I forgot to make a thread introducing myself oops. I'm 23, living in sunny warm Florida (it's been more rainy then anything lately though). I've been a long time bird enthusiast starting from when I had budgies and cockatiels during my grade school years. After my favorite cockatiel that I handfed as a baby died from a respiratory issue of unknown cause, my heart was really broken up and I rehomed my other birds to a family friend when I went off to college
4 years of college later I returned home still trying to work out what I want to do with the next stage of my life while living back at home with my parents and grandparents. I decided to foster some birds which was a great healing experience that prepared me to have some permanent birdy residents in my house again.
Now I have Tica, an umbrella cockatoo who is pretty much a sweetheart. She has a crooked beak and I think her feet are slight deformed with some missing toes, but she gets along just fine. I adopted her from a couple who could no longer take care of her for personal family reasons. I was a bit reluctant to take on a cockatoo because I have fostered one previously and I know they take a LOT of work, but I made the fatal mistake of choosing to meet her before making my decision and my mind was made the moment she stuck her silly feathery head into my shirt. She was so friendly and trusting, and I didn't want that to be ruined by her going into a bad home. Feom my knowledge I am at the very least her 4th home. Her prior owners got her from a breeder who was trying to breed her without luck (it is where she prob got her toe injuries) and the breeder got her from elsewhere. She is supposedly 6 years old but she does not have a band so who knows how old she is truly. My family adores Tica and she will be more of a family pet doted on by everyone. She loves her new life at my place where she is out of her cage 24-7 hanging out with my retired grandparents all day, plus me in the mornings and my parents at night
I am still doing foster work so i am going to have a parrotlet named stitch coming to my house this week. He is appaeently a feather plucker so I will do my best to work with him to improve his habits and help him get adopted into his forever home
And I have an African Grey baby I have a deposit on tentatively named Tobi . I wanted to adopt one but I admittedly got impatient and decided I would have a better chance raising a baby to being well socialized to my entire family. I have made my mind that Tobi will be the last bird I ever buy. He will be coming home near the end of march and lord save me I will have my hands so full training him, giving Tica attention, and working on Stitch as well.
I am afraid some unexpected life change may make it hard for me to keep my birds in my future as I haven't fully decided my career path yet, but I will do my very best to accomodate them into my future plans
4 years of college later I returned home still trying to work out what I want to do with the next stage of my life while living back at home with my parents and grandparents. I decided to foster some birds which was a great healing experience that prepared me to have some permanent birdy residents in my house again.
Now I have Tica, an umbrella cockatoo who is pretty much a sweetheart. She has a crooked beak and I think her feet are slight deformed with some missing toes, but she gets along just fine. I adopted her from a couple who could no longer take care of her for personal family reasons. I was a bit reluctant to take on a cockatoo because I have fostered one previously and I know they take a LOT of work, but I made the fatal mistake of choosing to meet her before making my decision and my mind was made the moment she stuck her silly feathery head into my shirt. She was so friendly and trusting, and I didn't want that to be ruined by her going into a bad home. Feom my knowledge I am at the very least her 4th home. Her prior owners got her from a breeder who was trying to breed her without luck (it is where she prob got her toe injuries) and the breeder got her from elsewhere. She is supposedly 6 years old but she does not have a band so who knows how old she is truly. My family adores Tica and she will be more of a family pet doted on by everyone. She loves her new life at my place where she is out of her cage 24-7 hanging out with my retired grandparents all day, plus me in the mornings and my parents at night
I am still doing foster work so i am going to have a parrotlet named stitch coming to my house this week. He is appaeently a feather plucker so I will do my best to work with him to improve his habits and help him get adopted into his forever home
And I have an African Grey baby I have a deposit on tentatively named Tobi . I wanted to adopt one but I admittedly got impatient and decided I would have a better chance raising a baby to being well socialized to my entire family. I have made my mind that Tobi will be the last bird I ever buy. He will be coming home near the end of march and lord save me I will have my hands so full training him, giving Tica attention, and working on Stitch as well.
I am afraid some unexpected life change may make it hard for me to keep my birds in my future as I haven't fully decided my career path yet, but I will do my very best to accomodate them into my future plans
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