Hello Everyone!!

Hello my name is Jen! I am so glad to finally join this community!

To tell you a little bit about myself, I own 4 birds.
Tango the sun conure. Comet the pineappaple greencheek conure, Echo the yellow sided greencheek conure, and Arrow the cockatiel. All of my babies are between the ages of 4-5 1/2 months old and are all adopted from other friends who have moved away. I spend about half of my day with my birds since I have recently been let go from work due to some problems and I will be going to college later on this year to probably study either to be an RN or Avian Veteranarian.

A few years ago, I lost my interest in birds completely due to a fight that had sprung up between someone who blamed me for their birds flying away when I had nothing to do with it. I had recommended clipping the wings of this person’s cockatiels because I had seen some of the dangerous ways that this person was letting the birds live and I knew if the wings were cut, some of the dangers would not be that big of a threat no more and I could live in peace a little but this person decided to not listen to me then gave up on training the birds and forgot about ever clipping their wings and then the birds had flown away and I got blamed and was in bad shape for a while even though I knew it wasn’t my fault. I would think if only I had stepped in and taken those birds away they would have been okay. The person wouldn’t even let me near the birds but would ask my opinion because I loved animals and would generally look up information.

Anyways, I had recently had my heart stolen by Tango, he just opened my heart back up to how loving and rewarding being with birds can be and honestly I realize I should have never stopped liking birds in the first place. I would do anything for my birds and honestly they are all spoiled with toys and treats and as much cuddles as they want no matter how much they might bite. If any of you would like to ask me about my birds and my experiences or just chat I am here anytime

Welcome to you, Jen, and your flock! Thanks for joining and sharing your story.

I have no doubt the trauma of seeing those birds fly away despite your advice was dispiriting. But now these four are yours to care for responsibly.

Have you contemplated how to manage living with your flock and attending school in the future?

Scott said:

Welcome to you, Jen, and your flock! Thanks for joining and sharing your story.

I have no doubt the trauma of seeing those birds fly away despite your advice was dispiriting. But now these four are yours to care for responsibly.

Have you contemplated how to manage living with your flock and attending school in the future?

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Hello Scott, it’s very nice to meet you. I will be attending class very close to home. I have spoken to the college about possibly taking online courses supported by the college. The college has made it known that they will try to do whatever is possible to make it more comfortable for me. I have a younger sister and boyfriend who are currently turning into bird lovers and I’m hoping they will be able to help me a bit in the future with my flock but other than that from what I know I will be doing 50% online courses and 50% on campus courses but even if I did go to the campus for 100% of the courses I would set my own schedule and would not be at the college all day. The hours I would be at college would be from 12PM-4PM from what I have been told.

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Scott said:

Welcome to you, Jen, and your flock! Thanks for joining and sharing your story.

I have no doubt the trauma of seeing those birds fly away despite your advice was dispiriting. But now these four are yours to care for responsibly.

Have you contemplated how to manage living with your flock and attending school in the future?

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Hello Scott, it’s very nice to meet you. I will be attending class very close to home. I have spoken to the college about possibly taking online courses supported by the college. The college has made it known that they will try to do whatever is possible to make it more comfortable for me. I have a younger sister and boyfriend who are currently turning into bird lovers and I’m hoping they will be able to help me a bit in the future with my flock but other than that from what I know I will be doing 50% online courses and 50% on campus courses but even if I did go to the campus for 100% of the courses I would set my own schedule and would not be at the college all day. The hours I would be at college would be from 12PM-4PM from what I have been told.

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Fantastic, Jen! You have the ideal situation for mixing home life with your fids and school. I just asked because so many students live in college dorms, a decidedly unfriendly place for parrots! Having your sister and boyfriend as surrogates will prove helpful. Even better with half of the course load online.

Good luck with your career decision. Either should be interesting and rewarding - both for you and your patients!

Thank you for the wish of luck and thank you for welcoming me to the community! I feel very welcomed here already!

Welcome to you and your crew!

A big welcome to your flock!

Hello and welcome to you and your flock!
I'm so glad you joined us and I'd love to see pictures of your babies

Good luck in your schooling.

I know we have only met but,
I think you should become an Avian Vet.

Thank you for all of the welcomes and wishes for the luck in the future!! I will try to post more pictures of my babies I promise and as for becoming an avian vet it’s still in the talks. Unfortunately I don’t really have a family who is supportive of that decision

Welcome, welcome, to you & your flock and best wishes for your endeavors.

Welcome to you and your fids!