I needed a ladder and ended up with three

Giggleagain

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Good morning everyone! I'm happy to have found this wonderful community and eager to learn everything I can about parrots! I'm a reasonably aged woman with 4 adult animal loving children (reassuring, isn't it? I have someone to will my pets to !).

I have always had dogs, cats, and birds, several of them were/are rescues.

I recently needed a new ladder for my parakeet Pepita and stopped at our local bird specialty store on my way home from work. To tell the whole story would fill a small book, so I'll just say that I arrived home with 3 ladders, a pound of pellets, $300 worth of toys, a too small cage with a parakeet girl that I named "Rocky", and a small cage with a plucked Quaker Parrot named "Clover". Free. (Well they now have a customer who went from buying parakeet seed and a $5 ladder, to a customer that spends over $100 every week - great tactical move).

As my world turns, I've never had to "look" to rescue. Rescuing just happens to me. While rescuing dogs seems to be a genetic trait in my family, I need help knowing what to do for Clover because things are dicey, but I'll write about these issues in separate posts.

I've already read everything available on line about Quaker Parrots, I've bought 2 Quaker specific books, and Clover has already been seen by an avian vet, now lives in a large cage, and is starting to grow new feathers.

YAY:green2:! ... but not so fast... there is a problem and I don't know what it is. Please find me in the PROBLEM section (I hope there is one!) Update: I found the Quaker Parrot section... see you there!
 
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aliray

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Congrats on your new birdies, and welcome to the forum and the poorhouse:D. Parrots are addicting:p. Quakers are smart little guys:). Alison
 

Allee

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U2-Poppy(Poppy lives with her new mommy, Misty now) CAG-Jack, YNA, Bingo, Budgie-Piper, Cockatiel-Sweet Pea Quakers-Harry, Sammy, Wilson ***Zeke (quaker) Twinkle (budgie) forever in our hearts
Welcome to the forum!!! I am so happy to meet you! I was kidnapped by a plucking female quaker in much the same way you were. Quakers are clever, manipulative little buggers. I see Clover has already gotten a big cage, vet care, and a loving human slave to grant a quaker's every wish. Pepita and Rocky sound adorable. Can't wait to see photos.

As my world turns, I've never had to "look" to rescue. Rescuing just happens to me. While rescuing dogs seems to be a genetic trait in my family, I need help knowing what to do for Clover because things are dicey, but I'll write about these issues in separate posts.

Rescues have a way of finding the right homes sometimes. I have six of them and for this forum that's not unusual. You are among friends.:white1:

~Allee
 

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Hello and welcome!
I am so glad you brought Clover home with you:) There are a lot of folks here with rescues as well, and I am glad you joined us:)
I'd love to see pictures of your flock and furry family when you have time.
 

Kiwibird

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Welcome to the forum! I bet you're debating doing your shopping online from now on:09: Anyways, congrats on your new additions and hope you find the help you need with Clover. We love picture if you have any to share of your flock:)
 

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Welcome! I would've done the same as you and came home with a little GCC. Luckily I still had to go to Walmart and didn't want him left in the car the whole time. Because of that I did more research and looked around. Then I got my little Sun, Ducati.
 
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Kiwi, I've been online shopping already because I can't find stainless steel fender washers in the hardware store! As for toys, I'd rather "see" and "touch" before I buy, so the bird store isn't in danger of losing me to any .com site. Yet. :)
 
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I promise I will upload photos as soon as I figure out my new phone!
 
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Giggleagain

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Welcome! I would've done the same as you and came home with a little GCC. Luckily I still had to go to Walmart and didn't want him left in the car the whole time. Because of that I did more research and looked around. Then I got my little Sun, Ducati.

I'm afraid I had to go to Walmart too that day... but didn't :D. Nobody at home minded that we had to order pizza for dinner and that we used napkins for TP...hahahaha.
 

Ducatimom

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Welcome! I would've done the same as you and came home with a little GCC. Luckily I still had to go to Walmart and didn't want him left in the car the whole time. Because of that I did more research and looked around. Then I got my little Sun, Ducati.

I'm afraid I had to go to Walmart too that day... but didn't :D. Nobody at home minded that we had to order pizza for dinner and that we used napkins for TP...hahahaha.

LOL That is too funny. We've all been there. If you're looking for a good online store for your flock mysafebirdstore.com is AMAZING. She wraps up each item you order and gives you little goodies (candy and little shredder homemade shredder toys). That site will definitely make me go broke lol.
 

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