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Post by Brandon on Jun 16, 2016 13:58:43 GMT -5
I dont own any Quakers but I do have a Male Plum headed parakeet and a African grey and Two Cockatiels.I also own a Forum like this one called Avian Jungle you are all welcome to join and of course if you have other birds you can post about them too. avian-jungle.proboards.com/ |
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Post by biteybird on Jun 16, 2016 22:09:36 GMT -5
Hi Brandon & thanks for the invitation. I'll have a look at your site. Please feel free to contribute to this forum, as there is a general pet bird discussion section. As well as our quaker, Bonnie, we have a pair of plum-headed parrots (plus 4 of their babies), one cockatiel (his girlfriend died a couple of weeks ago), some Bourke's parrots and a pair of princess parrots. These are all in outdoor aviaries and doing well. Welcome to the forum.  |
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Post by Brandon on Jun 17, 2016 5:52:13 GMT -5
Hi Brandon & thanks for the invitation. I'll have a look at your site. Please feel free to contribute to this forum, as there is a general pet bird discussion section. As well as our quaker, Bonnie, we have a pair of plum-headed parrots (plus 4 of their babies), one cockatiel (his girlfriend died a couple of weeks ago), some Bourke's parrots and a pair of princess parrots. These are all in outdoor aviaries and doing well. Welcome to the forum. Thanks.Do you have any Male Plum heads? My Male loves going out and getting attention from everybody as well as my other birds.Also im looking for 1-2 more moderators. |
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Post by easttex on Jun 17, 2016 11:56:35 GMT -5
Good luck with your forum, Brandon. Always room for another site dedicated to improving the lives of companion parrots. I hope Avian Jungle will prove to be as positive and helpful as this forum is. People have strong opinions, but no one tries to shut anyone else down, and there's no flaming. No one tries to dominate, and there are no stupid questions, ever. I don't know how the owners were able to establish that kind of environment, and it doesn't hurt that it's a small forum, but it's a breath of fresh air compared to some of them out there. |
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Post by Brandon on Jun 17, 2016 12:41:30 GMT -5
Good luck with your forum, Brandon. Always room for another site dedicated to improving the lives of companion parrots. I hope Avian Jungle will prove to be as positive and helpful as this forum is. People have strong opinions, but no one tries to shut anyone else down, and there's no flaming. No one tries to dominate, and there are no stupid questions, ever. I don't know how the owners were able to establish that kind of environment, and it doesn't hurt that it's a small forum, but it's a breath of fresh air compared to some of them out there. Yeah ive left lots of forums because of the way people were being treated so I made my own Facebook group Avian Jungle and now a Forum and I educated myself over the last 3 years. |
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Post by Brandon on Jun 17, 2016 13:02:22 GMT -5
Ive also been on a Facebook group and all they were doing was posting pics and videos and talking about breeding and not really answering peoples questions or knowing the answer themselves.
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Post by cnyguy on Jun 17, 2016 20:42:38 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forum! Plum-headed Parakeets are one type of parrot that I'm not too familiar with. Have only seen one in person once, in a pet store, more than 30 years ago. They don't seem to be too common here in upstate New York. Like you, I have a Grey (along with my QP Ralph); she came to live with me about two months ago. |
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Post by Brandon on Jun 17, 2016 20:56:03 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forum! Plum-headed Parakeets are one type of parrot that I'm not too familiar with. Have only seen one in person once, in a pet store, more than 30 years ago. They don't seem to be too common here in upstate New York. Like you, I have a Grey (along with my QP Ralph); she came to live with me about two months ago. ive gotten a few members now with Plum heads Males and Females.I wasnt looking for a Plummy when I got Mango and I didnt know what they were either lol after I saw him I went home and searched Parrot with purple head and did research on them and got him a few days later. |
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Post by cnyguy on Jun 17, 2016 21:03:33 GMT -5
Plum-heads are certainly beautiful and colorful. I'm sure we'll all want to hear more about yours. It's always interesting to learn about less familiar and less common types of parrots.
