HighFly
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- Joined
- 1/22/21
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Hello everyone! I'm Nidko and I have about 4 years of alone experience with birds. I currently have my peach-faced lovebird, Kiwi, who is only 4 weeks old.
Its gender is yet to be known so I have chosen a gender-neutral name for him/her. This is a picture I made that I use as my profile picture of him/her.
A bit of my history:
2005 - My parents have bought a male/female budgie pair for my birthday. It didn't end well as they were new to this and they started laying eggs(heard from stories) and in 2010 they layed an egg which would be my second experience.
2010 - The outcome of the first two, who had lasted a year after 2010 and died 3 months spaced out from each other's deaths.
2018 - I had bought a blue male budgie/parakeet. It hadn't lasted a year before it had passed away. Avian vets refused to take him in as they are relatively cheap in our country. That was my 2 year break period after that.
2020 - After all the unsuccessful attempts at owning parakeets and no good breeders of parakeets nearby, I turned to a breeder for a lovebird after I did a lot of research on it. Kiwi was born on December 12th, 2020 as a mix of a peach-faced lovebird and a fischer lovebird. It retained mostly the characteristics of its peach-faced parent. The breeder has an assumption that it is a female but it is yet to be known, as specified before. This is my first experience with any of the lovebird species but so far I love it. I am hand-feeding it, but it has already started weaning itself and eating less of the hand-fed offers. I have a lot to learn through his lifespan so I'm generally applying all my knowledge to him. Glad that I now have a forum to turn on in the morning and comment on posts and generally get some support at times where I feel stuck. The massive issue that arose was how to get an avian vet that will work with this species and I have found a vet that will come to your address directly in any case of an emergency.
That is it, hope to see you all soon!
Its gender is yet to be known so I have chosen a gender-neutral name for him/her. This is a picture I made that I use as my profile picture of him/her.
A bit of my history:
2005 - My parents have bought a male/female budgie pair for my birthday. It didn't end well as they were new to this and they started laying eggs(heard from stories) and in 2010 they layed an egg which would be my second experience.
2010 - The outcome of the first two, who had lasted a year after 2010 and died 3 months spaced out from each other's deaths.
2018 - I had bought a blue male budgie/parakeet. It hadn't lasted a year before it had passed away. Avian vets refused to take him in as they are relatively cheap in our country. That was my 2 year break period after that.
2020 - After all the unsuccessful attempts at owning parakeets and no good breeders of parakeets nearby, I turned to a breeder for a lovebird after I did a lot of research on it. Kiwi was born on December 12th, 2020 as a mix of a peach-faced lovebird and a fischer lovebird. It retained mostly the characteristics of its peach-faced parent. The breeder has an assumption that it is a female but it is yet to be known, as specified before. This is my first experience with any of the lovebird species but so far I love it. I am hand-feeding it, but it has already started weaning itself and eating less of the hand-fed offers. I have a lot to learn through his lifespan so I'm generally applying all my knowledge to him. Glad that I now have a forum to turn on in the morning and comment on posts and generally get some support at times where I feel stuck. The massive issue that arose was how to get an avian vet that will work with this species and I have found a vet that will come to your address directly in any case of an emergency.
That is it, hope to see you all soon!