Somebody Gave Me the Bird! - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

pitbulllady · 01-03-2007, 02:40 PM

Well, actually...I sorta did have to pay for the bird, but at least I can make payments, and the price was really good.

I went to get snake food from my friend who breeds rodents today. As it turns out, he also breeds Mini Dachshunds. Some people had come over on New Year's Day, wanting a puppy, and offered him a hand-fed, just-weaned baby Senegal Parrot in trade, since they breed birds. Since this guy deals with a lot of pet shops, he figured he'd be able to sell the bird to them, so he agreed to the trade. When I showed up to get rats and mice, there was this little green bird inside a folding wire dog crate, begging for attention, so naturally I had to take it home! The breeders told the guy that the bird is probably a female, based on width of pelvic bones, but that's not too reliable, so I will have to wait and see what color the adult under-tail feathers come in, since that is pretty reliable with Senegals. She/he is 11 weeks old, and really sweet! These are supposed to be fairly good talkers, though this one will probably learn to bark like a dog long before it can talk, lol! Fortunately, I already had a big cage, which had housed a ferret, so I had to just get some toys, perches and parrot food, and drag the cage out of storage, clean off the cobwebs, and rearrange the shelves and ladders to accomodate a small parrot instead of a weasel.

Anyway, here she is! Now, I just need a good name.

pitbulllady

01-03-2007, 02:40 PM	#1
pitbulllady Co-Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,276	Somebody Gave Me the Bird! Well, actually...I sorta did have to pay for the bird, but at least I can make payments, and the price was really good. I went to get snake food from my friend who breeds rodents today. As it turns out, he also breeds Mini Dachshunds. Some people had come over on New Year's Day, wanting a puppy, and offered him a hand-fed, just-weaned baby Senegal Parrot in trade, since they breed birds. Since this guy deals with a lot of pet shops, he figured he'd be able to sell the bird to them, so he agreed to the trade. When I showed up to get rats and mice, there was this little green bird inside a folding wire dog crate, begging for attention, so naturally I had to take it home! The breeders told the guy that the bird is probably a female, based on width of pelvic bones, but that's not too reliable, so I will have to wait and see what color the adult under-tail feathers come in, since that is pretty reliable with Senegals. She/he is 11 weeks old, and really sweet! These are supposed to be fairly good talkers, though this one will probably learn to bark like a dog long before it can talk, lol! Fortunately, I already had a big cage, which had housed a ferret, so I had to just get some toys, perches and parrot food, and drag the cage out of storage, clean off the cobwebs, and rearrange the shelves and ladders to accomodate a small parrot instead of a weasel. Anyway, here she is! Now, I just need a good name. pitbulllady