where are all the quaker lovers?????

[primrose04]

There hasn't been a post on here in a long time. just wondering where you all are.

[TooLover]

I have a quaker; I "traded" him for a $1500.00 hot tub. I felt so sorry for him as he was miserable in his previous home. Try as we may, he still is very territorial when it comes to his cage, and the only way to get him out is with gloves. He is not a very "friendly" bird but we love him for who he is. I am not sure of his age, but do know that he wasn't given a lot of love; we do the all we can for him and I do know that he is happy!

[The Outlaw]

I have one quaker named Tilde that is so funny and talented that I'm amazed I overlooked bragging about her. Actually, I'm fairly certain its a him. Tilde was originally purchased as a birthday gift for my then 3 year old granddaughter, Miss Lily. Unfortunately and typically of quakers, within about 2 years he was unmanagable for her. In fact, I traded her my Eclectus, who just loves her.

Anyway, Tilde is a great little pest. He speaks a lot and very clearly. He is also the most argumentative bird in the house. He's currently shredding paper and decorating his happy hut. He keeps inviting me in. I think its all about "date rape" so I'm not gonna go there

Tilde is plagued with "little man syndrome" and as a result, has gotten injured 2 times in 4 years. He is currently suffering from a battle with the Eclectus. He lost one half of his upper mandible in that fight and its only now regrown to within a 1/4 of its correct length. Yet, he still takes on all comers. I think that Quakers are great, but don't recommend them to first time parrot owners. They can be a little handful if you don't interact with them on a daily basis. Still, I can't imagine life without one.

THE OUTLAW

[DaCrazedBirdLady]

Hmmmmmmmmmm ok there Outlaw sounds like my Hahns hehehe
I have so been looking into geting a pair this summer since hubby said NO to a TAG right now Bummer huh

[primrose04]

When I got my quaker they had taught her to come out onto a washcloth on the hand. Well one day I just forgot and stuck my finger out and she stepped right up. I think that the previous owners were just afraid of her. She has never bitten me once, but got a hold of my son's nose and bit him hard. My son is 22 so it wasn't a child. The bad thing is that he was the one that bought her for me for mother's day.
I love this bird. Me and him are the best of buddies.I love when she makes the kiss sound when I ask her for a kiss. She does about 8 different whistles and my tiels are beginning to pick them up. I truely wish that I would have gotten the quaker first. Not that I don't love my tiels but she is so much more fun :P

[Lynjupiter]

I had a rescue quaker Jassy, lost her to FLD in December. Now I am waiting for just the right quaker baby to come along. Someday soon I will be introducing my new baby.

I used to take Jassy quaker bird watching with me. She would yell to the wild quakers and talk to them. One day she saved me a good rap in the head. I was crouched behind some bushes taking pictures of sandhill cranes. Jassy was between my feet in her little travel cage when she jumped and went nuts. I looked up in time to see a large crane approaching from the rear who was intent on chasing me off the grounds. I was so involved in my camera without Jassy I would have been pecked. Sandhills are big birds with very big beaks. It would have hurt to say the least. I miss my little bird watching buddy so much.
Lynda

[afoxton]

I LOVE my Quakers.

My name is Amy and I'm from Sydney, Australia. My husband and I own two very darling Quakers, one male green named Charlie (picture attached - if this works) and a Blue female named Li'Lou. They are absolutely gorgeous. They are each 5 months old and very talented.

They step-up onto hands/arms/shoulders when asked, they are reasonably well toilet trained, they understand a lot of different commands and are generally very obediant, and between the two of them they can say "Hi"; "Hello"; "How you going?"; "What you doing"; "Step-Up"; and they both do my laugh so convincingly, it's hilarious.

They are such divine creatures. Charlie is vivacious, proud, bold, courageous, very playful and also a little jealous, Li'Lou is shy, extremely affectionate, loving and a little timid.

I often take them out with me. They are both clipped but I am still very careful with choice of location and I always make sure I have emergency supplies, food and water with me, as well as another handler. But they absolutely adore coming places on my shoulder. The sheer delight in their squeels is amasing.

At home they each have their own large cage but the doors are always open, with two large ladders leading down to a large playpen. They are allowed to roam our loungeroom also, but tend to stick to their play areas. And all of their areas are riddled with toys. They're spoilt rotten, my fids.

I've only had them for 3 months but already I can not imagine life without them. I could not even imagine going one day without them.

Amy :D

[Joel]

Welcome Amy, :)

Yeah these Quakers sure are characters, aren't they. I just caught one in my backyard about 10 days ago and he has quite a personality. Noisey nippy little devil though. Seems like he is trying to say something so he is obviously someone's escaped pet unless he was just released into the wild by someone who could not deal with the chattering or nippiness anymore. I check the lost & found section of the local newspaper everyday but no one seems to care enough to put an ad in so I called a friend to give him to her as she has many others and many Sun Conures too so she doesn't mind all that squawking, which I do at this time in my life. However this lady has not showed up so I may just release this bird soon. There are tons of them flying around my area of S. Fla. so I'm sure he will take up with one of the already existing flocks and hopefully be happy flying free. He was around my neighborhood for about a week flying all over the place and would often just take off far into the distance until I lost sight of him before I eventually caught him in a live opossum/racoon type trap so I feel confident he will survive just fine out there. I'm a little worried though as sometimes these neighborhood cats are just so sneaky that all birds have to be wary.........

[primrose04]

where in Florida do you live? I have a brother that lives in Tampa that would love to have that quaker. Please don't just let the little darling go. :( I live in WV or I would be on your door step right now to pick it up. Please just give the little fellow a chance. it is scared right now. You will never regret it if you keep it. They are such a wonderful bird. Please Please Please find it a good home. :P :D

[Joel]

Hello Primrose,

So what do you have against this guy flying free with all the other Quakers in the area? I really hate to see him caged up and clipped in a small cage most likely and probably for the rest of his life at the mercy of some keeper that may just want a toy for entertainment. I'm not talking about you or your brother by the way but just in general.

If I knew you or your brother personally and was somehow assured that you would not clip him and that you would keep him in a huge outdoor avairy or flight cage with one or more of his own kind, then I probably would give to either of you in a heartbeat.

IMO, any bird that has a GREAT chance of living fairly safe & FREE should be given that chance. If it were any other species I would most probably have a different view as it would be much more difficult if not nearly impossible to survive in the wild around here. I'm still thinking on what to do. I put him outside today in a large flight until I make up my mind. That lady friend still may come for him although I'm somewhat hesitant about giving to her because she too has just too many birds IMO and a husband that can be quite a pain in the butt most of the time.

I'm probably about 3-4 hour drive from your bro. btw.........