Guys.. I have another .. more serious problem.
I know it seems like I'm bouncing all over the place (pionus, blue crown, amazon, timneh, goffins?). But you know why I'm okay with any one of them.
I tell myself a baby amazon, cockatoo, or grey would be bad news. Puberty is rough. I definitely could handle it, but why do it?
The blue crown is smaller than I really want but more readily available than any of the others.
The pionus.. even the two breeders I have found says theirs only occasionally produce a clutch.
The rescues still haven't gotten back to me on applications i put in months ago.
And then today I made my biweekly stop at the closer bird store.
I've been there many times since I saw the BH pionus, but never saw anyone else who called to me. I held a cherry head conure. I held a yellow quaker.
And then I heard "whatcha doin?"
He is 4 months old. He flinched when some other people walked by his cage. The guy said he's a little hand shy because kids come in and poke at him.
He opened the cage for me.
Little guy grabbed my finger in his beak, pulled my hand down, and stepped up on to it.
My bf wants him.
I had to force myself to put him down. I said I am NOT walking out with a bird on impulse (especially especially a baby 'too) even if it is one I've looked into and considered before.. but I asked if I could come back and visit and the guy said of course.
Please discuss for me