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Post by rickygonzalez on Feb 6, 2015 23:05:00 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I am new here and so far I like what I have read, alot of knowledgeable folks on here. Anyway I have had two Quakers in the past. Both unfortunately for relatively short periods of time. I purchased a blue quaker last Saturday from a big flea market. Anyway the person I bought him/her from said they were not tame. I want to tame them. The bird already steps up on their own, I can even get them out of the cage with little to no aggression. They told me the bird was 1 old. Is it possible he is really that old, and was not tame? I know they can live a long time, but to bond to me that fast? Seems a bit unlikely, to me anyway. Idk what is considered tame, how is tame really defined in quakers? Is it when they eat out of my hand, is it him stepping up on my hand without me having to ask? Thanks for any thoughts you folks could share with me.
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Post by msdani1981 on Feb 7, 2015 2:58:11 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum! Unfortunately I can't give you much of an answer right now (not feeling well), but I'll respond again tomorrow. I just wanted to be sure to welcome you, we're glad you found us!  |
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Post by biteybird on Feb 7, 2015 5:47:28 GMT -5
Welcome!  We have a 1-year-old blue quaker too, but we got Bonnie at 8 weeks old. I think you should form your own opinion about your new companion. If he/she steps up, seems comfortable and is not aggressive, that's great. You can build on that. You'll find lots of info re behaviour etc. on this forum. |
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Post by easttex on Feb 7, 2015 7:00:48 GMT -5
It sounds to me that the person selling the bird didn't really know much about it, and what you have is a tame bird who has not been trained. If it was hand raised, and it probably was, it will see humans as fellow flock members. That would pretty much define tame-ness to me.
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Post by aaron on Feb 7, 2015 11:15:41 GMT -5
If your bird will step up consistently, and will eat from your hand, I would call that tame. Like easttex said, perhaps the bird simply has not been trained, but was hand-raised. That seems likely. It sounds like the person did not know much about birds, particularly this bird, so I wouldn't take what they said too seriously.
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Post by julianna on Feb 7, 2015 15:08:00 GMT -5
I would think that if the little guy doesn't attack you constantly... tame enough for me.
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Post by rickygonzalez on Feb 8, 2015 22:56:02 GMT -5
Thank you all for your input. I thought about the same. I am working with him/her making progress every day. I sent of a blood sample for dna sexing so we will know some time next week which it is. That same person told me it is a boy, when I asked how she knew she said she could tell by the space in between their hip bone.... as far as I have read that is not reliable. In any case I just wanted to know for sure for my own curiosity. I will not be breeding Sonic he/she is just going to be my friend. Anyway, thanks again for the replies. Hoping that I can share many years of fun with my friend Sonic the quaker.
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Post by biteybird on Feb 9, 2015 1:55:20 GMT -5
That's a great name! Hope Sonic fits right in with you - it sounds like he is fairly comfortable already.
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Post by easttex on Feb 9, 2015 5:29:30 GMT -5
I hope you and Sonic enjoy each other for many years, also. |
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Post by aaron on Feb 9, 2015 10:59:08 GMT -5
Thank you all for your input. I thought about the same. I am working with him/her making progress every day. I sent of a blood sample for dna sexing so we will know some time next week which it is. That same person told me it is a boy, when I asked how she knew she said she could tell by the space in between their hip bone.... as far as I have read that is not reliable. In any case I just wanted to know for sure for my own curiosity. I will not be breeding Sonic he/she is just going to be my friend. Anyway, thanks again for the replies. Hoping that I can share many years of fun with my friend Sonic the quaker. Welcome to you and Sonic! Sounds like it is going great so far. Yes, that's correct-- that is not a reliable way to test the gender of a Quaker parrot. DNA testing (and of course, if an egg is laid) is the only way to be sure. |
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Post by siobhan on Feb 17, 2015 12:24:28 GMT -5
There's one other way but this is a family forum. LOL Clyde provided me with proof of his gender a while back.
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Post by biteybird on Feb 19, 2015 3:55:31 GMT -5
Oh...I THINK I understand. I guess he really is a bad boy. |
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Post by siobhan on Feb 19, 2015 18:04:45 GMT -5
Yes, he offered the sort of evidence one could gather DNA from if one were a crime scene technician. Normally I discourage that strongly and put him elsewhere but I was distracted and didn't catch on what was happening until it was too late for relocation. Benjy offers the same evidence regularly but one cannot reason with a budgie and I gave up trying. Thank goodness the others find other outlets.
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We have a 1-year-old blue quaker too, but we got Bonnie at 8 weeks old. I think you should form your own opinion about your new companion. If he/she steps up, seems comfortable and is not aggressive, that's great. You can build on that. You'll find lots of info re behaviour etc. on this forum.
