brotogeris

After his bath, Milo loves to be wrapped like a burrito as I pretend to eat him. And then he makes the munchie noises back. After our little ritual, I take coconut oil between my fingers and rub it on his beak and feet (which he relishes). He gets so relaxed that he closes his eyes...

Hello, I have decided to name my new brotogeris parakeet Whiff :D. He was sitting on my shoulder and I caught a whiff of his fruity smell lol, so I decided to name him Whiff. I took some pictures of him eating some baby food I made. Its 1 boiled sweet potato, a half a walnut, and a few apple...

Hello, I mentioned in another thread that I might be getting another parrot. Well look who I picked up today! (Pictures should be at the bottom) my new bird is a canary winged parakeet, part of the brotogeris family. along with the gray cheeked parakeets, they were very popular in the 80's. They...

So I'm still trying to fix things up after the loss of my finches. However, on the bright side I got my surviving finches checked out and they are all in good health. I have also put my dove on a better diet and am giving black jack more fresh foods. I have been working at a pet store for a...

Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum but I thought I'd share a little about my White Winged Parakeet, Kiwi! :) I bought Kiwi when he/she (just calling it a "he" until I know for sure) was 2 months old from a local specialty bird store. I originally was looking to buy a sun conure or another...

We made the mistake of "rescuing" a year-old canary-winged parakeet that was at Petco for 6 months and whose "personality totally changed" in the time she was there according to staff. I think she has separation anxiety because she screams all of the time when she is OUT of the cage with us...