Kahlua...tough decision or no brainer?

[crimson]

sorry this is so long, but I just had to share

depending on how you look at this situation, I made a very important decision today.
Being a breeder I always take great care in my birds, feed them awesome food, give them everything that I can afford to give, but mostly my time with them is what is most important, but business is business.

I took Kahlua in a trade to be one of my breeder pineapple conures in the future.
She turned out to be one of the sweetest, non-biting birds I've ever owned, and I've owned plenty!, ha ha

I kept her in the bedroom with my other pet birds for months, but she began to get increasingly nippy, never biting, just temperamental. This went on for months, so I made the decision to put her in with my male p/a conure.

things were fine, I would let her out daily for free fight time, and she always flew to me and stuck to me like glue. she hated when I left the room, and never really bonded with the male.

Yesterday I sat on the floor in my bird room for over half an hour while I sat and watched all my birds and how they interact together, something I rarely have time for, but for some reason I did this yesterday.

for the half hour I was in there, Kahlua was on my shoulder, rubbing her head against the side of my face, and getting some much needed scritches, grinding her beak most of the time.

today I decided to bring her back into the bedroom, and not to breed her
she is just 8 months old and still lots of time to see how her personality will develop....(don't worry, I wasn't going to breed her until after the age of 2)

for me, even though I breed, and I get pretty wrapped up in my babies, feeding them, caring for them, training them etc....but in my heart I just couldn't turn such a sweet bird into a breeder, no matter what. Even if she stayed tame, there would always be that split relationship between myself and her mate, and may not have made a good mother to her chicks.

Now my dilemma is my male is without a mate, and can't afford a new mate for him, but that can wait for now.... but in the end some breeders would call me crazy, I call myself blessed.

 

[ShellyBorg]

She looks to be a sweet heart!

 

[Fae]

What a gorgeous little bird! Is the male you planned to mate also a younger bird? If so maybe there will be a mate in his future to rescue/adopt from someone when his breeding time comes.

 

[MikeyTN]

Kahlua is very cute! I've done trading in the past too for potential breeders but it doesn't always work out as some would prefer me over their feather friends. LoL....Just like Kahlua doing with you basically. Like my little Nico, she's old enough to mate now but she wants nothing to do with other birds and all she want is to be out with us. She flew back and fourth today between my partner and I.

 

[crimson]

What a gorgeous little bird! Is the male you planned to mate also a younger bird? If so maybe there will be a mate in his future to rescue/adopt from someone when his breeding time comes.

Java is 9 months old, there is plenty of time to set him up, but it better to do it earlier rather than later to avoid potential conflicts

 

[Mayden]

Charlie was going to be a breeder bird, but he too was too sweet, too cuddly and probably wouldnt know where to put things

So I took him, couldn't have that guy getting henpecked. Sometimes some birds are meant to be pets!

 

[JerseyWendy]

Oh Beth...you big softie. I think you made the absolute RIGHT decision.

She sure is SUCH a sweet pea, and SO pretty, too.

 

[DeeNTheChillas]

You made the right decision - absolutely.

I am a chinchilla breeder with a penchant for too often deciding to turn my "potential breeders" into pets. So I'm a bit biased.

 

[Birdman666]

I think you made a 100% RIGHT CALL...

 

[crimson]

thanks, I think I did too, and yes I am an old softie,lol