Hello everybirdie.... Intro

[Dani01]

Hi all,

I am new here and wanted to tell you a little about me and my fids.
(since I am boring i will start with the fids) :aiwebs_02

We (hubby and I) are owned by 2 beautiful Blue and Gold Macaws and One cool lil Blue Crown Conure

SWEETIE
is our female (queen diva) macaw! she is 7 years old and has a unbelivable weight of 4-3/4 lbs and a wing span of aprox 4 ft. she has a sweet and loving persona and I think she is an exceptional speaker for a macaw.. She is the most incredible bird I have ever met, her ability to express emotion and relate to situations is so human like its spooky.. she is a birdie care taker, in the respect she is always by your side if and when you are ill. When my cousin took ill I was told that in the end when he was home with hospice SWEETIE stayed by his side the whole time. Takling to him and watching over him till his last breath (no one could remover her) when he passed she returned by herself to her cage... (its sad really) we inhereted her when my cousin passed away 1 year ago febuary.
She continues to care for me when I am in bed because of my cronic illness, she litteraly will not leave my side, every so often she will come down from the head board and wake me to see if I am ok then returns to her spot and naps till I get up.. I am really amazed by this

AHAB
is our male (grump a frump) macaw! He is 5 years old or younger, (we are really not sure of age or sex) he weighs about 3 lbs and has a wing span of aprox 4 feet. He was a rescue and we adopted him from a birdie foster family in geargia.. We have been working at his rehab and socilization for a lil over a year last month and we are proud to report HE HAS COME A LONG WAY. We are very proud of his daily progress as well as knowing we have made him happy as well as comfortable in his new home with us.. He also has great speach for a macaw. "he will babble like a lil old man & curse like a drunken sailor" We are working on the potty mouth situation lol.... I can't help but laugh when he curses its just so funny....
he has bonded to his daddy.... but we are glad he has learned to trust a human again, with patience, love and consistancy he will be able to trust all in the flock soon! " I can't see how anyone could ABUSE such a magnificent creature or any for that matter"

POLLY
is a male 3 yr old BLUE CROWN CONURE. He is our newest and unfortunatly our last addition to the flock (WE HAVE RUN OUT OF ROOM) " time to get out of the condo and into a house so we can build an avairy " We would like to adopt a few more pairs of various kinds of birds" BUT WE NEED THE SPACE.
POLLY came to us via one of my clients.. His former family is moving to COSTA RICA this summer and can not take POLLY with them due to strict quarentine laws there...
He is a little bird with a BIG personality.. he was never properly socalised so we have been working with him, He as well as AHAB make incredible progress every day!
He has spoken his first words just 2 weeks ago.... (we were told he never spoke) after his announcement "POLLY GOOD BOY" he has not stoped !
I belive he has learned greatly from the macaws as well as us! it seems he comes out with something new each day..... WE ARE VERY PROUD

THE HUMAN MEMBERS OF THE FLOCK

SEAN
also refered to as HUBBY or AHABS DADDY

DANI (thats me)
AKA birdie momma or as SWEETIE sais "MMOOMMAA"

SHEA
AKA BIG SISTER, she is our 10 yr old daughter... since the birds have come she has adopted our love of birds and wishes to run a bird rescue when she is "ALL GROWED UP"

Well folks thats the low down on our flock!
I am unfortuantly out of time this mornin and have to be off to work..
I look foward to talking with all of you and sharing out bird stories and information!

Be back as soon as I can!
have a great day!!!!
Dani and the fids

[kp_in_scott]

Welcome Dani and the flock! I know you will like it here. It sounds as if you have some really nice birds. We too are a multi bird family(see signature). Recently we adopted 2 birds from a rescue in GA also, I was just curious if it might be the same one. With out going into any detail, was it run by a mother and daughter Nancy and Andrea? Glad to have you join the Birdboard family.

