Hello from regional Australia

MyEkkieArnie

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Arnie (male Solomon Islands Eclectus Parrot, born 10/09/14)
HI there,

I have joined this forum as we just picked up our very first bird yesterday. He is a hand raised male Eclectus parrot and we have called him Arnie. My husband's family has a fair bit of experience with birds, but mainly finches and racing pidgeons. This is the first time for either of us owning a parrot. :green2: We live in regional (small town) Australia. We also own two dogs (mainly outside dogs) and a cat.

The other reason I joined here was last night, when I was Googling various questions about Ekkys, I kept finding answers here, so I figure it is a pretty helpful forum.

So, hi! :)
 

Bundiibird

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Welcome to the forums. It is always good to see another aussie member in here. Which part of Oz are you from?

I hope Arnie is settling in well and once he is settled we would love to see some pictures. :)
 
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MyEkkieArnie

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Dec 6, 2014
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Arnie (male Solomon Islands Eclectus Parrot, born 10/09/14)
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Thanks for the welcome. I am in NSW, not too far from Canberra, in a small town. I saw you are in very warm and humid Rocky, Bunddibird, so a fair way from me. :)

We've only taken a couple of quick pics so far. Letting him settle in before too much happens. We had him out of his cage this afternoon for a few minutes which he seemed to enjoy. He's happily eating and drinking and had been chortling away this afternoon. So far I'm enjoying this bird gig! :)
 

labell

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Hello and welcome! As one of the many incurable addicted to eclectus lovers on this forum I am always happy to see another! :D
 

Terry57

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Hawkhead(Darwin),YCA(Dexter),VE (Ekko),OWA(Slater),BHP(Talli),DYH(Calypso),RLA(Kimera),Alex(Xander)CBC(Phoe),IRN (Kodee,Luna,Stevie),WCP (Pisces),CAG(Justice)GCC (Jax), GSC2(Charley)
Hello and welcome to you and Arnie! I am really glad you joined us, and I am also looking forward to seeing pictures of your sweet new boy (and your furred family as well!)
 
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MyEkkieArnie

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Arnie (male Solomon Islands Eclectus Parrot, born 10/09/14)
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Iabell, in your parrots section you have YNA, hybrid, DYH. What does that refer to? Is this is a super stupid, total newbie question? LOL Wondering if this is something I need to know about Arnie. We are taking him to Canberra on the weekend to see a bird specialist vet, just for a post-purchase health check and to make sure all is well. Is this something I should be asking about then?

Terry57, getting there... Just got to upload photos to somewhere other than Facebook first. :D
 
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MyEkkieArnie

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Dec 6, 2014
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Arnie (male Solomon Islands Eclectus Parrot, born 10/09/14)
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Finally got around to uploading a pic of Arnie. Hopefully this isn't too big, not sure what the forum rules are on pics yet.
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