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Post by biteybird on Jun 18, 2016 1:36:38 GMT -5
Hi Brandon & thanks for the invitation. I'll have a look at your site. Please feel free to contribute to this forum, as there is a general pet bird discussion section. As well as our quaker, Bonnie, we have a pair of plum-headed parrots (plus 4 of their babies), one cockatiel (his girlfriend died a couple of weeks ago), some Bourke's parrots and a pair of princess parrots. These are all in outdoor aviaries and doing well. Welcome to the forum. Thanks.Do you have any Male Plum heads? My Male loves going out and getting attention from everybody as well as my other birds.Also im looking for 1-2 more moderators. I have one male (the father of the 4 babies), but I don't know yet what gender the babies are, as I understand they only get their full colours after their first moult. I could be wrong though... At the moment the 4 babies just look like females (with a silver head) and they're about 4 months old from memory. Good luck with getting moderators - if I weren't so busy and a bit more computer savvy I might have had a go! That plum-headed parrot in your profile pic looks great. If you want to see my plum-headed parrots, there are a couple of photos I posted in the Photo Gallery section. |
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Post by Brandon on Jun 18, 2016 4:58:55 GMT -5
Thanks.Do you have any Male Plum heads? My Male loves going out and getting attention from everybody as well as my other birds.Also im looking for 1-2 more moderators. I have one male (the father of the 4 babies), but I don't know yet what gender the babies are, as I understand they only get their full colours after their first moult. I could be wrong though... At the moment the 4 babies just look like females (with a silver head) and they're about 4 months old from memory. Good luck with getting moderators - if I weren't so busy and a bit more computer savvy I might have had a go! That plum-headed parrot in your profile pic looks great. If you want to see my plum-headed parrots, there are a couple of photos I posted in the Photo Gallery section. It can take up to 2 and a half years for the Male to get their full Plumage |
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Post by biteybird on Jun 18, 2016 6:19:40 GMT -5
That's interesting...when my hubby bought the pair of plum-heads the shop guy said any male offspring would get the red wing markings before their heads change colour, and quite quickly. We'll see how long the babies take to get their colours - bets, anyone? Oh, I forgot to say that we also have about 15 canaries, which are in the same aviary as the cockatiel, Bourke's and Plum-heads. They seem to get along OK, but there's a definite pecking order - Plum-heads are number 1! Followed by the cockatiel, then the Bourke's and finally the canaries, which are at the bottom of the order. The princess parrots have their own aviary, but I suspect they would be up there with the pllum-heads as far as dominance goes. In your profile pic it looks like your plum-head has a harness/tether on? Is it a flightsuit? |
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Post by Brandon on Jun 18, 2016 14:50:25 GMT -5
That's interesting...when my hubby bought the pair of plum-heads the shop guy said any male offspring would get the red wing markings before their heads change colour, and quite quickly. We'll see how long the babies take to get their colours - bets, anyone? Oh, I forgot to say that we also have about 15 canaries, which are in the same aviary as the cockatiel, Bourke's and Plum-heads. They seem to get along OK, but there's a definite pecking order - Plum-heads are number 1! Followed by the cockatiel, then the Bourke's and finally the canaries, which are at the bottom of the order. The princess parrots have their own aviary, but I suspect they would be up there with the pllum-heads as far as dominance goes. In your profile pic it looks like your plum-head has a harness/tether on? Is it a flightsuit? Yes its a Flight suit.I think they will get their markings first. My Plum head lives with my Cockatiels in the bird room.All them have flight suits and the Aviator harness. |
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Post by biteybird on Jun 20, 2016 2:05:25 GMT -5
All them have flight suits and the Aviator harness. You are doing very well to have trained your birds to accept these. With quakers, there are many Forum members who have found it near impossible to train them to accept the Aviator harness, but I remain hopeful about the flightsuit - I am ordering a replacement one and will try to train Bonnie to accept it. I really look forward to her being able to come on walks safely with us, sitting on a shoulder. |
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Post by Brandon on Jul 6, 2016 15:24:17 GMT -5
Looking for just one more moderator any volunteers? Also anybody is welcome to join and if you have any helpful links please post them in the right sections and I'll make it a sticky 😊 NOTE:*You will probably automatically be on the mobile version but if you scroll down to the bottom you can change to desktop version so you can use the forum fully* avian-jungle.proboards.com/ |
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