Here is my original post about him.
http://forums.avianavenue.com/rehome-highway/5515-i-really-want-help-quaker-pics-him-his-cage.html
We went and got him today. The cage she brought him in was also chipping paint and had rust on it. And man did it stink! Even though it fit in the front of the pickup we put him in the carrier (don't worry, we had the windows up) and put the cage on the back of the truck. It went in the trash. He has been on 3-D seed that looked to be nothing but sunflower seeds. I have Volkman, Roudybush, Zupreem and millet in the cage right now.
He bit me when I was getting him out of the cage to put him in the carrier, but he was just scared.
When I got him home he stepped right out of the carrier and will step up out of the cage. He wanted to come out. He took a few laps around the spare bedroom where he's quarantined. It wore him out, he's not use to being out and flying.
One thing I don't understand that he does is when he steps up he immediately lowers his head and has his beak touching my thumb. I don't know if he's scared? but he wants to step up and be out of the cage.
He gives lots of kisses and for a bird that hasn't been handled in a year he is doing very well!
Here he is laying on his back in my hand! He loves that!
And a close up
And the only cage I have for him right now until I can order or find another one Craigslist. It's small but at least it's clean and not chipping paint.
http://forums.avianavenue.com/rehome-highway/5515-i-really-want-help-quaker-pics-him-his-cage.html
We went and got him today. The cage she brought him in was also chipping paint and had rust on it. And man did it stink! Even though it fit in the front of the pickup we put him in the carrier (don't worry, we had the windows up) and put the cage on the back of the truck. It went in the trash. He has been on 3-D seed that looked to be nothing but sunflower seeds. I have Volkman, Roudybush, Zupreem and millet in the cage right now.
He bit me when I was getting him out of the cage to put him in the carrier, but he was just scared.
When I got him home he stepped right out of the carrier and will step up out of the cage. He wanted to come out. He took a few laps around the spare bedroom where he's quarantined. It wore him out, he's not use to being out and flying.
One thing I don't understand that he does is when he steps up he immediately lowers his head and has his beak touching my thumb. I don't know if he's scared? but he wants to step up and be out of the cage.
He gives lots of kisses and for a bird that hasn't been handled in a year he is doing very well!
Here he is laying on his back in my hand! He loves that!
And a close up
And the only cage I have for him right now until I can order or find another one Craigslist. It's small but at least it's clean and not chipping paint.