My first bird was a 2-3 week old parrot of unknown parantage at the time. She had been born in a tree in south florida, the tree fell in a storm, and the groundskeeper found two chicks in the nest and brought them to the humane society where I worked. I and a friend were the foster paretns for one of the wee babies . . . searched the web to find out how to hand feed her . . . brought her to my guinea pig vet who was also an avian vet . . . found out her legs were splayed and had to bring her in twice a week for bandage changes . . . she grew up to be an Orange Wing Amazon and now I have 4 Amazons . . . ! ;~) She was the perfect starter birdie for me.
