Hello - New owner & new to forums

[Bugg]

Hi,
I just wanted to introduce myself and my feathered friend. I am a new bird owner. I recently purchased a hand-raised "Fancy" GCC from PetSmart. He (I haven't had him/her dna tested, but I refer to "him" as a male.) was hatched Feb. 28, 2012. His name is Ianto (pronounced "yon-toe"). He is a cheeky little fellow, and we are still getting to know each other. This is an older photo from about a month ago. He is currently molting and gaining more color especially more red on his belly and more red and green on his face. I will add a new photo later when he is done and doesn't look quite so scruffy.


Ianto by Khaos Bugg, on Flickr

I think that he is a pineapple green cheek, but not sure.

[marie83]

Welcome to the forum. I think your bird looks closer to pinapple than anything else but I'm not 100% sure, his colours may develop more as he moults. Mine is a yellowside, when I first got him he had two orange patches on his belly which I was hoping were going to stay in 2 bits as that would be unusual. It wasn't to be and it became one big orange patch as he got older but I don't really care. Yours is very beautiful thats for sure.