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Post by chubby on Aug 31, 2022 8:16:45 GMT -5
Thank you for kindly accepting me to your forum. ( new to forums and Quaker parrot-hood )
Firstly my wife and I welcomed a young green Quaker to our home after seeing him for sale over the internet. Approx age was given as roughly 12 months old and advertised as semi tame, talking , caged with toys but un-sexed. We were dismayed to see the small cage it had been housed in and the way in which the owner handled the bird in order to show us. We accepted the Quaker readily.
At home we gave the little fellow plenty of time to adjust , took a lot of advice from Facebook forums concerning foods, mood swings and not introducing too much change too soon and renamed our new companion Monty.
I must admit that I really took to the little guy ( even though it was my wife's idea to have him )and we would often sit and chat rubbish to each other.
We have since re-homed another Quaker, bought from a young couple who admittedly had made the mistake of acquiring the bird without doing their homework firstly. They were told it was a male, tame , hand-reared and approx 6 months old. In reality, it was not tame and because they had a young child and inquisitive dogs to contend with, they opted to rehome it.
Welcome to Marvin we thought.
We again got good advice from Facebook forums concerning the introduction of the birds to each other and it wasn't long before both Quakers were actively sharing a suitably sized cage, feeding well and enjoying the toys.
Laughably, Marvin has turned out to be a Molly and we can also now confirm that Monty is most definitely a Monty. At present, neither bird will come to hand but will happily fly to your head or shoulder, nibble inquisitively at most things and will return to the cage once given the sign ( we hold our hands up in the air like surrendering while voicing the command "in" )
This forum will be of so much help to us in the future as we are novice to everything Quaker, but we are finding that patience is the answer to most things. I
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Post by cnyguy on Aug 31, 2022 19:59:02 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forum! It's good to have you join us and we'll look forward to your future posts. You'll find lots of useful information and good advice in the existing posts, and fun stories about Quaker parrots too. You're always welcome to ask questions too. Everyone here is friendly and ready to offer help when they can. I live in Liverpool too-- the one in New York State, which of course was named for the one where you live.  |
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Post by Caseysmom on Aug 31, 2022 20:39:56 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to hearing about Molly and Monty. We are always here for questions. Though I have only one Quaker, who is 15. They are lots of fun.
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Post by chubby on Sept 2, 2022 5:59:33 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forum! It's good to have you join us and we'll look forward to your future posts. You'll find lots of useful information and good advice in the existing posts, and fun stories about Quaker parrots too. You're always welcome to ask questions too. Everyone here is friendly and ready to offer help when they can. I live in Liverpool too-- the one in New York State, which of course was named for the one where you live. I must admit that I had to look up Liverpool in New York State, the history being an interesting one. I'm sure I am going to be using this Forum often and look forward to being part of this community. |
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Post by chubby on Sept 2, 2022 6:13:21 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to hearing about Molly and Monty. We are always here for questions. Though I have only one Quaker, who is 15. They are lots of fun. We only intended to have the one Quaker also, but due to new work requirements meaning Monty would be alone for long periods , we opted to get another as a companion. We were advised that by having two , Monty would stop talking. To a degree this was true but now he is starting to break out with his "peek-a-boohs" again and the odd sneeze or cough mimic. I'd be glad to know a little more about your little guy. Anything like our "Terrorists" which is what my wife fondly calls our two, then I'm sure he\she provides you with a lot of entertainment . |
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Post by cnyguy on Sept 2, 2022 19:50:38 GMT -5
Welcome to the Forum! It's good to have you join us and we'll look forward to your future posts. You'll find lots of useful information and good advice in the existing posts, and fun stories about Quaker parrots too. You're always welcome to ask questions too. Everyone here is friendly and ready to offer help when they can. I live in Liverpool too-- the one in New York State, which of course was named for the one where you live. I must admit that I had to look up Liverpool in New York State, the history being an interesting one. I'm sure I am going to be using this Forum often and look forward to being part of this community. Liverpool, New York isn't quite world famous. Often on forums like this one, I say that I live in Syracuse, New York, which is generally more well known. Certainly your Liverpool is more familiar. I think that a band called the Beatles may have helped a little with that.  Like caseysmom I have just one Quaker parrot, Ralph, who will be 13 years old on October 1. He's been with me since he was 6 months old. I also have an adopted African Grey parrot named Scooter who is around 20 years old. With two parrots of any kind around the house, life is never dull. |
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Post by Caseysmom on Sept 2, 2022 20:55:36 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to hearing about Molly and Monty. We are always here for questions. Though I have only one Quaker, who is 15. They are lots of fun. We only intended to have the one Quaker also, but due to new work requirements meaning Monty would be alone for long periods , we opted to get another as a companion. We were advised that by having two , Monty would stop talking. To a degree this was true but now he is starting to break out with his "peek-a-boohs" again and the odd sneeze or cough mimic. I'd be glad to know a little more about your little guy. Anything like our "Terrorists" which is what my wife fondly calls our two, then I'm sure he\she provides you with a lot of entertainment . Well Casey has a very easy going personality. We rescued him around 18 weeks from our friends rescue. At such a young age he was a vet surrender as he had flown off his cage and been stepped on by accident by a child resulting in a broken leg. After the emergency vet bill they surrendered when they got the estimate to set his leg and operate on it. The vet decided he was too sweet to put down so they set his leg, put him in a cast and my friend with the rescue had him in an incubator while he rested and got fed and meds. we hand fed him for a while since he only had one leg to use, I guess he got use to lots of hands. He is good at letting anyone reach in his cage. Recently he was getting babysat at another house when we were away and he let her reach in for food and changing the paper and even stepped up on her hand It’s neat Monty has started talking again. He sounds like Casey. He can’t resist repeating coughing and sneezing sounds if he hears them. |
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Post by heatherg on Sept 18, 2022 23:40:57 GMT -5
Your Casey reminds me of my Lucy. She was a green Quaker who was badly hurt by a toddler when she was a young bird, and her then mom took very good care of her until I was looking for a special needs Quaker. I have been surprised to learn that most Quaker parakeets don’t like you reaching into their cage! Lucy would sit on the bottom of her cage and Bob and cluck and puff up until I picked her up and then she was so happy!
Lucy passed of old age two+ years ago, at close to 25 yrs of age. She was the sweetest and smartest bird and quite a grande dame. I now have had Willow for two years and while he doesn’t let me scoop him up from inside his cage, he’s a very sweet bird who loves to lick and groom me. He gives kisses and laughs and talks a little bit and is a lovely blue. I’m so happy I have another Quaker parakeet in my life. They are the best birds.
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Post by Caseysmom on Sept 19, 2022 20:55:47 GMT -5
That’s neat you had an easy going Quaker like Casey and one who had a similar start in life Yes Quakers are fun smart little parrots. Willow is going to have lots of fun with you and keep you entertained
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