im 64 years old ive have pets all of my life . birds almost all . i always had pets , dogs , cats , fish , reptiles , birds . birds ranged from small to large . i now have a pair of ekkies these guys are not like any birds i had in the past . most all i had were hand fed by me as chicks . to me its the bewst way to raise a bird as pet . i could not get this for them . they were shipped soon as pellet and veggie reared . i did a post on the ekkie thread for me info . thanks all for allowing me here .