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I have macaws and don't post enough pictures
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A few months after Pistachio passed, we needed to try to fill the hole left in our lives so we put an ad out on Craigslist that we were interested in adopting a "small to medium-sized parrot". A woman emailed us that she had a parrot that "might be a little bigger than you were looking for...." I saw this giant macaw and promptly deleted her email. Then I decided to un-delete it and show my husband because it wasn't my decision to make alone. That night we spoke with the woman and agreed to at least meet the bird the next day -and Buzzard came home with us that afternoon. Buzzy bonded with me fairly quickly, I think because the woman had been his primary caregiver and, from some of the things she said, we assume her husband was not kind to Buzz. Over the past 8 months, my husband has watched as Buzzard and I play and bond, while he is left still feeling left out and empty. Pistachio was "our" bird, and so far Buzzard is just mine.
We tried Craigslist again, and a couple called us in February about adopting one of their CAGs. We did a phone interview and have visited the bird 3 times. Communication was great for the first few months, but the woman lost her job back in May and after that the messages, and our hope, tapered off. It has now been nearly two months since the last time she promised to send us pictures and an update and unfortunately it seems it is not going to happen after all. I understand that people change their minds or that circumstances change, but I wish they would have told us something.
We already bought a beautiful 42x26 A&E playtop and gobs of grey-sized toys. My husband pointed out that Roxanne (the CAG) had more toys than our other birds and she hadn't even come to live with us.
So once again, we are looking for another companion bird. Ideally one that prefers men or has no preference. Age, sex, species are not important to us. What is important is the individual. We have even discussed getting a baby from a breeder, but we would really prefer to adopt one instead because there are so many parrots out there in need of good homes. We have posted again on Craigslist, but all of the scam emails have been exhausting. I figure we may as well post here in the hopes that another member may know of a parrot that needs a home and may be a good fit.
We tried Craigslist again, and a couple called us in February about adopting one of their CAGs. We did a phone interview and have visited the bird 3 times. Communication was great for the first few months, but the woman lost her job back in May and after that the messages, and our hope, tapered off. It has now been nearly two months since the last time she promised to send us pictures and an update and unfortunately it seems it is not going to happen after all. I understand that people change their minds or that circumstances change, but I wish they would have told us something.
We already bought a beautiful 42x26 A&E playtop and gobs of grey-sized toys. My husband pointed out that Roxanne (the CAG) had more toys than our other birds and she hadn't even come to live with us.
So once again, we are looking for another companion bird. Ideally one that prefers men or has no preference. Age, sex, species are not important to us. What is important is the individual. We have even discussed getting a baby from a breeder, but we would really prefer to adopt one instead because there are so many parrots out there in need of good homes. We have posted again on Craigslist, but all of the scam emails have been exhausting. I figure we may as well post here in the hopes that another member may know of a parrot that needs a home and may be a good fit.