[Dani01]

I adopted AHAB from a couple in ALBANY georgia.. A gentelman and his wife...
nope sorry not the same people... it would have been cool if it had been

thanks again for the warm welcome,,

Dani and the fids

[Franciscus]

Welcome to the board. It was nice to read the stories of how your birds came to live with you. It is also remarkable how sensitive and kind parrots can be, you are fortunate to have Sweetie in your life as your cousin was to have had her as his companion during his illness. I admire people like you who take in birds that are a little older and need another chance, good for you!

[Dani01]

Franciscus,

Its funny you should say that... :icon_smil
It seems that most of my life my pets wether they be dogs, cats or birds have all come to me from previous owners..
WITH THE ACCEPTION OF THE REPTILES I once kept (I took them home newly hatched)
All the animals I have owned have been good loyal loving animals, all accept one bermise python "he was the most agressive and nasty Ive ever encountered"
I feel bad but I took him back to the pet shoppe I got him from and swiched him out for 2 ball python hatchlings... I could not have a snake that would become bigger than me be agressive as a hatchling! what would it be at 12 to 14 feet?? as a sub-adult??? no way not me.....Im a lil thing no match for a mean snake that big
HERBIE is what I named him.. I often wonder if he found a good home .

I worked at that very pet shoppe for quite some time, My job was to take care of the snakes, birds, free birds (the owners birds that were on display perches in back of the bird section) I always called them free birds because they were not caged.. there was a (green wing macaw, Blue and Gold macaw, a catilina macaw and a amazon named Jigs) I also took care of the AFRICIAN GREY breeders in the upstais back of the store there were a dozen pairs at least.
My love for large parrots really began there! :eusa_danc The macaws especially! I was told to WATCH OUT for them when I started they had a habit of nipping the employee's I guess as a new hire I had the job no other employee wanted..
the Macaws and I had a great relationship in fact they would go nuts when I walked into work and eventually took turns stanging on my shoulder during the day
The amazon JIGS was a diffrent story! that bird liked NO ONE in fact I think he just tolerated his owner.. He was just plain old MEAN AND NASTY.

I was then I decided I wnted at some point to own a macaw.. But I knew I would never be able to afford one
years went by from that point to when SWEETIE came to live with me.
She was my first bird and my DREAM BIRD at that!
her persona as I have said was always great... (even though I was told that when she was with my cousin she hated women) I find that hard to belive since our bond came instantly though I had never met her previous to the night I picked her up to take her home..
I think I was the only woman that was not intimidated by her... AS WE ALL KNOW IF A MAC KNOWS YOU ARE AFFRAID THEY WILL PLAY WITH YOUR HEAD!!!!!
I saw only a georgous big bird that I was proud to be giving a home, even if it would have been dificult to bond with her I DO NOT GIVE UP EASY..

W brought SWEETIE home late at night, I put her in her new cage and went to sleep on the chair next to her (I didnt want her to feel alone in a new strange place).. the next morning I got up made my tea and went to her cage
I opened the door stuck my arm in and said "well SWEETIE I am either gonna be your momma or your breakfeast" SWEETIE steped up and went rite to my shoulder, we sat for the first time and shared my green tea and honey and she gave me kisses... (I couldnt belive it was that easy) the rest is history from there...

AHAB was my problem child...
it was to be expected, the poor thing had been abused!!! and re-homed 3 times before me he had little to no trust at all in humans..
well after SWEETIE I thought he would be similar just a lil ruff around the edges... OH BOY WAS I WRONG he was her polar opposite in demeanor.
he was fine untill I got him home then he gave me 3 deep bites one in the face and two on the arm..
I could not handle him for 2 months without a stick and glove and still I got bit 4 more times and recieved a total of stictches in that period..
HE WAS SO SCARED It made me sad to think he was like this because of abuse.
he has been with us a year now, and has done a complete turn around in persona.. I am so happy he decided to trust us and I can not belive it only took 1 year...

I find rescues and adoptions very rewarding and belive I will stick to this method of obtaining my birds from here on out... JUST CALL ME BIRDIE MOMMA!

