Bentlegs
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Hello Parrot / Bird Friends,
My name is Tess Bentley, and I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I have an aviary of 23 budgies (which I recently added two canaries rescued from the SPCA) so they have kept me quite busy over the past year.
I have ALWAYS wanted a parrot and I was lucky enough the other day to phone one of our local Pet Stores to ask about a completely different issue, and he told me that he had 5 blue Quaker Parrots for sale if I would be interested! WELL ... my heart nearly jumped right out of my body!!
I immediately went there to have a look and my problem is HOW DO YOU CHOOSE because they were so beautiful. The one bit me so I sort of put him back down gently and as I did another one came towards me and just looked up at me! Needless to say I was smitten and Blu had a new home!
He has settled really nicely - he's 4.5 months old (they tell me approximately) and he's eating well - mainly fresh fruit and veggies. He absolutely LOVES grapes and apple. He's not too fond of his pellets - it seems to me that he actually struggles to eat them??
He loves playing with his all of the toys in his cage. He is a little clumsy but I need to figure out a better way so he can climb up and down of the cage with more ease.
He also likes to be taken out of the cage but he does try to fly but his wings were clipped (or should I say hacked!) by the pet shop so need to let them grow. I am still deciding whether to flight him or keep them clipped.
I hope to keep you all posted on my little boy's progress (by the way I haven't sexed him, he just seems to be a boy)
My name is Tess Bentley, and I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I have an aviary of 23 budgies (which I recently added two canaries rescued from the SPCA) so they have kept me quite busy over the past year.
I have ALWAYS wanted a parrot and I was lucky enough the other day to phone one of our local Pet Stores to ask about a completely different issue, and he told me that he had 5 blue Quaker Parrots for sale if I would be interested! WELL ... my heart nearly jumped right out of my body!!
I immediately went there to have a look and my problem is HOW DO YOU CHOOSE because they were so beautiful. The one bit me so I sort of put him back down gently and as I did another one came towards me and just looked up at me! Needless to say I was smitten and Blu had a new home!
He has settled really nicely - he's 4.5 months old (they tell me approximately) and he's eating well - mainly fresh fruit and veggies. He absolutely LOVES grapes and apple. He's not too fond of his pellets - it seems to me that he actually struggles to eat them??
He loves playing with his all of the toys in his cage. He is a little clumsy but I need to figure out a better way so he can climb up and down of the cage with more ease.
He also likes to be taken out of the cage but he does try to fly but his wings were clipped (or should I say hacked!) by the pet shop so need to let them grow. I am still deciding whether to flight him or keep them clipped.
I hope to keep you all posted on my little boy's progress (by the way I haven't sexed him, he just seems to be a boy)
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