funnyfarm? Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi guys, I've been reading through your threads for the past 3 months,I've found them to be very informative as well as entertaining! I live on a farm in Ontario,Canada,with a variety of animals,most of them recues. I have 3 parrots,I Congo Grey named Shado,he's 2 and 2 Yellow Crown Amazons,Lyric,he's 10 months old, and Kazoo.she's 4 . I'll post pictures ,when I figure it out,as I'm new on the computer too... I must say this forum is almost as addictive as these birds!! You're like a good book you can't put down! HAPPY to be here! K.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaxtersMom Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hello and welcome to the forum. If you've been checking in for 3 months I've got to ask~What took you so long to join:woohoo: :whistle: This is an excellent forum and you are right it is addictive. I too have several parrots (4) only one of them is a grey. I'm sure you've already seen it but we also have a room just for the "other" birds in our lives. We would love to hear more about you and your flock and can't wait to see some pictures when you get the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hello KC and welcome to the family, so glad you could finally introduce yourself and we look forward to hearing more about you and Shado. No wonder you call yourself funnyfarm, I have read your profile and you do have quite a collection of animals, thats nice that you have rescued most of them. Please continue to read thru the many threads here for lots of useful information and do ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can. I look forward to seeing some pictures of Shado and your other flock members when you get the photo posting thing figured out. Read thru the FAQ section as there is a piece on posting pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi K.C., what a fine flock of fids you have. Can't wait to see some pictures and hear more about how they each came into your life. Welcome to the family!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovethatgrey Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi and welcome aboard! I'm a fellow Canuckie too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckobird Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hello KC and welcome to the forum! Does Shado talk yet? How about your Amazons? Can't wait to see some pics of your flock. Enjoy the site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm? Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi, Thanks for the warm welcome. I have a question about this behaviour my new Amazon is doing.I've looked in your Health Room,and can't seem to find anything like it. Is it possible for her to be permanently damaged? She has lived in a budgie cage her whole life.... She stares upwards with her head to the side,and paces Nothing I do will snap her out of it.It's like she's hypnotised.I took the long wooden perch out,to break the rythm of her paceing side to side,it's helped a bit but she does it as she climbs along the sides and roof. My Vet,has no idea.,until she sees her do it,and she's not a certified avian vet,but I'm videoing it to show her when I do take her in. The girl thought it meant she was happy?She had advertised it as being a real "sweetheart"who loved being patted,and sang Happy Birthday,and needed a loving home as her 84 yr old Aunt had died....Then she asked $800.00 for it.I couldn't leave her there.but didn't realize how bad it was until I got her home and into a big cage.I was just wondering if it's permanent,She makes these "uh" sounds as well as the occasional Tarzan Holler! that Shado and Lyric had never heard before! I know it's only been 9 days,so I'm hoping she'll get better in time.And I'll love her even if she is "mentally challenged",just wondering if anyones ever heard of a bird doing this?or any ideas of what I should or shouldn't do?Thanks alot, K.C. She is eating a bit of pellets which is good,as she had only been on staight sunflower seeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hey KC, welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have quite a wonderful flock and I'm so happy that you are a rescuer of animals. Since birds are such intelligent creatures they need a proper environment and mental stimulation to florish. It sounds like Kazoo may have some psychological issues due to being kept in too small a cage- probably without the stimulation and diet she needed to stay healthy. I'd recommend a visit with a certified avian vet to check for any physical damage and perhaps they can recommend ways to deal with her psychological issues as well. In the meantime, just give her lots of love and patience and keep working on improving her diet. Are you able to handle her at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raposa Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Welcome, KC! I agree with Lyric, start with a vet check and go from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm? Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hi Lyric Ilove your name,I have a young amazon named Lyric Thanks for your reply.I do intend to take Kazoo to the vets.,but I'm going to wait awhile,as she's been thru alot already.Also I live 1oo miles from the nearest certified avian vet,and my vet.,who does treat birds,has told me,she's never dealt with a bird doing this and would have to see her do it,...... She's in perfect feather,and seems really healthy, considering what she'd been fed,and she is eating pellets and trying some veges... I haven't tried taking her out yet,as she's not clipped, She does let me scratch her head,so that's good... I'm going slowly with her,letting her adjust to her new environment first,as I have 5 large dogs,and Lyric and Shado too..I think they are helping her adjust,and I think she's really happy to be in a big cage,The first nite she slept in the corner hanging on with one foot on each side,but now she's on the perchs...Today she's doing the stareing thing slower and less often,so that's really good too.Her name was Abby,but I've changed it to Kazoo,She's not been D.N.A,sexed,so she may be a he! She fans her tail and fluffs her crown when she does her Tarzan call,She looks better then Lyric!as he's 10 months old,and going thru his first molt and looking pretty scruffy!Thanks for your help, K.C. Oh,and Shado,is now talking in lyrics voice,along with his beeps and whistles.. I have to look twice to see who's talking!:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hi Funny Farm, I am from Kelowna, BC...Now living in Colorado. Nice to see you hear, I am new and reading through everthing so my "Hello" is a little delayed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShonaRayJoe Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Hey...I'm originally from Canada...east coast but now live in Virginia. How are things in Canada now? I sometimes miss the familiarity of home that is for sure. take care Me and Shona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Looks like we have a few expatriats here! So glad! Where is everyone else from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm still in canada born and raised from the west coast though I was born in Vancouver Raised on Vancouver Island in a small logging town. Learned how to fish and hunt I'm a hillbilly girl LOL I bought my baby Adaya from a breeder friend of mine in Kelonia I actually lived in summerland for about 1 1/2 years in 1975 I love the Okanogan I live in the fraser Valley now in the middle of now where we have 1 store and 1 gas station and a restraunt the store also double as a post office and liquor store and all Three are about 5 miles from my house. The nearest bigger small town is about 20 miles away. Any way welcome fellow Canadians I hope you enjoy our forum<br><br>Post edited by: Tycos_mom, at: 2009/04/22 06:37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Lol, I was raised in Lk. Cowichan and Powell River, I had the same logging town upbringing! I can set my bait, catch it, kill it, clean it and cook it when it comes to fishing-lol. Fraser Valley is beautiful...I miss Kelowna and the Okanagan so much! I've only been gone two years, and I can't bring myself to go back b/c it will be too sad. You sound like you are in booneyville! Near Hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 What a small world I was raised in Lake cowichan also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Wow! That is bizarre. I am 36, how old are you? I mean, doesn't everyone know everyone there? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm a litle older I'm 52 do you remember the Silvagio family. Their daughter Heather was my best friend growing up they moved to Honeymoon bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Name doesn't ring a bell. My family name was Remando. We lived on Eldred St. It was actually my grandparents who lived there, and when I was very little, I started to spend every Spring, Summer and Christmas break there with my grandparents. I went back a few years ago for my Gran's funeral, it's like it is in a time bubble, most of it is exaclty the same! We used to swim at Honeymoon Bay, so beautiful. When I was 14, I moved to live w/ my grandparents and did a year @ LCSS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 You where just a baby when my dad got transfered to coquitlam he worked for the CPR so we moved when I was about 14 years old. I miss it and your right nothing changes but it was a wonderful place to grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Ah....it was wonderful. Like something out of a movie. We used to walk/play the whole town over. And summers were the best, floating on our tubes down the river. Little Beach was a favorite. I was just thinking of it again, what the odds are that two people from a town of ten people-LOL-connect on a random internet Forum years later from two different Countries...Very Bizarre and I bet rare.... You have so many fids, how go you manage? Are they all "balanced"? Do they all get along? I may be adding #2 and I worry about them not getting along, or the balance being thrown off. Mesa is so easy and happy, I worry that bringing in a 5 year old may mess it up. Are any of yours "adopted" from other homes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Three of my birds where rescues and yes they all get along. I always clip a new bird when I bring them home and thn by the time their wings grow out they know the rotine and the other birds have gotten to know them and allowed them into the flock I always keep the pecking order first bird get searved first always. as long as you don't make a fuss they usually won't either just remember birds are empathic and pick up on your feelings so if your scared one birds going to hurt the other the bird will sence your fear and probubly will hurt the new bird. I often have half my flock on me at any given time I don't make a fuss so they don't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsB Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Gret Sig Pat!! Thanks for that, Verde comes home tommorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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