A couple weeks ago I started a job. So my postings will be a bit less frequent. I am now the caretaker of about 60 parrots of various sizes. Form umbrella cockatoos to militarily macaws to Rosey Bourkes and even button quail. I started this job because I have had experience with birds from working in a pet store.
A co-worker of my husband's rented a room form the lady with the parrots, and things went from there. DH started teaching her about computers and she was looking for someone to replace her old worker. I began about two weeks ago. We have since inherited a double yellow head Amazon named Caesar. This bird bonded with my 15 year old son and all he can do is call for him. DS is the only person who can handle this bird now. Caesar has a mistrust for women. When he had babies in the nest and a mate he cared for his previous owner decided to bring him back home. She got attacked by Caesar and she tried to have him euthanized. My boss served her with papers and took Caesar. I don't know what we'll do with an Amazon parrot, but it will be a learning experience for all of us.
I have also bought the most beautiful pair of white ring neck doves. They are now in her bird room with the Rosey Bourkes. Mr. Rosey is not happy at all with his house guests. I am going to be buying some more doves soon, since she wants some quick sales. She wants to keep half the flock and split the profits. I am hoping she can find me some nice green cheek/maroon bellied conures. The have been my favorite since I tried to buy one when I worked for the pet shop in Knoxville.
Yesterday, some button quail hatched and they now think my daughter is their mom, she has 4 baby quail that call to her continually. I'll be having my own aviary soon, it looks like, with quail and doves and even a mean as snot double yellow headed amazon named Caesar.
She will be moving to California Valley next month. She wants our family to move out there with her to take care of her animals and fruit trees and other things like asparagus plants. I will have to read up on small farming again. We will have rabbits and goats and guinea pigs also along with the birds. There is a bird mart on September 30th so maybe we can see if there is anything new to buy for the birds.
Yesterday I picked up a pair of blue and gold macaws, one of them got out of it's carry case while i was driving. As long as I was moving he was fine, but as soon as I stopped, he'd come towards me. Since I was on a windey back road I could not get any reception on my cell phone, so I drove the whole 15 miles back at a crawl. We made it and finally got them in their new home. The hen was almost completely bald from plucking herself. We hope to rehab her enough to work with her.
Some of the birds are nuts. Merlin, a sulfur crested cockatoo, gets in all sorts of trouble. He tries to liberate all the other birds. Lady another cockatoo, umbrella, is also nuts, she burried herself in my shirt yesterday and would not come out for about 20 minutes. Then there is Zambee an African grey which tattles on Merlin all the time, she also does all sorts of phone rings and alarms. She used to be owned by a fire station, so she has all the language to go with it also.
Well, that's my new job, I will post pictures of Caesar when I have time. He is my favorite of the birds, even though he bit the snot out of me, it just now healed enough to stop bleeding when I'm washing dishes. I can't post pics of the others, since they aren't mine, but take my word they are very beautiful birds and intelligent also.
A New Beginning?
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