Hello from Holland!

[Mariss]

Hopefully I am not intruding?
My name is Mariska, and I am from, well, the Netherlands!
I am 22, and I live together with my mom, dad, sister, and the animal kids! A poodle, a cat and of course, the birds.
I have 3 birds to myself: 2 Senegals, and 1 Meyers. I had a Jardine also, but unfortunately a week a go , she had a stroke, and she passed away.

Now I am wondering what kind of bird to get next. A Galah is my ultimate dream! But I can't seem to find the cage size for a Galah.
Or should it be a Jardine again? I don't know. But hopefully I can add something to this forum, and some of my questions can be answered.

But what I am doing besides being a animal mom? I am studying to become a licensed child care provider.
And, yeah, I have to go back to the birds. I am doing volunteer work with one of my senegals, Sjors, who is 6, in a psychiatric hospital. Hopefully the Meyer, Guus, who is 8 weeks, wil follow soon in Sjors his footsteps.

Damn, now I feel guilty to my other Senegal, that I didn't tell something about her.
The other one, Sjimmie, is a rescue. She was abused. But now she thinks I am her partner, and she attacks everyone who is in the same room with me.
Thank God, I don't have a boyfriend yet. She is trouble I tell you!

Well, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I am sort of a open book

Thank you all for reading!

- Mariska

 

[thekarens]

Welcome to the forum Mariska! Sounds like you have a great crew. I also have 2 sennies.

Be sure to share pics when you can.

 

[Mariss]

I don't have any yet from Guus the way he is now.
But, only when he was a little baby ,like 5 weeks old
But first:
Sjors




Sjimmie:


Guus:

 

[JerseyWendy]

Hi Mariska, and welcome to the forums.

Intruding? NEVER! So glad you joined!!

 

[Allee]

Welcome Mariska! Happy you joined us! Thanks for the lovely introduction and cute photos of your birds.

So sorry for the recent loss of your Jardine.

 

[Mariss]

Thank you all!
Because I feel like the Jardine is still part of my flock, a picture of Noah. She was a special needs bird, you can see that if you look at her beak. She wasn't tame, but so sweet for every bird!

 

[RavensGryf]

Welcome Mariska, I love the Poicephalus parrots also, I have 2 myself . I'm so sorry to hear about your Jardine's.

 

[Doublete]

Welcome to the forum.
Sorry to hear about your jardine's.