So the quick and dirty version of the story is Archer was adopted on Saturday from his 2nd home. He was an impulse purchase at a local Petco in April. He was vet checked, vaccinated and taken home by someone who had NO idea what they were getting into. As a maroon belly, Archer (formerly Salsa and then Oscar) is a stinker, a little nippy and sometime vocal. The usual, but way too much for someone who apparently thought she was buying a stuffed animal.
She then dumped the bird off in a parakeet cage with her friend who had birds before. This happened in June. She did her best, buying Archer a much bigger cage, getting him back on pellets, getting him toys, etc, but she has a young baby and a boyfriend who is scared of birds, two kittens and is moving. It was just too much.
So home with me he came. Since neither home had other birds and he came with vet papers, I decided a quarantine was sort of pointless. (unless you have a separate air supply, they really are pretty pointless anyway, imho...but I digress.)
So we're working on intros and well...see for yourself. I think he's going to be just fine here (and he's beak grinding on my shoulder as I type this.)
(And yes, this was under CLOSE supervision. Big and little birds are always closely monitored when out together. But Iris is, as my husband says, a pansy. She's only dangerous to sunflower seeds. The little conures are totally the dominant birds and since everyone is flighted, they just fly away if irritated.)
She then dumped the bird off in a parakeet cage with her friend who had birds before. This happened in June. She did her best, buying Archer a much bigger cage, getting him back on pellets, getting him toys, etc, but she has a young baby and a boyfriend who is scared of birds, two kittens and is moving. It was just too much.
So home with me he came. Since neither home had other birds and he came with vet papers, I decided a quarantine was sort of pointless. (unless you have a separate air supply, they really are pretty pointless anyway, imho...but I digress.)
So we're working on intros and well...see for yourself. I think he's going to be just fine here (and he's beak grinding on my shoulder as I type this.)
(And yes, this was under CLOSE supervision. Big and little birds are always closely monitored when out together. But Iris is, as my husband says, a pansy. She's only dangerous to sunflower seeds. The little conures are totally the dominant birds and since everyone is flighted, they just fly away if irritated.)
