What fids do you have, and what are their stories?

[bb100]

Here's the Manhattan Birdie Gang..

Max - Internet love affair. Loved his naked baby pics. He is the CAG Ruler!

Mat - Fastest rehoming record. Last owner to Dad to me in one day. LC Amazon toughie.

Chuckie - Went in to browse & left with my little lovely green titan.

Daisy - Claimed by Chuckie as his wife. Born with deformed feet and I took her in.

[jimpierce7]

there really isn't much of a story here. We wanted a family interactive pet and my wife had bred Parakeets in the past. WAY past. We got two parakeets and they didn't want anything to do with either of us. But they adored a friend of ours. The little turds!! Well they moved in with them....................
I went looking for a single Cockatiel. Petsmart told me that I had to wait till they were weened before I could put money down on them and the manager said she would call me. She never called. I went back and they were gone!!
I got on the internet looking for places to get birds near where I live. I found a sight for a breeder and it linked to a bird store near by. Oh sure they have 'tiels, come on down!! So I did. I started talkin to the lady that owned the place. She was nice and seemed knowledgeable enough. As I knew nothing about birds that was easy.

There SHE was. With her brother. Looking all cute and sweet. As I walked by to go see the 'tiels she crawled up on the side of the cage and made the cutest, sweetest little sound I ever heard. Then our eyes met. I held her. Pet her. And that was how I fell in love with Zoey. She stole my heart. Kelly, my wife, will tell you she is my antidepressant.

Seven months after Zoey came home Kelly got her AA in book keeping/accounting and as she was infatuated with Lovebirds, Benji was her graduation gift from me.........


then comes the gloom of December '05. I stopped smoking on the 14th of December. In an attempt to coerce myself to stay stopped I chose to divert the money into.................... yep................... another fid!!! I wanted a larger bird just because. I started asking questions about Severe Macaws only to find out they tend to be a little loud and may not work well in an apartment.
Then I heard about this bird that I couldn't remember the name of to save my life. Ekkylekkytis or something. Epileptic no that ain't it. I went thru about all possible ways of screwing up the name I could. As bigger birds go they were said to be the quietest. (so far I find it to be true also) But not necessarily quiet.
I talked to a breeder 5 hours away from me and it was hard for her to make it so I could visit my new baby and that wasn't ok with me. So I talked to the lady where I got Zoey and she showed me what would be a special needs S.I. that I was not equipped to take care of.
I went back on line, back to the same web page as before. Turns the lady at the store is the ex wife of the breeders web page and she had high jacked his page the previous year!!! I went to see his R.S. babys.
There SHE was. With her sister. Looking all cute and sweet. As I walked by to go see her she crawled up on the side of the cage and made the cutest, sweetest little sound I ever heard. Then our eyes met. I held her. Pet her. And that was how I fell in love with Sophie.

Well after that long wined post I guess maybe there IS a story behind my fids!!





p.s. I stayed not smoking for six months that time, just long enough to pay for everything with Sophie.