Hey All,
Back story: I had a Meyer's parrot for many years that we lost unexpectedly several weeks ago. We loved having a poi and were open to the idea of getting another, when we stumbled across a red belly at a creepy little pet store this weekend. Said bird was in a budgie cage (at best), with no toys and an all seed mixture with some blue flakes? in it. The store people said "she" was too aggressive to handle and that we could basically take "her" if we wanted. So....here we are
This little bird is not mean at all. I was able to get him/her to step up today and was able to do a really good once-over. I was rather startled to find that there is some weird wrinkling of the upper beak, below the nostrils ( on the rhamphotheca). It isn't flaky, it almost looks like wood that's been water-warped if that makes any sense? Here's a crummy picture:
Also, I was wondering if there were any leg-band gurus out there? The band reads: JAN F 351. We were told that this bird hatched in April of this year...but...well, the place has enough strikes against it that I'm not 100%
For funsies, does this colouring look male or female? We need a name!!
Thanks!!!
p.s. Disclaimer: we've got our avian vet appt on Wednesday, just looking for some ideas in the meantime
Back story: I had a Meyer's parrot for many years that we lost unexpectedly several weeks ago. We loved having a poi and were open to the idea of getting another, when we stumbled across a red belly at a creepy little pet store this weekend. Said bird was in a budgie cage (at best), with no toys and an all seed mixture with some blue flakes? in it. The store people said "she" was too aggressive to handle and that we could basically take "her" if we wanted. So....here we are
This little bird is not mean at all. I was able to get him/her to step up today and was able to do a really good once-over. I was rather startled to find that there is some weird wrinkling of the upper beak, below the nostrils ( on the rhamphotheca). It isn't flaky, it almost looks like wood that's been water-warped if that makes any sense? Here's a crummy picture:
Also, I was wondering if there were any leg-band gurus out there? The band reads: JAN F 351. We were told that this bird hatched in April of this year...but...well, the place has enough strikes against it that I'm not 100%
For funsies, does this colouring look male or female? We need a name!!
Thanks!!!
p.s. Disclaimer: we've got our avian vet appt on Wednesday, just looking for some ideas in the meantime
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