Q: How Do I Get Started- Getting 1st
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2024
- What are some of the first questions you have to ask if you’re getting your first parrot?
Let’s start with matching the lifestyle you’re after. With so many species to choose from, you want to find the right fit!
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Well said! Have a nice day!
Thanks, you too!
All brilliant advice for people considering finding their first parrot (or hopefully two). I'd just add; be prepared for mess. When considering the amount of _time_ you need to make for your bird, that needs to include food prep (as mentioned in the video), along with cleaning, watering and toymaking..
Hi A! Yes, hopefully two - and yes, it's a lifestyle.
I hope Rax isn't making too many messes -
BTW, I keep thinking about you having an aviary of Princess Parrots - what a sight! I love my girl, she's like a cross between an IRN (only way nicer and more gentle) and a Cockatiel. Amazing.
Beautiful bird!❤
Thank you! You are the sweetest!
Todo un amor el copeton
todo amor, si!
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Your videos are very informative 👍.
Thank you for saying so and for watching!
Very good video.❤
Thank you very much!
I got my first parrot Archie, a Crimson bellied conure, about four months ago. Today I took him for his first vet visit (an Avian vet) and I've come back more stressed and definitely poorer than when I left.
Archie is about 9 months old and he doesn't have the best feather quality. When I got him he had discoloration across the contour feathers on his back. He had had a wing clip, with the first primary on one wing left on; and his tail feathers are some of the rattiest I have ever seen on a bird.
All the new feathers that have come out on his head and neck are lovely, healthy and vibrant. But the vet that I saw mentioned that the discolouration and rattiness may be indicative of psittacine beak and feather disease. I didn't think of this as a possibility as I thought it was rare in new world parrots, and I put his bad feather quality down to him being young, stressed and not a particularly good groomer.
I feel so disheartened because I love my bird and I can't stand the thought of losing him to such a horrible disease. Yesterday I didn't even think he was sick, and today I am completely overwhelmed with the thought that he may have a terminal illness.
The vet wanted me to get him tested (cost around $400) for a disease that has no cure. Because he is my only bird and he doesn't come in to contact with other birds, I said that I would wait until he has a proper moult before I decide to get him tested.
I feel so upset. I actually wish I hadn't taken him to the vet.
You don't know yet, so don't worry. Where did you get him from? It may just be that his cage and light were bad.
If I were you, I would go online to IQ bird testing. They have videos and will chat to guide you to get a sample of blood from a TINY nail trim that causes a few drops of blood to use for the sample. You will pay under $50.
If you are comfortable or if you have a bird store, they may help you get the sample.
PBFD is terrible - it's unlikely that a Conure has it, but then again, it just depends on what he was exposed to. Research and see if you can comfortably and confidently do the test yourself. Or find a parrot groomer. They know how to cut the nails and can cut a tiny bit too much to get the sample. The grooming and mail-in test should still be under $100, maybe even less than $60.
LMK how it goes. Don't do this if you aren't comfortable because you have to know how to get the nail to stop bleeding if it doesn't clot. Research and consult with a groomer and IQ first, watch more YT videos. IF you can, get the groomer to do it. You'll be so happy when you know for sure...
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I got him from the local bird shop. About a year ago I had rescued a budgie (which I thought was an albino baby pigeon at first) from the shrub outside a shopping mall and had gone to the local bird shop to see if anyone had reported a lost bird. After two weeks I managed to find and return him to his owners who were eternally grateful, but I missed that little guy and returned to the shop a year later to look into getting my own little fella.
I actually live in Australia so I don't think I could send a sample to IQ testing, BUT your suggesting launched me into a local search and I found Avigenics which I have access to here in NSW! The test for PBFD costs $29.99. I can't believe an avian vet charges $400 when the actual lab charges $30. And that was separate to the $169 consult fee and $155 chlamydia test and additional for crop and faecal swaps etc.
I will reach out to a groomer or the bird shop I got him from for some assistance in collecting a sample. Yes, I think I will feel so much better once I know.
Thank you again for all your help. I will keep you posted.
Research, research, research! Just do it. Then do some more. I've found that the biggest problem is what you hear while doing that research. You ask somebody how they like their new car and you only hear the good points. Not the bad. Same with parrots. It's really difficult to hear the "bad" points. People don't want to sound like they have a PITA. (Not that I feel they are. Just under-prepared for what was told as a minor negative trait being really difficult as it's so pronounced) So take that negative trait and double it. It can get tiresome when you had a hard day at the office.
I'd never undo adding a Conure (named Monkey) to our family. But being called a "Velcro bird" is an understatement. So when out of her cage I can't cook food, go out on deck to make burgers, go to bathroom, (mirror issue) or many other things. She is attached and won't let me walk away without her.
But cuddly? OMG yes. She truly loves me. And I love her sweetness.
So pay attention to their species personality traits. Critical.
I agree, research is important.
One thing people often say to me is that they appreciate that I paint a balanced picture - but people do prefer videos that are cute and flashy. They are the ones that get tons of views.
Parrots are wonderful, but you do need to know how to take care of them by having learned and researched.
BTW, does Monkey have any friends? Another GCC (not a baby), once she was used to them and bonded, would change how she is with you. She would be less needy. Might make things easier on you. :)