Patagonian Conure - anybody live with one?

[galeriagila]

Oh, geeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
I'd have to punch somebody who said my bird was ugly... then again... a woman who resembled him would be... homely indeed.
Love the messy hair reference!
And dry-as-a-parrot's-tongue... THAT'S THE TRUTH! I'm always amazed at the dryness/smoothness of the Rickeybird's dark little hammer-shaped tongue.

Enjoy your sunshine!

[hilarylee]

Hi there

Just joined the forum.

I have one Big foot and one ysc.

Got the ysc with 2 weeks to fully weaned sometime in late Jun. She is fully fletched and freely flying in my house.

Back to my Big foot. I wanted a middle bird but cannt affort a Macaw while Hahns is good size and so I was itchy hand looking for a Hahns or Big Foot.

Found 2 actually 3 for sale. 2 at Goodwill and one on WWW.
Finally bought LeLe and keeping 'him' for more than 1 month now.

LeLe still exhibits a 'baby' behaviour when he flapped his wings like a baby asking for food.
While I wished LeLe can be like Sweetie, she can step-up and recall already. LeLe is still tie with S ring and a string. He did fly out but lucky not far away. If he is wild caught, it will be Sayonara.

Great to join this forum.

Aliyos AMigos

[Pajarita]

Uh? What is a big foot parrot or a YSC? I've never heard of them...

[galeriagila]

Pajarita, et al... I ONCE read of somebody calling a Patagonian "big foot", claiming their name translated that way, and that they were thus named due to their big feet!!!!! I had a good laugh and moved on... but... I guess Hilary must have had the same info.

Anyway....... Hilary, I have had my Patagonian for 32 years, and I'll be glad to help you in any way I can. Pajarita is an AMAZING source of info on them. She taught me a lot!

So please hang around and you'll be glad you did.

Gila and the Rickeybird

[Chantilly]

Uh? What is a big foot parrot or a YSC? I've never heard of them...

Seached it and I beleive YSC is yellow sided conure

[hilarylee]

Pajarita, et al... I ONCE read of somebody calling a Patagonian "big foot", claiming their name translated that way, and that they were thus named due to their big feet!!!!! I had a good laugh and moved on... but... I guess Hilary must have had the same info.

Anyway....... Hilary, I have had my Patagonian for 32 years, and I'll be glad to help you in any way I can. Pajarita is an AMAZING source of info on them. She taught me a lot!

So please hang around and you'll be glad you did.

Gila and the Rickeybird

Hi there. 32 years thats a long time. If mine reached 32 years, hmmmm I most likely would not be around.....haha.......my children will then take care of LeLe.

So, I question, other than DNA testing, is the shape of the head one way of id gentle?

Also, in some web parrot pages, it was shared that male patagonian like other male conures are more aggressive when established its own territory.

Thanks

[galeriagila]

Well, I think I can tell sex by observing posture and behavior, but it's only a guess, and only with sexually mature birds...
Others here know more than I do.
Stick around... you'll learn a lot.
Would you tell us about his diet and cage?
I love to hear about other Patagonians. I fall in love instantly... they look and act so similarly that my heart just REACTS!

[Pajarita]

Uh? What is a big foot parrot or a YSC? I've never heard of them...

Seached it and I beleive YSC is yellow sided conure

Ah, a GCC then!

[Pajarita]

Pajarita, et al... I ONCE read of somebody calling a Patagonian "big foot", claiming their name translated that way, and that they were thus named due to their big feet!!!!! I had a good laugh and moved on... but... I guess Hilary must have had the same info.

Anyway....... Hilary, I have had my Patagonian for 32 years, and I'll be glad to help you in any way I can. Pajarita is an AMAZING source of info on them. She taught me a lot!

So please hang around and you'll be glad you did.

Gila and the Rickeybird

Hi there. 32 years thats a long time. If mine reached 32 years, hmmmm I most likely would not be around.....haha.......my children will then take care of LeLe.

So, I question, other than DNA testing, is the shape of the head one way of id gentle?

Also, in some web parrot pages, it was shared that male patagonian like other male conures are more aggressive when established its own territory.

Thanks

AHHHH Lordy, I would have never made the connection! But yes, Patagonian does seem to imply big feet but, in reality and although there are several versions of the origin of the name, the most credible of them is that the Spaniards named the aborigines of the region (and from which the region later took its name) 'Patagones' only it wasn't because they had big feet but because they were so tall that the Spaniards were reminded of a popular book character of the times whose name was 'Patagon'. Apparently and according to historical accounts, the Spaniards from Magallanes' crew (the discoverer of the region) reached only a bit above their waist.

Hilary, apparently (and I say apparently because we have changed our minds about other species that we thought were monomorphic and later realized they were not), Patagonians males and females don't show any plumage difference so DNA is the way to go to find out the gender.

As to aggression... well, I cannot speak from experience on Patagonians because I've never had one much less a number of them to compare behaviors but I have found that although one can generalize and say that females or males are dominant in this or that species and thus more aggressive, it has more to do with the actual care and relationship they have with their human than anything else. For example, a bird that is kept overly hormonal will, eventually, become aggressive regardless of its gender for the simple reason that the pain will drive it to it.

[galeriagila]

I just KNEW you'd know more about the name! Patagon, huh? That's a good one.

Funny thing (as I often remark)... Patagonians; feet are not at all big. In fact, I think the Rickeybird's little pink feet and thin nails look more like a cockatiel's!!!!

You'll notice that I let him keep his nails a bit long, so that he can get a really good hold on perches, especially when battling his hanging toys.