Long story short: there is an eclectus at the rescue named Buddy who we are considering adopting.
Buddy is about 20 years old, hand tame, and steps up nicely for everyone. My mom and I both held him, and he was such a sweety.
My mom absolutely loves eclectus, and has previously said that she would love to have one. I could tell my mom really wants to adopt Buddy, but because we are still renovating our basement she says we wouldn't have the space for a cage. However, we currently have Grumbles's cage upstairs in a place that is big enough for Buddy's cage. I am bringing Grumbles's cage back downstairs soon anyway. The place is in our entryway/foyer, next to the livingroom. (Will try to draw a picture to better explain tomorrow). And when our basement is done then both birds can be near each other.
Neither my mom or I are getting our hopes up; knowing Buddy may be adopted quickly once his medical hold is released (once his lab/bloodwork comes back), however Buddy seems like he would fit well in our family. We volunteer tomorrow so I will update you guys.
I guess I'm just asking this: are we crazy to be considering this? We really want to get another gcc but things just have not been meant to be. In the future my mom says she would still like another gcc though even if we adopt Buddy.
And I know Eclectus are medium/large birds and will require more, especially diet wise.
Opinions? (Sorry if this was kind of long, I was trying to figure out how best to phrase and explain haha)
Buddy is about 20 years old, hand tame, and steps up nicely for everyone. My mom and I both held him, and he was such a sweety.
My mom absolutely loves eclectus, and has previously said that she would love to have one. I could tell my mom really wants to adopt Buddy, but because we are still renovating our basement she says we wouldn't have the space for a cage. However, we currently have Grumbles's cage upstairs in a place that is big enough for Buddy's cage. I am bringing Grumbles's cage back downstairs soon anyway. The place is in our entryway/foyer, next to the livingroom. (Will try to draw a picture to better explain tomorrow). And when our basement is done then both birds can be near each other.
Neither my mom or I are getting our hopes up; knowing Buddy may be adopted quickly once his medical hold is released (once his lab/bloodwork comes back), however Buddy seems like he would fit well in our family. We volunteer tomorrow so I will update you guys.
I guess I'm just asking this: are we crazy to be considering this? We really want to get another gcc but things just have not been meant to be. In the future my mom says she would still like another gcc though even if we adopt Buddy.
And I know Eclectus are medium/large birds and will require more, especially diet wise.
Opinions? (Sorry if this was kind of long, I was trying to figure out how best to phrase and explain haha)