I Lost My Baby

[Tomsde]

Thanks for all your kind words. We did all the things you all suggested pretty much, I even checked the pet stores around my home that rehome parrots in case someone tries to sell Ollie. The weather has turned bad here again, I guess all I can say is that I expect the worst, but hope for the best.

I'm not sure if I'd go with another Jardine again if I get another parrot. I was more thinking of a Myers or Blue Headed Pionus. Ollie was a wonderful bird, but very aggressive. I could only handle him with a perch, but I had a lot interaction with him. I guess it was a dominance thing, most of the time if I had him step up he bit me, but I had him perch trained and was able to pick him up with that. If he was out the cage for a while I could occasionally pick him up via "step up" command, but he couldn't be shouldered past 6 months. Perhaps female Jardines are more mild mannered. After he reached sexual maturity the agressive behavior started, but he was very smart and a good talker. He could be agressive even on the playstand, but I could tell by body language the times I could pick him up with my hand. He had liked head scratches, but after a while he didn't want that.

 

[Birdbabe]

 

[Nikomania]

Please don't give up looking for him. I found my tiny pineapple GCC hanging upside down from a spider web after 3 days of calling to, and searching for him. It felt like a needle in a haystack, considering we have a lot of overgrown brush and trees surrounding our property.

 

[Tomsde]

I'm doing the best I can under the circumstances; it's amazing that some people do actually find their birds. It's a bit overwhelming and depressing. There is a lot empty land around my development, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's also been cold and rainy.

 

[Yoyo'sMom]

I'm so sorry. I lost my amazon out a back door in August so I know how heart breaking it is. Praying he'll return to you. I still look for mine every day. Guess I can't give up.

 

[iamwhoiam]

So very sorry for your loss.

 

[kcbee]

I'm so sorry

 

[Tomsde]

Thank you everyone for your kind words.

 

[lexalayne]

In college my roommate fleabombed the house and put my parakeet outside in our fenced area before he did it. However, he didn’t close the cage door, which was always open, and he flew out. I saw him around for almost a year and he wouldn’t come down. The trees were tall and thin, no way could I get up to him. It broke my heart but he was surviving.

 

[Macawnutz]

So very sorry for your loss.

 

[saroj12]

so sorry. I hope by a miracle you find him

 

[Cynthia & Percy]

so sorry

 

[Tomsde]

It was getting better, but I'm very sad today.

 

[Cynthia & Percy]

 

[firdy num num]

Im sorry for your loss Tom,

 

[Tomsde]

Thank you all for being so kind.

 

[RoxieW]

I'm sorry - I hope you find him

 

[zoo mom]