IMSA87
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- Apr 4, 2015
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- Parrots
- 3 year old male Military Macaw(buster) , 5 year old female yellow cheek cockatiel (cleo), 16 year old male white face cockatiel (frosty)
Hello my names rick, I'm 27 and live in kingwood Tx. I've loved birds my whole life, in fact my 1st job at 14 years old was a bird tamer at my local pet store when living back in PA. I've worked with everything as small as a parakeet all the way up to the big boys in the macaw family as well s a number of wild birds (I've tamed a crow and a robin a number of years ago.) I've been out of it for a while now but I'm getting back into it with my own macaw
This s frosty. he is a 16 pushing 17 year old whiteface cockatiel. I picked this little guy up from my 1st job, I handled him from just a chick, It got to the point where I would walk into the aviary at work and he would not leave me alone so the owner of the store gave him to me, He's a tough old brute and will stand off with just about anything but outside of that he has been one of the best pets and friend I've ever had. He is also very special to me being that he still whistles a small short tune my grandmother used to whistle to him.
This is Cleo, she is a 5 year old yellow cheek cockatiel. Its a rather sad story behind this bird. My brother had bought her to mate with frosty my whiteface since he had outlived his other mate a pearl cockatiel. we have had cleo for about 5 years and she is one of those birds my brother brought home out of nowhere. the sad part about this bird (as well as frosty) about 5 months ago my younger brother had taken his own life, and these 2 birds were the last ones to see him alive just before he passed and myself I was the last person he talked to before he passed. they are ok and everything but I could tell from the both of them for a good couple months they were sad over it frosty is a very avid clear and beautiful singer but for a good 3-4 months he would not make a peep until just recently. Cleo is just a loud screamer, she was not ever tamed and I have tried to tame her but shes more of a happily caged bird and goes nuts when I take frosty out to hang out with me here is a pic of the 2 of them on our drive to tx cleo is in the front (the seed at the bottom of the cage was done to weigh the cage down for transport I don't keep them like that)
And last but not least is the big boy, Buster. I recently found him at a farmers market, I have not had him checked up but he seems to be a very healthy 3 year old male military macaw, We are still in that learning to trust each other phase of ownership but I already have him saying hello (simple flock word) and taking carabineer toys from me and throwing them into an empty food bowl, I'm slowly getting there with him but he is a smart and very calculative animal just in looking at him in any given situation you can almost see the gears turning in his head and I've honestly never encountered a bird with his level of inelegance and will most likely be asking for info/help with him
Also I cannot leave this little mongrel out, this is my dog milliy, shes a part lab part pitbull, We adopted her from the SPCA and she is one of the most loving dogs you will ever meet, shes also Very funny not the brightest but love her none the less. Just have to brake her of doing her business in the house and making my back yard look like a moon landing
well looking forward to meeting some new friends on here, god knows im going to need some advice with buster lol
Also excuse the typos, my laptop is currently on its last legs
This s frosty. he is a 16 pushing 17 year old whiteface cockatiel. I picked this little guy up from my 1st job, I handled him from just a chick, It got to the point where I would walk into the aviary at work and he would not leave me alone so the owner of the store gave him to me, He's a tough old brute and will stand off with just about anything but outside of that he has been one of the best pets and friend I've ever had. He is also very special to me being that he still whistles a small short tune my grandmother used to whistle to him.
This is Cleo, she is a 5 year old yellow cheek cockatiel. Its a rather sad story behind this bird. My brother had bought her to mate with frosty my whiteface since he had outlived his other mate a pearl cockatiel. we have had cleo for about 5 years and she is one of those birds my brother brought home out of nowhere. the sad part about this bird (as well as frosty) about 5 months ago my younger brother had taken his own life, and these 2 birds were the last ones to see him alive just before he passed and myself I was the last person he talked to before he passed. they are ok and everything but I could tell from the both of them for a good couple months they were sad over it frosty is a very avid clear and beautiful singer but for a good 3-4 months he would not make a peep until just recently. Cleo is just a loud screamer, she was not ever tamed and I have tried to tame her but shes more of a happily caged bird and goes nuts when I take frosty out to hang out with me here is a pic of the 2 of them on our drive to tx cleo is in the front (the seed at the bottom of the cage was done to weigh the cage down for transport I don't keep them like that)
And last but not least is the big boy, Buster. I recently found him at a farmers market, I have not had him checked up but he seems to be a very healthy 3 year old male military macaw, We are still in that learning to trust each other phase of ownership but I already have him saying hello (simple flock word) and taking carabineer toys from me and throwing them into an empty food bowl, I'm slowly getting there with him but he is a smart and very calculative animal just in looking at him in any given situation you can almost see the gears turning in his head and I've honestly never encountered a bird with his level of inelegance and will most likely be asking for info/help with him
Also I cannot leave this little mongrel out, this is my dog milliy, shes a part lab part pitbull, We adopted her from the SPCA and she is one of the most loving dogs you will ever meet, shes also Very funny not the brightest but love her none the less. Just have to brake her of doing her business in the house and making my back yard look like a moon landing
well looking forward to meeting some new friends on here, god knows im going to need some advice with buster lol
Also excuse the typos, my laptop is currently on its last legs
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