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Moving in
- Joined
- 5/22/21
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- Real Name
- Jesse Webster
Hello! 
My name is Jesse. My pronouns are he/him I live in Washington State and I have had my lil feathered friend, Peanut, for almost 10 years now. We've moved a lot and when I got Peanut, I was around 12 or so and I'm 22 now, so I've moved with my parents twice out of my parents house, into an apartment with my best friend and now into a nice home with a few friends, their partners, and my partner. We are a big house (6 people!) and it does get busy in here. Peanut is why I'm here so I think that's a good place to start. Peanut is a green cheeked conure. We got him when I lived with my parents in MN from a breeder who was very overrun with her birds and couldn't take proper care of all of them due to the sheer quantity. Peanut had to be separated from their parents when they were born due to abuse from the parent birds who were understandably stressed by the environment and took it out on their young. I made the mistake of getting a pet store budgie a year prior and he died on me due to a disease he contracted from the pet store. I knew I wanted to try again but this time, I'd learned my lesson and looked for bird breeders in my area. We got a call from the bird breeder we were in contact with one evening, and she told us that Peanut and their three siblings weren't going to be able to be sold due to the beak and toe injuries they obtained. So she offered them to us for free. Peanut had part of his beak bitten off and the others were missing some toes! It was awful but we told her we'd take them all and find good homes for them. After a few months we couldn't keep all four birds (even though I wanted to at the time) my parents were getting grumpy about the bird poop. (I was 12) I kept Peanut because I felt he was the runt of the group and when we were trying to encourage the birds to fly, Peanut was stubborn in not wanting to go with the group and insisted on getting carried over to the rest of the birds instead. I've always been pretty protective of Peanut and have taken a lot of care to bird proof things around the house and make it a safe environment. We usually have to go to the vet regularly to trim their underbite due to the injury at birth, Peanut's lower mandible grows up instead of the upper mandible keeping it in check due to this. Peanut was hand raised by me and has always been very attached and affectionate. Fortunately not seeing me as a mate but certainly part of the flock. Peanut is female but we actually had no idea for a few years until Peanut laid an egg and so I've always just called peanut a lil dude or used he/him pronouns but for the sake of not confusing myself and others more, I'm just using they/them pronouns in this introduction. I would love to connect with other bird nerds to find more helpful tools and tips to use with Peanut. I think this new home is a hard transition for them and I really want Peanut to love it here and feel good. It is nearing the beginning of summer and I'm not sure how much hormones have been playing a roll in this but I've noticed some concerning behavior and I felt I needed to do more research and gain more insight into what the best action might be moving forward. Ive tried a lot of different techniques which I would go into in another thread but as an introduction, I feel like this was a pretty big one. If you have any questions or would like to know more, feel free to message me or comment. Thanks for reading!
and welcome to the Avenue!
Welcome!
The sample must have been contaminated.
Sounds like Peanut is in a great place with a caring owner!