had a yellow nape amazon

i had a yellow nape amazon since i was 8 in 1988 it was supposed to be my dads bird i remember i started playing with him when i was 10 or 11 yrs old he would become my best buddy and bit every one in the house even my dad he bit me few times he would laugh my dad said he paid 800 for him and he came from the border.... in 2008 my stupid cuz shot him with a BB gun for 20 yrs he was supposed to out live me i do miss him alot and really can't bring my self to have another yellow nape amazon i thought about it but i can't its kinda pain full cause it will remind me of peanut i can remember the way he talks like it was yesterday he can name every one in the house he would laugh nice and evil he said almost about every thing you can think of i think he swore once he loves to talk loves to sit next to my ear and cuddle up with me when watching tv

i have 3 pics on photo bucket the 1st pic i did a documentary on yellow nape amazon parrots and won 1st place in documentary that was in 1992 so i was 12 at that time the 2nd pic was taken some where 1999-2001 he was having a bath 3 rd picture had to be in 1993-1994 i have more newer pictures and that's on my old computer which its put away right now


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I bet that was a hard thing to go through...He was a part of the family....I hope your cuz got screamed at for killing a part of the family....

MikeyTN said:

I bet that was a hard thing to go through...He was a part of the family....I hope your cuz got screamed at for killing a part of the family....

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i should of punched him but he was 15 or 16 at that time and i was 28 he had that scared look on his face when he bought my bird to me i was too busy cryin for him i am not gonna lie about that and buried him i never talk to him since then don't want any thing to do with him cause i might knock his teeth out..our family is still mad at him about that...yeah it was hard i had to bury him any ways the cuz was known like to kill things he is in Iraq now i guess he is a strange kid or something is wrong with him he is sure getting his fix of killing something all right.....

I would cry too, you grew up with him so he was very special!!! He's in birdie heaven now watching over you!!!!

Wow. The bond I share with Sammy I couldn imagine it happening to me. It be no diff then losing my dad all over again. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Maybe get a diffrent breed. Maybe a grey or a larger conure.
A fresh start. You know. Poor peanut will never be replaced. End of story.
But why not help another soul. It could be peanuts in another suit
You never know. Our dog passed away after 17 years of life. Our dog Sara now was born the day after Rages death. And acts the exact same way.

So who knows.

So sorry about what happened to poor Peanut. I can understand how you feel about not wanting another Yellow-nape. I enjoyed 40 years with a Yellow-crowned Amazon, and don't think I could ever have another Yellow-crown. I love Amazons though, and hope someday to have another, but it will likely be another type of Amazon. And there are so many other wonderful kinds of parrots-- if you should decide to share your life with a parrot again, there are lots of potentially good choices out there.

What a sad story...

i have 3 pics on photo bucket the 1st pic i did a documentary on yellow nape amazon parrots and won 1st place in documentary that was in 1992 so i was 12 at that time the 2nd pic was taken some where 1999-2001 he was having a bath 3 rd picture had to be in 1993-1994 i have more newer pictures and that's on my old computer which its put away right now


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man i am mad tonight!!! time to hound on my cuz.........

What a shame. That was a special friendship.

I like what ConnureKidd has to say. My 8 y.o. daughter watched her beloved Kila get mauled by the neighbor's dog. Kila was a wonderful Jenday who picked my kid as her pal. The whole experience was heart wrenching. Now we have Benny. Benny is a Jenday who is a little over a year old and had no human interaction before we took him home. We've had him for three weeks. He is only now learning to take treats from our hands. He is certainly no Kila, but we still love him. We rescued him.

Although what happened is awful, I think maybe its time to at least forgive. Hate and anger only breed hate and anger. My brother let my dog kill my hampster when we were kids, he watched her do it, and then put her back in the cage hoping no one would find out. I was 8 years old and I loved that little hampster, but there comes a time where you have to move on from the anger.

Maybe you should look into getting a different breed of amazon. I love my blue front.