bwkoble

I am planning to continue to look for his owners. Its the right thing to do. But in the mean time, he is settling in quite nicely. Out of the blue today he started talking quite a bit! He has even begun to eat fruits and veggies that he originally spit out (like brocalli). He is still pretty mad at me for taking him to the vet, but allows my wife and kids to interact with him. He has quite the personality and we are really looking forward to seeing what other aspects of it he hasnt shown us yet.

I appreciate the clarification. It is difficult to detect tone via a forum haha. The Vet said that the bird is very healthy. We got drops put in his eye that was hurt. She said it seemed to be healing nicely. The claws that were missing have apparently been missing for a long time. I will ensure smaller diameter perches, especially higher in his cage to allow him to grip better. After coming back from the Vet, I was able to transfer him into his new cage which I had set up before hand (its at least 2.5 times the size of the largest 'emergency' Parrot cage I could find Friday when I caught him). He has been exploring it the rest of the day. Although I have taken to calling it 'him', I did not opt for the bloodwork this time to determine gender. Pastors don't exactly make a whole lot of money and the little guy has extinguished my 'emergency fund' haha. We will continue to work on stepping up so that he can spend more time each day out of his cage. The transition from the store bought 'parrot food' to fresh food and pellets is going well and I think within the next week, I will have him completely switched over, saving the sunflower seeds (his personal favorite) for rewards.

I am in Indiana. I was planning on checking on the micro chipping at the Vet today. I have also ran out of luck trying to track down breeder by his tag. Believe me as a Marine and as a Pastor, I will not purposely steal someone's bird. I have checked every forum, classified list, and lost bird database I can find every day since we found him. I have also spent almost $500 of my own money to ensure he/she is comfortable and being well taken care of. I am not out to deceive people and am an honest and well-educated individual who could not possibly teach my three daughters the value of honesty and then turn around and deceive someone about this bird.

For those of you who would like an update, I have posted on parrot911 and had a couple calls but no luck finding this guys owner. It has been almost a week and I cannot find anyone who is looking for this guy (or gal). We are going to the Vet today to get a checkup. Ill post later tonight or tomorrow and let you all know what we find out. If I am reading his tag right, I believe he was born in 1999. I have had a great deal more success in feeding him fresh veggies and fruits (he has an affinity for carrots and any type of melon).

Friends, This Friday, my family and I became the unexpected family for an older African Grey. We found it (I don't know sex yet so we will go with 'it' until I can get it to the vet!) in our backyard. My wife kept an eye on it while I ran down to the store to get a cage and food. After three hours of coaxing, I was finally able to catch it and bring it in the house before it got too cold! From the looks of its beak, claws (or lack thereof) and feathers, it has been on its own for a little bit. Pretty remarkable considering its wings are clipped and it cannot fly far. I checked all the classifieds, craigslist, and any forums along with scouring the neighborhood for an owner, but to no avail. After doing this over the weekend, my three daughters have asked me to keep it and after falling in love with the bird, I of course said yes. After a couple days of care, a constant climate, food, and fresh water, it is looking much better. I have an appointment with an exotic bird specialist on Wed to get a full checkup. It seems to only want seeds and I am trying to introduce pellets and fresh fruits and veggies (it likes to take them from me and then spit them to the bottom of the cage haha!). We are slowly bonding with it and hope that we will be able to teach it to 'step-up' so that we can begin to take it out of its cage. Hopefully the Vet appointment goes well on Wed. I welcome any and all comments and advice as we have never had birds before! Thanks for reading! Brandon