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Say Hello to our new baby, hatched ten weeks ago.
No name yet.
We don't even know the gender and never will unless we get an egg.
This is a Yellowsided Green Cheek Conure, the most quiet of all Conures.
I think the perfect bird has flown into our family.
Very loving, affectionate, and gentle even for a hand-fed baby.
No biting, no screaming to demand attention, which is common in overly-clingy needy parrots.
But it's only been a few days so knock on wood.
Mom and dad fed their three chicks until just before their eyes opened.
Then their human mommie took over hand-feeding with a syringe.
It was important to me to take delivery directly from the breeder (no pet shop in between) and at the optimal time in its development.
I also refused to buy from a distant breeder and have the bird flown to me, very common.
They are ready for their final home a week or two after they can eat on their own.
Unfortunately for the birds the vast majority spend months/years sitting in jail at a pet shop before landing in a home.
Time spent not being loved and handled impacts them psychologically and it takes lots of time and work by a knowledgable and patient 'owner' to bring them back to being good companions, if ever.
These are intelligent highly-social creatures.
IMO asking them to bond to humans carries the responsibility of meeting all of their needs.
That can't happen in even the best pet shop, which only has time to feed them and clean their cages.
When the breeder called to tell me the kids were ready I rushed right over and spent a couple hours handling all three.
This one was just putty in my hands, even allowing me to scratch under the wings.
Very trusting, no fear.
Like people parrots do go through development stages, terrible twos, puberty, sexual development and each brings personality changes.
I'm aware that this stage is the honeymoon and am prepared to continue to love and accept him/her through future changes.
Parrots can make such wonderful pets, but the human has to learn a lot; many thing have to be/go just right.
Birds are not automatic lovers, nor were they selectively bred for zillions of years to please us, as were dogs.
They are virtually wild animals.
Unfortunately many parrots end up in rescue agencies, rejected by humans who didn't do their homework, or were not willing to adjust their lives to meet a parrot's considerable needs.
I know, I know, I should have rescued one of these, but I opted for a new hand-raised baby.
This will be a true companion parrot, out of the cage and with me many hours of every day.
It will never be boarded when we travel, a true and full member of our small family will travel with us. I even brought my then-parrot to Vegas for that GTG.
At least it wasn't taken from the wild, or from a high-profit, high-volume, industrial baby mill that shoves a tube down their throats to feed them in 3 seconds and spends no time giving the chicks love.
No name yet.
We don't even know the gender and never will unless we get an egg.
This is a Yellowsided Green Cheek Conure, the most quiet of all Conures.
I think the perfect bird has flown into our family.
Very loving, affectionate, and gentle even for a hand-fed baby.
No biting, no screaming to demand attention, which is common in overly-clingy needy parrots.
But it's only been a few days so knock on wood.
Mom and dad fed their three chicks until just before their eyes opened.
Then their human mommie took over hand-feeding with a syringe.
It was important to me to take delivery directly from the breeder (no pet shop in between) and at the optimal time in its development.
I also refused to buy from a distant breeder and have the bird flown to me, very common.
They are ready for their final home a week or two after they can eat on their own.
Unfortunately for the birds the vast majority spend months/years sitting in jail at a pet shop before landing in a home.
Time spent not being loved and handled impacts them psychologically and it takes lots of time and work by a knowledgable and patient 'owner' to bring them back to being good companions, if ever.
These are intelligent highly-social creatures.
IMO asking them to bond to humans carries the responsibility of meeting all of their needs.
That can't happen in even the best pet shop, which only has time to feed them and clean their cages.
When the breeder called to tell me the kids were ready I rushed right over and spent a couple hours handling all three.
This one was just putty in my hands, even allowing me to scratch under the wings.
Very trusting, no fear.
Like people parrots do go through development stages, terrible twos, puberty, sexual development and each brings personality changes.
I'm aware that this stage is the honeymoon and am prepared to continue to love and accept him/her through future changes.
Parrots can make such wonderful pets, but the human has to learn a lot; many thing have to be/go just right.
Birds are not automatic lovers, nor were they selectively bred for zillions of years to please us, as were dogs.
They are virtually wild animals.
Unfortunately many parrots end up in rescue agencies, rejected by humans who didn't do their homework, or were not willing to adjust their lives to meet a parrot's considerable needs.
I know, I know, I should have rescued one of these, but I opted for a new hand-raised baby.
This will be a true companion parrot, out of the cage and with me many hours of every day.
It will never be boarded when we travel, a true and full member of our small family will travel with us. I even brought my then-parrot to Vegas for that GTG.
At least it wasn't taken from the wild, or from a high-profit, high-volume, industrial baby mill that shoves a tube down their throats to feed them in 3 seconds and spends no time giving the chicks love.
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