Amanda_Bennett
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So I still can't stop thinking about "Bean" the 6 year old yellow fronted amazon at the bird hut. I have visited him several times, he seems to really like me.
Everything I'm finding online says a yellow fronted should have a "grey beak with spots of bone and orange" on it. His beak is all bone colored with no other colors on it. His previous owners also ground off his top beak to be "flat" so there is no point on it and it hasn't grown back. It's long enough he eats fine, but I'm wondering if it will ever grow back, and if it doesn't will it cause him problems later in his life?
The information I have gotten on him is he is 6 years old and was given up a little over a year ago. I'm thinking his owners didn't know how to deal with his hormones??? He has been vetted and quarantined before being brought to the bird hut (the owner does this before bringing new birds to the store) He's a bit on the "chubby" side (or maybe that's just how I'm seeing him since he is bigger than Zilla)
He hasn't been DNA sexed and neither has Zilla. Is this something I should do before bringing him home? Or does it really matter if they will be caged separately? I won't be breeding them and I don't really care what sex either of them are, but would it make a difference in my approach to training and/or "reading" their body language?
I have a little over a month before having to make a decision. Zilla goes to the vet for her, hopefully, last vet check (and hopefully be pronounced not contagious anymore)
Is there anything else I should consider before making my decision?
Everything I'm finding online says a yellow fronted should have a "grey beak with spots of bone and orange" on it. His beak is all bone colored with no other colors on it. His previous owners also ground off his top beak to be "flat" so there is no point on it and it hasn't grown back. It's long enough he eats fine, but I'm wondering if it will ever grow back, and if it doesn't will it cause him problems later in his life?
The information I have gotten on him is he is 6 years old and was given up a little over a year ago. I'm thinking his owners didn't know how to deal with his hormones??? He has been vetted and quarantined before being brought to the bird hut (the owner does this before bringing new birds to the store) He's a bit on the "chubby" side (or maybe that's just how I'm seeing him since he is bigger than Zilla)
He hasn't been DNA sexed and neither has Zilla. Is this something I should do before bringing him home? Or does it really matter if they will be caged separately? I won't be breeding them and I don't really care what sex either of them are, but would it make a difference in my approach to training and/or "reading" their body language?
I have a little over a month before having to make a decision. Zilla goes to the vet for her, hopefully, last vet check (and hopefully be pronounced not contagious anymore)
Is there anything else I should consider before making my decision?