Greetings all,
Just wanted to say hello! Over the weekend I rescued an 18 y/o female Red Lored Amazon from a pretty bad situation. For the past two years she was left outside in an aviary with other birds on a property in the woods in Southern Oregon. Prior to that someone else had "rescued" her, but I do not know any details really. My friend and I drove 14 hours that day there and back to get her out of that situation. The lady I got her from did not have a name for her, so on the way home we named her Badu after Erykah Badu. I had made an appointment with my avian vet prior to getting her, so she will get a full physical with blood work ASAP. I have no clue what she was eating besides sunflower seeds, so I got her Zupreem pellets. Those are the pellets my birds in the past have preferred and it seems like Badu enjoys those as well. I am implementing raw seeds, nuts, vegetables, and fruits into her diet as well. Badu is pretty scared of people getting too close to her which is understandable considering where she came from. She is warming up and gaining more confidence every day. Right now I just focus on spending all the time I can at home next to her, eating, working on my computer, socialising and talking to her. All while still respecting her space. The cage she is in is pretty large and does have a Dome Top with a clam shell (I guess is what its called?) I do have that secured with a lock after reading about the horror stories. It also has vertical and horizontal bars on it. She prefers climbing on the horizontal part of the cage and seems to struggle with the vertical sides, but I do believe that has something to do with her feet. I am actually looking at other cages for her at the moment that would be more suiting. She has multiple different perches with different textures and some are set up so she can use them to cross over to the other side. It is easier for her to travel throughout the cage like that and until she sees our vet I just want her to be as comfortable as possible. She has 3 hanging interactive parrot toys in there plus there are some more on the way. I also have a Chromebook that turns into a tablet set up outside her cage with toddler videos on YouTube playing throughout the day that she seems to really enjoy. She really loves Toddlers Learn Animals with Robi. It is so cute! If anyone has any advice I am all ears. If there's anything I can do at home in the mean time to make her life better and more comfortable please let me know! Attached are some photos of her and her set up right now. I can't wait to share her journey and progress with y'all.
Cheers
C & Badu
Just wanted to say hello! Over the weekend I rescued an 18 y/o female Red Lored Amazon from a pretty bad situation. For the past two years she was left outside in an aviary with other birds on a property in the woods in Southern Oregon. Prior to that someone else had "rescued" her, but I do not know any details really. My friend and I drove 14 hours that day there and back to get her out of that situation. The lady I got her from did not have a name for her, so on the way home we named her Badu after Erykah Badu. I had made an appointment with my avian vet prior to getting her, so she will get a full physical with blood work ASAP. I have no clue what she was eating besides sunflower seeds, so I got her Zupreem pellets. Those are the pellets my birds in the past have preferred and it seems like Badu enjoys those as well. I am implementing raw seeds, nuts, vegetables, and fruits into her diet as well. Badu is pretty scared of people getting too close to her which is understandable considering where she came from. She is warming up and gaining more confidence every day. Right now I just focus on spending all the time I can at home next to her, eating, working on my computer, socialising and talking to her. All while still respecting her space. The cage she is in is pretty large and does have a Dome Top with a clam shell (I guess is what its called?) I do have that secured with a lock after reading about the horror stories. It also has vertical and horizontal bars on it. She prefers climbing on the horizontal part of the cage and seems to struggle with the vertical sides, but I do believe that has something to do with her feet. I am actually looking at other cages for her at the moment that would be more suiting. She has multiple different perches with different textures and some are set up so she can use them to cross over to the other side. It is easier for her to travel throughout the cage like that and until she sees our vet I just want her to be as comfortable as possible. She has 3 hanging interactive parrot toys in there plus there are some more on the way. I also have a Chromebook that turns into a tablet set up outside her cage with toddler videos on YouTube playing throughout the day that she seems to really enjoy. She really loves Toddlers Learn Animals with Robi. It is so cute! If anyone has any advice I am all ears. If there's anything I can do at home in the mean time to make her life better and more comfortable please let me know! Attached are some photos of her and her set up right now. I can't wait to share her journey and progress with y'all.
Cheers
C & Badu
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