previously, I had a wonderful little girl named Boo, who is a U2, Umbrella Cockatoo. I hand fed Boo, out of an egg and had her 8 years. I suffered terribly from the powder she threw off, and finally made the heart wrenching decision to re home her. I did it because the past two years prior it was becoming impossible to hold her without a full blown asthma attack, and even though we gave her a room with plexi door and lots of toys, she was lonely for someone to hold her. With the help of a local bird club and two years os searching we found a nice family that suffered a tragic accident, through a gas leak and lost their three parrots. Anyway, I cried every night missing my Boo and we researched a lot and my husband surprised me by taking me to pick out a baby Hahns. Honestly, when I first say them, I was not sure, almost disappointed that they were so small. I know they are minis but in. Y own mind I had pictured a little bigger bird, not sure why since I read in black and white their size. Anyway, I spent a lot of time with the babies, and one in particular was really growing on me so I chose that little one. In my heart I had hoped it would DNA female, not sure why except I guess because my Boo was a little girl. Well, three days later we got the call and our baby was indeed a female. We have Hahnna now a coup,e of weeks and I am hand feeding her three times a day. I am really thrilled with her. She is so intelligent, has already learned to step up and say step up, and I potty trained her to poop over the toilet when she comes out of her cage. I am happy I gave it some time to get to know her, otherwise I would have missed out on a great little parrot. Like many have already said, they a small bird with the personality and intelligence of a big bird. I am looking forward to sharing my stories of Hanna and also about hearing fro. Others that also have a Hahns. I still miss my Boo deeply, but she has helped to heal the loneliness I had since Boo has left me. I just ordered the Aviator Harness, something I had always wanted for Boo, but by the time I found ut about them, Boo was already older and would have no part of it. Hanna is only 11 weeks so I figured if I started her now with it. It would become second nature. We have her on what was recommended, which is nuts, pellets, dried fruits and veggies. It is their own mix,but it has no seed. They recommended not feeding any seed. Just wondering what everyones take is on that? No seed or some seed. I have also been introducing a lot of fresh fruits and veggies along with pasta, sweet potatoes and whatever else I can think of and I cook up beans. We bought her a very large cage with lots of toys, which I will rotate regularly so she does not get bored, but we also repainted the room we used for Boo and hubby reinstalled a screen door, so when I am working she is not stuck in the cage. We got her from Bird Paradise out of Burlington NJ. The store is huge, and if you look they offer a 30 percent off coupon regularly which you can use on one item, such as toys, cages or food,but not on birds. They also have a large tent set up outside with super super bargains in case any of my Jersey friends are looking for a cool place with lots of things. Anyway, thank you all for having me n here and as soon as I can figure out how to post pictures, I will post some of my Hahnna. Elaine and Hahnna.
And it sounds like she's already a great fit, even with her petite size! And you can also feed healthy grains and legumes! Larger beans are best avoided, or they need to be *fully* cooked, but legumes like adzuki, garbonzo, mung and lentils are fine fed sprouted or cooked!