Dani and the fids

[Winged_Victory]

Welcome!

I see you have a love for your parrots and they take care of you in the same way as you take care of them.

This is a great place to share stories and the joys of owning parrots.


gary

[Carbonproduct]

Originally Posted by Dani01

Hi all,

I am new here and wanted to tell you a little about me and my fids.
(since I am boring i will start with the fids) :aiwebs_02

We (hubby and I) are owned by 2 beautiful Blue and Gold Macaws and One cool lil Blue Crown Conure

SWEETIE
is our female (queen diva) macaw! she is 7 years old and has a unbelivable weight of 4-3/4 lbs and a wing span of aprox 4 ft. she has a sweet and loving persona and I think she is an exceptional speaker for a macaw.. She is the most incredible bird I have ever met, her ability to express emotion and relate to situations is so human like its spooky.. she is a birdie care taker, in the respect she is always by your side if and when you are ill. When my cousin took ill I was told that in the end when he was home with hospice SWEETIE stayed by his side the whole time. Takling to him and watching over him till his last breath (no one could remover her) when he passed she returned by herself to her cage... (its sad really) we inhereted her when my cousin passed away 1 year ago febuary.
She continues to care for me when I am in bed because of my cronic illness, she litteraly will not leave my side, every so often she will come down from the head board and wake me to see if I am ok then returns to her spot and naps till I get up.. I am really amazed by this

AHAB
is our male (grump a frump) macaw! He is 5 years old or younger, (we are really not sure of age or sex) he weighs about 3 lbs and has a wing span of aprox 4 feet. He was a rescue and we adopted him from a birdie foster family in geargia.. We have been working at his rehab and socilization for a lil over a year last month and we are proud to report HE HAS COME A LONG WAY. We are very proud of his daily progress as well as knowing we have made him happy as well as comfortable in his new home with us.. He also has great speach for a macaw. "he will babble like a lil old man & curse like a drunken sailor" We are working on the potty mouth situation lol.... I can't help but laugh when he curses its just so funny....
he has bonded to his daddy.... but we are glad he has learned to trust a human again, with patience, love and consistancy he will be able to trust all in the flock soon! " I can't see how anyone could ABUSE such a magnificent creature or any for that matter"

POLLY
is a male 3 yr old BLUE CROWN CONURE. He is our newest and unfortunatly our last addition to the flock (WE HAVE RUN OUT OF ROOM) " time to get out of the condo and into a house so we can build an avairy " We would like to adopt a few more pairs of various kinds of birds" BUT WE NEED THE SPACE.
POLLY came to us via one of my clients.. His former family is moving to COSTA RICA this summer and can not take POLLY with them due to strict quarentine laws there...
He is a little bird with a BIG personality.. he was never properly socalised so we have been working with him, He as well as AHAB make incredible progress every day!
He has spoken his first words just 2 weeks ago.... (we were told he never spoke) after his announcement "POLLY GOOD BOY" he has not stoped !
I belive he has learned greatly from the macaws as well as us! it seems he comes out with something new each day..... WE ARE VERY PROUD

THE HUMAN MEMBERS OF THE FLOCK

SEAN
also refered to as HUBBY or AHABS DADDY

DANI (thats me)
AKA birdie momma or as SWEETIE sais "MMOOMMAA"

SHEA
AKA BIG SISTER, she is our 10 yr old daughter... since the birds have come she has adopted our love of birds and wishes to run a bird rescue when she is "ALL GROWED UP"

Well folks thats the low down on our flock!
I am unfortuantly out of time this mornin and have to be off to work..
I look foward to talking with all of you and sharing out bird stories and information!

Be back as soon as I can!
have a great day!!!!
Dani and the fids

My Blu B&G Macaw won't leave me alone ever since he saw a picture of Sweetie. It's "Sweetie this and Sweetie that"! I'm sorry, but i'm sure you realize you now have to give me your Sweetie. It's for Blu. Thank you. Love struck and Blu without you