Hi, I ended up here by accident when searching for something on Google. I'm happy to have found the forum
My "team bird" as we call them started in September 2009 with Lola, my cockatiel. I don't know what it's like in your countries but chlamydia or "parrot fever" is widespread among parrot breeders in Brazil and she arrived infected not only with chlamydia but with other illnesses on top. It was a month until the chlamydia results came back and another month treating her with antibiotics in the beak. By that time I had already got Boris, my other cockatiel and Maxi, the budgie who also had to be treated.
Only now, with the birds healed can I start to actually train them and enjoy to see them happy and active playing with their toys. Very quickly they have forgiven me for forcing medicine down their throats. What a battle it was!
Hope to share a lot more stories with you guys in the future.