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Post by Pappagallo on Aug 31, 2016 17:25:19 GMT -5
I my birds were born when I was 23 years old. Now they are 12 and I am 35.
I know that quakers and suns live on average 25 to 30 years but it seems nowadays, birds can even live longer. I already made instructions in my will of where my birds should be placed in the event I should suddenly kick the bucket, but I am curious, what is the oldest quaker parrot and sun conure on record?
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Post by easttex on Aug 31, 2016 18:23:53 GMT -5
I don't know the answer, but it's an interesting question. I also am not entirely sure what is meant by a lifespan of 30 years. I don't think it is an average lifespan, because I just haven't heard of many reaching that. It's not necessarily the maximum, either, as you often see it as 30+. Maybe the current generations of Quakers can be expected to reach 30, since many of them are getting cared for by people with a lot more information. My own Quaker, Peppy, was 23 when he died, but he was not well cared for for most, if not all, of his first 21 years.
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Post by Pappagallo on Aug 31, 2016 18:29:21 GMT -5
I just can't believe my girls are 12 already. When I first joined this forum they were like 2 and 12 seemed like such a far away age LOL! I know of a Quaker who is about 23 now.
Their long life span is always in the back of my mind. I am committed to the both of them, but for at least the next 20 years, I can't die LOL!
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Post by aaron on Aug 31, 2016 22:43:45 GMT -5
I've heard of several cases of them hitting 30+, but it doesn't seem to be extremely common. In good care, 20+ seems pretty common though. I swear I read one guy say he had one that was older than 40 on some forum somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it again.
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Post by easttex on Sept 1, 2016 3:52:24 GMT -5
Their long life span is always in the back of my mind. I am committed to the both of them, but for at least the next 20 years, I can't die LOL! I know exactly what you mean. My hope has always been that my birds and I go together in extreme, but healthy, old age, in our sleep. Naturally, and not by CO poisoning or something like that.  Sadly, it was not to be with Peppy. |
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Post by easttex on Sept 1, 2016 3:54:23 GMT -5
I've heard of several cases of them hitting 30+, but it doesn't seem to be extremely common. In good care, 20+ seems pretty common though. I swear I read one guy say he had one that was older than 40 on some forum somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it again. I thought someone mentioned that on this forum. Not his bird, but one he had heard of. |
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Post by aaron on Sept 1, 2016 12:56:59 GMT -5
I've heard of several cases of them hitting 30+, but it doesn't seem to be extremely common. In good care, 20+ seems pretty common though. I swear I read one guy say he had one that was older than 40 on some forum somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it again. I thought someone mentioned that on this forum. Not his bird, but one he had heard of. Oh, you might be right. That does ring a bell. Hard to figure out the search terms to find something like that, though. |
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Post by easttex on Sept 1, 2016 17:22:53 GMT -5
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Post by aaron on Sept 4, 2016 23:22:19 GMT -5
Yeah, the search can be pretty weird. This thread is a good find though!
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Sadly, it was not to be with Peppy.