by pchela » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:02 pm
For those of you who know my situation, you may remember that I fostered a Meyers and Red Belly for close to a year before giving them back to their original owner. I became quite attached of course, especially to the Red Bellied parrot, Nicholas. Well, the owner brought him back over yesterday. Nicholas has been biting him extremely hard. He pierced his nose and took a sizable chunk out of his ear among other bites. The owner was going to take him to a sanctuary in Dallas but I told him to please bring him back to me. He was afraid that Nicholas would hurt myself or my husband but I got him to agree. I'm thrilled because I have been missing him a lot! My problem now is that we have four birds and three is the limit agreed upon with my husband who is not a bird person like I am. So now I don't know what to do. I have my Senegal who is my first bird and will be with me forever. I have my Caique who I took in as a foster but who my husband has grown very attached to. I have my baby Grey who is still nameless. He's my dream bird, the one I really wanted and also the one who's been with us the shortest amount of time, only 2 months. And then there is Nicholas who is 8 years old and who I am quite attached to. I've been stressed about this for days, ever since I found out Nicholas was coming back. My husband is less than happy about it but he agreed because he did not want Nicholas to go to a rescue any more than I did even though he has suffered his fair share of nasty bites from Nicholas (one to the bone of his thumb). He is also not happy about the four birds. I do understand where he is coming from as we made an agreement and four birds is a lot especially if you aren't a bird person. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated!
"I bet the sparrow looks at the parrot and thinks, yes, you can talk, but LISTEN TO YOURSELF!" ~ Jack Handy ~ Deep Thoughts