Hello from the UK

[snakesentwined]

Hello everyone

I'm new to the board - and to keeping parrots - but we are hoping that we will find lots of advice and ideas here.

We already share our home with two siamese cats, a couple of Corn snakes and a large aquarium - and so we were wary of adding a feathered companion, even though we have always wanted to. However, with the advice and support of several long-term parrot-guardians we have now made the leap - and are now the proud surrogate dads to a beautiful (and very strong-willed) 14 week-old yellow-crested amazon called Isis.


There's more photos on Flikr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/snakesentwined/sets/72157624198308151

I can't believe how quickly she has stolen our hearts! She has only been with us a week and is already spoilt with love (if that were ever possible!): she has a lovely big cage, piles of toys - and lots of supervised play-time (including flight, since the breeder made us promise not to have her clipped - and seeing her fly, I can't ever imagine depriving her!). She is even starting to make attempts at her first words - and loves playing step-up and being cuddled and crooned.

regards
David & Geoff - Ra, Seth and Isis

[pchela]

Parrots are amazing! You will love having her and you will find lots of good advice on this site. Welcome to the board!

[Jenny]

Hello & welcome!

My story is very similar to yours as I have kitties, so even though I wanted a bird, I too was afraid to indulge myself. Also, Aaron, my cockatiel, is my first bird. I've found that having kitties w/a (flighted) bird requires a great deal of supervision, but has not been impossible. It is admittedly not ideal, but it is the situation which exists!

& I know what you mean about stealing one's heart - birds manage to do that in a very special way.

That's a great photo of you w/your lovely girl!

[MandyG]

Welcome! Isis is absolutely beautiful. I have a 2 year old male yellow crowned Amazon that I wouldn't trade for anything.

[zazanomore]

She looks adorable.

[captwest]

welcome to the forum, ihave 3 Panamas which are a subspecies of the yellow crowns Kia 36yrs, Kong 31yrs, and Baby Girl 20yrs I think that they are the best of the Amazons . Good Luck, Richard

[lzver]

Welcome to the forum! And Isis is beautiful! An Amazon is my dream bird, but I just added a third bird on the weekend and I'm content with my three Poicephalus parrots.

[snakesentwined]

Thank you for the kind welcomes everyone!

There has only been supervised introductions between the cats (Ra and Seth) and Isis - and they have to go out of the room when she is out and flying - but so far everyone is getting on very well. But then, being siamese, the cats are quick to learn - and we have already established a routine of them simply watching from a safe distance when we handle the snakes, ao it's just an extension of that.

I'm a librarian, so I'm also actually enjoying the researching and learning process - but I still have lots of questions, so I'm sure you'll be seeing a fair amount of me here

David & Geoff
(Isis, Seth and Ra, Gethin and Tarn )