stimulation & going home with us at night (so yes, two cages). I want something that won't just bond to me, but to my husband as well, but that is also good for first timers (this will be his first time living with a bird). I would prefer not terrible loud (being we own a veterinary hospital). Obviously being a bird, they are pretty loud, but I used to have a sun conure, so I'm hoping for a little quieter than that, lol. Being that I'm a huge behavior & training nerd, a BIG bonus for me would be ease of training/learning.
I realize that a lot of these qualities are individual personality traits & are often subjective to the observer. I just wanted to get some more input from other people (other than those I personally know).
As the title mentions I've somewhat narrowed my search to an Eclectus (male) or goffin cockatoo. I'm open to other suggestions as well, but I've done a good bit of reading on both of those species & they appear to be potentially nice fits. I would like to stick to something about that "size". I absolutely love the size and trainability of African Greys, but I'm fairly hesitant being that they are the most common species I've seen in rescue situations with little/or no feathers. I'm afraid on the days where we are super busy at work & I can't spend a ton of time with the bird for that day, I don't want the poor baby to stress out & start feather plucking or anything.
Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
Long story short, the housing arrangement will consist of being able to take the bird to work with us for more activity & mental stimulation & going home with us at night (so yes, two cages). I want something that won't just bond to me, but to my husband as well, but that is also good for first timers (this will be his first time living with a bird). I would prefer not terrible loud (being we own a veterinary hospital). Obviously being a bird, they are pretty loud, but I used to have a sun conure, so I'm hoping for a little quieter than that, lol. Being that I'm a huge behavior & training nerd, a BIG bonus for me would be ease of training/learning.
I realize that a lot of these qualities are individual personality traits & are often subjective to the observer. I just wanted to get some more input from other people (other than those I personally know).
As the title mentions I've somewhat narrowed my search to an Eclectus (male) or goffin cockatoo. I'm open to other suggestions as well, but I've done a good bit of reading on both of those species & they appear to be potentially nice fits. I would like to stick to something about that "size". I absolutely love the size and trainability of African Greys, but I'm fairly hesitant being that they are the most common species I've seen in rescue situations with little/or no feathers. I'm afraid on the days where we are super busy at work & I can't spend a ton of time with the bird for that day, I don't want the poor baby to stress out & start feather plucking or anything.
Any info or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!