Found a baby quaker parrot

[Lev]

Hey,

I found a baby quaker parrot 2 days ago,
2 months old according to a vet.

He was in my garden, unable to fly,
since there are lots of cats here and just a few days ago
I saw a dead quaker on the street, I immediately took him.
(Apparently, according to the vet his mother is training him to get by on his own, he got fatigued from by heat and didn't feel good)
After eating and drinking he is much better, still doesn't fly very well but at least he can fly.

We put him in a cage in our garden and in the past two days his mother (I presume) and two other quakers keep coming and screaming like they're demanding him back.

I know my mother would love to take care of him and he will have a wonderful life, he already doesn't mind being held by us.
But I can't help but feel bad for the mother, standing on his cage and screaming (/chirping. sound more like screaming lol) for hours, she comes and goes. (And he replies, by the way)

What is the right thing to do here?
Should I let him go, or keep him with us.


Any advice will be welcomed, thank you!

 

[Kiwibird]

Welcome. Do you live in a part of the world where quaker parrots are a native species? If so, perhaps the kindest thing (provided he is not physically disabled) would be to let him return to his flock.

However, if you live in the US (or elsewhere) where pet quakers who were escaped/released have bred and become an invasive species, please keep the little guy as a pet so he has a wonderful life and does not contribute more baby quakers once he becomes an adult to the issues invasive species bring for native wildlife.

 

[Lev]

Welcome. Do you live in a part of the world where quaker parrots are a native species? If so, perhaps the kindest thing (provided he is not physically disabled) would be to let him return to his flock.

However, if you live in the US (or elsewhere) where pet quakers who were escaped/released have bred and become an invasive species, please keep the little guy as a pet so he has a wonderful life and does not contribute more baby quakers once he becomes an adult to the issues invasive species bring for native wildlife.

Thank you for the quick answer!
Where I live, they have escaped from the zoo and bred all over the place in the past couple of years.
Vets that take care of hurt birds write on their websites they won't help quaker parrots..
Thanks for the advice! Would love to hear more opinions but I think I'll keep him

 

[ParrotLover2001]

If Quaker parrots aren't a native species, I wouldn't release him, since they would be an invasive species (as mentioned above by Kiwibird)

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[Flboy]

Yes, I vote to keep him!

 

[LeaKP]

Quakers are great birds! So happy he/she found a home with you.

 

[Mom2Oatty]

I love my quaker! Keep him! If he's invasive in your area, it's probably better! ❤

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[PetoftheDay]

I agree with the others, one less addition to the invasive species issue. And he's young, so will adjust.

 

[Inger]

Talk about letting the bird choose you! I'm fascinated my quakers and really want one deep in my heart, but they're much too loud for my living situation.


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[EllenD]

Yes, please keep him. I know several people that have pet Quakers that they found as babies in Brooklyn, Queens, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. They all kept them and they are wonderful pets, even the couple that were found as older birds.

Any Quaker Parrot found outside in the United States was either a captive bred bird that escaped or the offspring thereof, and they are considered an invasive species in all States, to the point where they are still illegal to even keep as pets in a lot of states (very stupid, most states that had those laws for quite some time, starting in the 1970's, have overturned the law and they are now legal as pets). So a lot of Quakers found outside in the United States are actually either captured by animal control or unfortunately by farmers and often destroyed. I live in Pennsylvania, one of the only states left where it's illegal to have a Quaker as a pet at all (unless you can get a special permit because the bird is a hybrid of some kind or was a rescue that cannot live outside anymore on its own and live). I have never once seen a Quaker Parrot outside in 37+ years of living in rural central Pennsylvania, it's not at all an invasive species in Pennsylvania at all, but the department of agriculture insists that if they were allowed as pets and only 2 got loose in the entire state, they would find each other and breed and it would be the apocalypse, lol. Same as Sugar Gliders, Hedgehogs, and any other "exotic" pet here in Pennsylvania. Luckily those laws are being overturned one by one here, but every state around Pennsylvania has long ago lifted their laws against Quakers, and they are states that have large flicks of feral Quakers like New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut, West Virginia, and Rhode Island. It's really ridiculous.

So bottom line is please keep him, he'll be a great pet and you'll possibly save his life from an over-zealous farmer or animal control officer, or at least save him from having his homes continually destroyed and having to move constantly.

"Dance like nobody's watching..."

 

[Inger]

So did you keep him? How's he doing? Where are pictures???


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