Hey from St. Louis!

[stlbirdgirl]

Hey guys I just wanted to stop in and introduce myself and the fids. I will try to keep it short. . . My bird experience started out when I saw an ad looking for volunteers at a local bird rescue. I had no experience with birds before that but I have always been an animal lover. The rescue I volunteered with had mostly the bigger guy so I guess I kinda got thrown straight into the deep end, especially since many of the birds had been abused in one way or another.

I currently have a female senegal named Mango and an unsexed gold capped conure named Sage. They are actually cage mates. They used to live separately in a divided double flight cage but they always played together while out of the cage so I finally took out the divider several months ago and they are very happy without a wall between them. Mango I actually adopted from the bird rescue. I met her at a fundraising event when she first came into the rescue and I think she decided she liked me right away because she spent that whole first day with me. She came home with me shortly after that. I actually got Sage as a baby from a local pet store. I was there getting food for Mango one day and the breeder brought him out to me. Honestly I guess he was sort of an impulse purchase on my part. When the breeder brought him out he went right to me and would even do headstands on my hand. I guess I was hooked from that second and bought another cage and took him home that day. I'll give you guys a more in depth introduction to both the fids later on if you guys want more info.

My SO and I also have a lovely little two year old boy that absolutely adores the birds. Of course he is too small to really handle them right now but he does love watching them and I let him pet them when I have them out (which is most of the time lol). Mango is a little jumpy still so I don't let him pet her as much unless I know I have complete control of both of them so I can make sure he doesn't get bit. Sage is awesome with him though. I'm sure that is partially because he was so well socialized as a baby and I have always had him around other people.

Anyway, that's a little about me and the crew. If you want to know anything else feel free to ask and I look forward to meeting you all.

[marie83]

Welcome to the forums, looking forward to hearing more about you and your birds.
Thank you for volunteering to help the poor mites in the shelter, people like you make the world a better place.

[stlbirdgirl]

Thanks for the welcome. I made a post about an african grey over in the species section. I just noticed you have a grey. I would love your input if you have the time to pop over there and take a look at it.

[marie83]

No, sorry I don't have a grey, unless someone posted then deleted and that reply was meant for someone else. I don't have much experience with larger species- mainly what I read

[stlbirdgirl]

Lol.... I just realized my mistake. I looked at the words right under your name instead of the types of birds you own.... Oops lol.

[marie83]

Double opps then cuz I should have at least realised thats where you got the idea from, I was scratching my head then, no wonder why my birds run rings around me.. doh!!
Nah they pretty darn good tbh