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Post by aliceinlove on Oct 11, 2017 13:35:55 GMT -5
Just an update. Milo is doing great. He is a sweet little thing. I am happy to say I have been bitten a few times and survived! Lol He is the smartest little thing. He Already says give me a kiss, good boy and makes the kissing noise.
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Post by aliceinlove on Sept 20, 2017 12:16:24 GMT -5
Thank you all for your replies. I was pretty upset that day! Lol Our baby Milo is quite the little stinker. He's already decided he goes where he wants in the house and takes things apart. I'm on my second watch since he's got here. Man do we love him.
The only issue we have really had is jealousy. He hates when we talk to our cockatiel and will come over and push the cockatiel off what ever he's standing on because he knows he can't fly. So no play time.
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Post by aliceinlove on Sept 19, 2017 14:07:08 GMT -5
So a few months ago we were in a local pet shop and saw Quaker parrots. They were so cute and smart and my family fell in love with them. The pet shop told us how wonderful they were. We found a local breeder and talked to them. They had a male baby ready to go and he was so sweet and precious. The breeder told us that he would come home and bond closely with us and the kids. The breeder and children of his own so I was sure they would do great with kids. I had dreams of training him to talk and do tricks.I thought of how much my kids would enjoy him. I was so happy. Then I found this forum.
I registered so that I could post all the pictures of him with the family, being cute and silly. But all I read on here were stories of Quakers being evil and biting chunks of peoples lips off, attacking children and just being terrors! After finding the forum I immediately told my children to stay away from his cage and keep him off their shoulders. My husband is very unhappy about this as he loved toting him around like that. Today I am horrified. I feel like I just made the biggest mistake ever! Are everyone's Quakers this mean? Why on earth did the breeder and pet shop lead us to believe Quakers were so children and family friendly?
And to top it all off, my grandmother loved him so much she went to the same breeder and purchased his brother. And She has the grand kids over at her house all the time! Loud, running screaming grand kids! Grandma posted pics of her quaker sitting on her head this morning with her cockatiel. (we both already had cockatiels) I read that they are very mean to other birds too! I did tell the breeder I had a cockatiel and he said the Quaker would love that. :{
As you can see i'm very worked up! I love that little guy! My kids and husband and even granny loves hers.......So PLEASE! Someone tell me that Quakers are the sweet family pets we were led to believe. All I can imagine now are my kids crying with bloody bite marks and the poor quaker living its life in a cage, or us with fire suits on and thick gloves trying to handle him.
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