Hello, Again!
So there was a bit of a bird hoarding situation near me. I just took in a Yellow Crowned Amazon. As it is a baby, I asked if it was weened and on pellets since it is so young and I thought I read that they are typically weened at 16 weeks. (My birds were re-homed adults). He said yes. After I got it, he said "oh, by the way, I am still feeding it formula". So.. I read the "forumla" package he gave me and it is Lorikeet food. He said it is the same thing and the bird loves it. I dont know anything about Lorikeets, but aren't they from a completely different continent? The bird is almost 15 weeks old. I will take it to the vet tomorrow for nutritional care.
The little guy (that my 6 year old son named "Pickles") is a very active guy. Very cute and vocal. No screaming, yet. But he is always chattering away. I asked if the bird was flighted, he said it never flew. Well.. let me tell you. . He DOES fly! He went after my OWA who cannot fly.. and then landed on my back. When my husband went to get him off.. he attacked him. Badly. Very very badly. (My husband named him "the little shizz" ). I crawled to the cage and let him walk up as I couldn't reach him and I didn't want him to fall off. Trying to get him in the cage (as I know he cannot be near my Amazon as he needs to be quarentined and clearly does fly) should have been a clip on America's Funniest Home Video's. So he bites. Hard. Very hard. I'm used to Amazon bites and "allowing them to bite"me but I think he crushed my finger. The same finger he happily wanted to go on.. and gave no warning. (No pinning eyes, no spread out tail.. NADA) FROM 0-60 in 2 seconds. Anyways..I got him to step up on a stick. He went to town on that and every time I got him near the door he flew off to the top of the cage. It was pretty funny actually lol. He is a smart one! 20 minutes later he clearly tired of his antics and went in. I wondered why the guy had padlocks on his food and water dishes. I think I now know why lmao
Anyways. Besides the obvious prayers for my finger. What now? How do I tame the little dino? I have him in the office as the rest of my house is open concept and 6500 square feet. I do need to loose weight, and chasing him might help that.. but I do need to keep him away from my OWA now. So.. besides the obvious of Avian Vet tomorrow.. what now?
On a funny side note. When my husband said "look at your new friend!" To our OWA as I wanted the cage in.. she looked at the new Amazon, looked at my husband (who she adores) clacked and pooped on him. I couldn't help but laugh. Fun times!
So there was a bit of a bird hoarding situation near me. I just took in a Yellow Crowned Amazon. As it is a baby, I asked if it was weened and on pellets since it is so young and I thought I read that they are typically weened at 16 weeks. (My birds were re-homed adults). He said yes. After I got it, he said "oh, by the way, I am still feeding it formula". So.. I read the "forumla" package he gave me and it is Lorikeet food. He said it is the same thing and the bird loves it. I dont know anything about Lorikeets, but aren't they from a completely different continent? The bird is almost 15 weeks old. I will take it to the vet tomorrow for nutritional care.
The little guy (that my 6 year old son named "Pickles") is a very active guy. Very cute and vocal. No screaming, yet. But he is always chattering away. I asked if the bird was flighted, he said it never flew. Well.. let me tell you. . He DOES fly! He went after my OWA who cannot fly.. and then landed on my back. When my husband went to get him off.. he attacked him. Badly. Very very badly. (My husband named him "the little shizz" ). I crawled to the cage and let him walk up as I couldn't reach him and I didn't want him to fall off. Trying to get him in the cage (as I know he cannot be near my Amazon as he needs to be quarentined and clearly does fly) should have been a clip on America's Funniest Home Video's. So he bites. Hard. Very hard. I'm used to Amazon bites and "allowing them to bite"me but I think he crushed my finger. The same finger he happily wanted to go on.. and gave no warning. (No pinning eyes, no spread out tail.. NADA) FROM 0-60 in 2 seconds. Anyways..I got him to step up on a stick. He went to town on that and every time I got him near the door he flew off to the top of the cage. It was pretty funny actually lol. He is a smart one! 20 minutes later he clearly tired of his antics and went in. I wondered why the guy had padlocks on his food and water dishes. I think I now know why lmao
Anyways. Besides the obvious prayers for my finger. What now? How do I tame the little dino? I have him in the office as the rest of my house is open concept and 6500 square feet. I do need to loose weight, and chasing him might help that.. but I do need to keep him away from my OWA now. So.. besides the obvious of Avian Vet tomorrow.. what now?
On a funny side note. When my husband said "look at your new friend!" To our OWA as I wanted the cage in.. she looked at the new Amazon, looked at my husband (who she adores) clacked and pooped on him. I couldn't help but laugh. Fun times!
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