OK need some Blue fronted amazon experts and Timneh African Grey experts some Conure and Quaker Experts and budgie experts. Is this smart?

[clark_conure]

Was talking to my cousin, My aunt is like 80 now. Please read thread and tell me if I should run away or rehome or Adopt. Right now I have A sun a GCC a Quaker and a bunch of Budgies. All about the same size and they all live in open cages. And fly around at will. Will this just bring murder and destruction upon my flock or is there a chance? I'm hedging towards no now or just Finding out if someone in minneapolis area want's but I don't know. I'm more experienced that my cousin but The Sun Conure is the biggest bird I have and is the "most shoulder bird"

If it was Just me I'd accept...But my flock is more important.


TY.

 

[clark_conure]

Oh she got me into birds getting my first cockatiel at age 7 she used to breed but got disinterested later in life.

 

[clark_conure]

Also if not both is one maybe ok from the texts above?

 

[nkrbkr]

Well, I certainly understand why you’re taking pause. You’ve got quite a flock as is, and adding two larger birds on top would be a big adjustment, in my opinion. I have a flock of two…a peach-faced lovebird and an Amazon hybrid that we adopted last June. The amount of mess, noise, toy destruction, food, etc. was a huge jump. I’m sure you’re used to a lot of noise, mess, etc. as is, but I feel like it was exponential adding my Amazon.

I also never let my two birds out of cage at the same time. I just feel like it’s too much of a risk, because of the size difference between them, and ultimately, it’s my responsibility to protect the little guy. While they seem interested in one another, I couldn’t live with myself if my Amazon harmed my lovebird. Since your birds are out a good portion of the time, I would definitely think hard about this. Unless you could keep the two larger birds in a separate room, I would hesitate to let them out with your smaller birds.

 

[clark_conure]

Well, I certainly understand why you’re taking pause. You’ve got quite a flock as is, and adding two larger birds on top would be a big adjustment, in my opinion. I have a flock of two…a peach-faced lovebird and an Amazon hybrid that we adopted last June. The amount of mess, noise, toy destruction, food, etc. was a huge jump. I’m sure you’re used to a lot of noise, mess, etc. as is, but I feel like it was exponential adding my Amazon.

I also never let my two birds out of cage at the same time. I just feel like it’s too much of a risk, because of the size difference between them, and ultimately, it’s my responsibility to protect the little guy. While they seem interested in one another, I couldn’t live with myself if my Amazon harmed my lovebird. Since your birds are out a good portion of the time, I would definitely think hard about this. Unless you could keep the two larger birds in a separate room, I would hesitate to let them out with your smaller birds.

Yeah thank you for the response. Like I said at the bottom, if it was just me but my flock must be safe.

 

[nkrbkr]

Yeah thank you for the response. Like I said at the bottom, if it was just me but my flock must be safe.

They’re beautiful birds…I can see why you’d want to take them. I adore my Amazon, and am so happy we rescued her. It’s just tricky at times having to juggle out of cage time. I would love for them both to be out always.

 

[clark_conure]

Know anyone in missouri or minnesota that would rehome? I can care for a bit but I can't let them around my flock....(I don't think) maybe it would go well but one day at work. and all the peace I have in my flock even with baby budgies might became a rampage.

 

[texsize]

I think you’d have problems keeping them all with open cages.

My CAG strictly leaves my Amazon’s alone but she pesters my Cockatiels by climbing on their cages, knocking over and dumping the food and water dishes and trying to open the cage’s.

My Amazon’s leave my CAG alone but they can fly into each other so I try to keep the out of cage time separate for them.

My Amazon’s have a great dislike for the cockatiels and I have to be very careful that they don’t land on one of their cage’s for fear of losing a toe.
Bingo would go racing to the offending bird and I would have to intervene.

 

[clark_conure]

So seeing a trend......if you can count 2 as a trend. 3 if you count me. I'm open to all possibilities, Maybe with attention they could be helped but maybe find someone to rehome separately. My flock is all past the terrible twos. So if they could just hang out off the Island cage I have ,that would be fine, but looks like s risk. I kinda want to try but I can't risk my flock.

 

[clark_conure]

If I don't see this working, starting to really think no.... the rehome fee would be like $50 if someone want's to take on either. I turned down other birds like a cockatiel before to rehome because it was too aggressive. But I'm not going to put this on craigslist, This has to be someone that knows what the EFF they are doing. And spend time with the bird. And that's even if she (my aunt) lets me find them a better home.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

You have such a nice group of birds that mostly get along. I wouldn't adopt those two larger parrots. You'll probably never be able to keep them all out in the same room. One person has a limited amount of time and energy to devote to their birds and the amount of stress it would bring to you and your flock wouldn't be worth it.

 

[clark_conure]

Yeah I kind of agree. I would like the challenge but one bite even the sun could be hurt bad. And the sun would be the first to say hi or the GCC same diff. I'm not going to do it. Everyone except the babies are over the two year hormone mark so I Will pass and at most try To rehome. Also the last baby is growing color feathers so it's about to emerge. Also has some colorized feathers so might know it's type soon. Also it is standing so all you help has saved the Zebra babies from splayed legs... also those seem to be fixing themselves,

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I always worried about splayed legs but fortunately my nestboxes had pretty rough bottoms and the babies all developed normally. Some boxes have very slick bottoms making them easy to clean but bad for the babies' feet. I bought tiny baby bird ankle cuffs just in case I had to use them. The three babies I handraised (one at a time) were kept in an incubator in small plastic cups lined with tissues allowing the baby to prop against the sides and against a little stuffed animal for comfort, with their feet positioned correctly, so they all developed normally, too, except for Joey. Both her feet have birth defects, with one of the rear facing toes flipped under and forward with the nail pointing up. I thought she would have difficulty perching and climbing but they haven't caused her any problems at all. She just looks like she's flipping us "the bird" with both feet. I think this birth defect would be bad in a larger heavier parrot. A 400 gram parrot puts a lot of weight on its feet and I can see how pressure sores and "bumblefoot" could easily result if their feet looked like Joey's.

What color is new bby?

 

[clark_conure]

looks like another green one pictures in other thread.