Hi there, all!
I recently found what I have come to find out is a lost Quaker at the local park. He/she is really a neat bird, but this responsibility really fell in to my lap so I need help. It is worth noting that I am scouring the appropriate places to find her owner, but in the event that it flew very far or was abandoned on purpose, I need to also consider that we may have a new little friend for good. My husband went and picked up an amazing and huge cage for a steal on Craigslist and I bought food, one of those surfboard shaped white things, a orange scented hangy-downy-seed thing, put in a water bowl, and a long tree stick to perch on as well as a swing. Here are my questions:
1. How the heck will I ever know how old it is or whether it is male or female?!
2. When I first brought it home it was docile but has quickly grown attached to me and screams if I leave the room while it is out of it's cage, and flies into the same room with me....usually from ceiling fan to ceiling fan and eventually finds it's way back to my shoulder.
3. It REALLLLLLYYYY loves to be with me but it also likes to nibble me pretty hard
...how do I get that to stop? It never breaks skin, but still...no one wants to get bit.
4. Since it has attached to me, it dislikes my hubby. Is there any way to keep a bird friendly with everyone in the house?
5. I own a really docile cat. Is there a way to introduce them safely? The cat has seen the bird and not reacted, but I still keep it locked in another room when the bird is loose.
6. I read that they can talk a lot, if taught. This bird doesn't seem to have any vocabulary, but it does cat-call whistle at me sometimes.
Thoughts? Answers? Once again-- I AM looking for the owner, but these questions are because the bird doesn't go on pause until I find them so I want to be a good foster mom, or potentially permanent mom.
Thanks!!
I recently found what I have come to find out is a lost Quaker at the local park. He/she is really a neat bird, but this responsibility really fell in to my lap so I need help. It is worth noting that I am scouring the appropriate places to find her owner, but in the event that it flew very far or was abandoned on purpose, I need to also consider that we may have a new little friend for good. My husband went and picked up an amazing and huge cage for a steal on Craigslist and I bought food, one of those surfboard shaped white things, a orange scented hangy-downy-seed thing, put in a water bowl, and a long tree stick to perch on as well as a swing. Here are my questions:
1. How the heck will I ever know how old it is or whether it is male or female?!
2. When I first brought it home it was docile but has quickly grown attached to me and screams if I leave the room while it is out of it's cage, and flies into the same room with me....usually from ceiling fan to ceiling fan and eventually finds it's way back to my shoulder.
3. It REALLLLLLYYYY loves to be with me but it also likes to nibble me pretty hard
...how do I get that to stop? It never breaks skin, but still...no one wants to get bit. 4. Since it has attached to me, it dislikes my hubby. Is there any way to keep a bird friendly with everyone in the house?
5. I own a really docile cat. Is there a way to introduce them safely? The cat has seen the bird and not reacted, but I still keep it locked in another room when the bird is loose.
6. I read that they can talk a lot, if taught. This bird doesn't seem to have any vocabulary, but it does cat-call whistle at me sometimes.
Thoughts? Answers? Once again-- I AM looking for the owner, but these questions are because the bird doesn't go on pause until I find them so I want to be a good foster mom, or potentially permanent mom.
Thanks!!
