We may have fallen in love.....

[santacruzjack]

Before we got Ollie, we said that we would get two birds, one bonded to me and one bonded to lauren, and I was very firm about getting a Cockatiel. She was firm about getting something more stocky than a cockatiel, like a green cheek

Since getting Ollie, we tried looking at other small parrots that hopefully wouldn't cause trouble or be able to hurt ollie/vice versa significantly at a moment's notice if they don't get along. We had pretty much settled on a Green cheek, a brotogeris, a linnie, or a grass parakeet/bourke of some sort.... and sure enough today we met a Linnie that caught our heart. She's a beautiful mauve color mutation linnie.... I'm not 100% on the sex but they do DNA some of their birds, I just forgot to ask if she had been DNA'd yet....

She was so hand tame! She wanted to be held upside down in your hand and dangle from your finger and she practically fell asleep lying down in lauren's hand for half an hour at the store..... her beak pressure training was perfect and she was a graceful flier while clipped... Lauren and I talked it over and we decided we really want her. The policy of the store requires you to come back a second day before you can put down a deposit so we're going in tomorrow in the hopes that we can get her....

 

[DerbyBirdy]

She even said "Hi beebee" when she was staring at herself in her little mirror!

 

[Perriewinkle]

cute! I hope everything goes as planned and you can bring her/him home

 

[Tiel Feathers]

How exciting, linnies are such cuties! I really like the stores policy on how customers have to come back. Is this store near you in Santa Cruz? Good luck!!

 

[camelotshadow]

Congrats...good policy btw.
A mauve linnie should be very pretty & they sound like a real doll!

Good Luck

 

[zoo mom]

What a beauty. And sounds so swert.

 

[cassiesdad]

Big congrats to you and Lauren!

You know we'll have to have more pics as soon as possible...

 

[expressmailtome]

Good luck!

 

[SandraK]

Before we got Ollie, we said that we would get two birds, one bonded to me and one bonded to lauren, and I was very firm about getting a Cockatiel. She was firm about getting something more stocky than a cockatiel, like a green cheek

Since getting Ollie, we tried looking at other small parrots that hopefully wouldn't cause trouble or be able to hurt ollie/vice versa significantly at a moment's notice if they don't get along. We had pretty much settled on a Green cheek, a brotogeris, a linnie, or a grass parakeet/bourke of some sort.... and sure enough today we met a Linnie that caught our heart. She's a beautiful mauve color mutation linnie.... I'm not 100% on the sex but they do DNA some of their birds, I just forgot to ask if she had been DNA'd yet....

She was so hand tame! She wanted to be held upside down in your hand and dangle from your finger and she practically fell asleep lying down in lauren's hand for half an hour at the store..... her beak pressure training was perfect and she was a graceful flier while clipped... Lauren and I talked it over and we decided we really want her. The policy of the store requires you to come back a second day before you can put down a deposit so we're going in tomorrow in the hopes that we can get her....

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I love linnies and their funny little "poit-poit" noise - reminds me of the old flipperama games (the really old electronic games with flippers). be prepared for having a bat bird - the last linnie we birdsat would hang upside down to be sprayed for a bath. They're adorable @jmfleish can probably give you more info as she's a linnie mom.

 

[santacruzjack]

I love linnies and their funny little "poit-poit" noise - reminds me of the old flipperama games (the really old electronic games with flippers). be prepared for having a bat bird - the last linnie we birdsat would hang upside down to be sprayed for a bath. They're adorable @jmfleish can probably give you more info as she's a linnie mom.

We heard about the bat bird thing! apparently she has a tendency to do it when playing

@Tiel Feathers it's our preferred place, Feathered Follies in Concord. they have lovely rescues and babies and the workers all care for the birds as their own and the rules are great, me and Lauren visit often just to pet the Cockatoos for rehoming.....

 

[Tiel Feathers]

Oh, yes, I've heard of Feathered Follies, they have a great reputation! @DerbyBirdy if I lived closer you would probably see me there petting the cockatoos also!

 

[DerbyBirdy]

UPDATE!!

We did it! We're adopting her! We put a deposit down and this girlie is going to be ours!!





What should we name her?? These are some of the names we're thinking of:

• Jane
• Juno
• Maya
• Lila
• Rey

And we're open to suggestions! (We just don't want a name that ends in "ee" because of Ollie)

 

[Tiel Feathers]

I'm so happy for you. She's a real cutie! I like Maya!

 

[Begone]

Congrats! So is this Linnie to you Lauren or to Jack?

 

[Lodah]

Love a heart warming good end story!

 

[finchly]

sounds so swert.

Swert, and swerty swert.

She is BEAUTIFUL. I like Maya.

 

[DerbyBirdy]

Congrats! So is this Linnie to you Lauren or to Jack?

She would be my bird specifically, but since we live together, she would be our bird.

 

[camelotshadow]

Looks more grey than mauve but is a sweetheart!!!

Another name for the color mauve is mallow,[6] with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611.

Mallow or Maya

 

[finchly]

@camelotshadow -- you always manage to give so much meaning to things!

 

[zoo mom]

Swert, and swerty swert.

She is BEAUTIFUL. I like Maya.

I plead migraine. If you can't see straight you can't type straight. I am surprised my autocorrect didn't change it to sweat.