Abzeez
New member
- Apr 26, 2011
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- Parrots
- Bean the Blue Front Amazon, Chico the Ringneck, and Ida the African grey
So I know I am always posting "look what I found" things about parrots, but those are mostly, if it were meant to be, then I'd go with it type dreams, or if they would allow me the chance to help, I would. Anyway...
There is a wonderful woman that lives down the road from me. I met her through a friend and she has babysat my daughter a couple times. She has a kind heart, not a mean bone in her body. Would give the shirt off her back kind of person. She is soft spoken and very sensitive. Well she also does hand feeding for a lady she just calls "the bird lady," I never really asked questions about her. Through this woman she got a baby quaker and an older female ringneck.
So.. I asked her about the ringneck because she was never out of her cage when I came to get my daughter and the other parrot was. She told me she bites and you can't handle her or get her back in the cage once she is out. The parrot looks very unhappy, and she believes she is doing this parrot a favor by just keeping it in the cage. She doesn't want to rehome her for fear she will just go home to home to home... Etc.
As most of you know I have a 30+ year old male ringneck that was abused and afraid of children when he first came to me. After a lot of work and gaining of trust I have a parrot that loves to be near my child and trusts us. I have been thinking about this for some time, and I want to ask her about taking the parrot and trying to rehabilitate her. I just don't know if she will take offense to my offer. What do you guys think?
Sorry this is so long.
There is a wonderful woman that lives down the road from me. I met her through a friend and she has babysat my daughter a couple times. She has a kind heart, not a mean bone in her body. Would give the shirt off her back kind of person. She is soft spoken and very sensitive. Well she also does hand feeding for a lady she just calls "the bird lady," I never really asked questions about her. Through this woman she got a baby quaker and an older female ringneck.
So.. I asked her about the ringneck because she was never out of her cage when I came to get my daughter and the other parrot was. She told me she bites and you can't handle her or get her back in the cage once she is out. The parrot looks very unhappy, and she believes she is doing this parrot a favor by just keeping it in the cage. She doesn't want to rehome her for fear she will just go home to home to home... Etc.
As most of you know I have a 30+ year old male ringneck that was abused and afraid of children when he first came to me. After a lot of work and gaining of trust I have a parrot that loves to be near my child and trusts us. I have been thinking about this for some time, and I want to ask her about taking the parrot and trying to rehabilitate her. I just don't know if she will take offense to my offer. What do you guys think?
Sorry this is so long.