Our little Taco was finally adopted!
Navre wrote:Pajarita wrote:Nice! I did not know you had vasas... and why the 'other' on the species? Is it that you can only choose what they have on their list?
Yes. It's a dropdown list. I didn't do that one so I went back to check. No Vasa option.
The Vasa's were from the Weston Seizure. They were bald with yellow skin when they came in. I guess it's a breeding thing for them. They've gotten pretty good, but one of them HATES me. I can't even feed them. I did catch one of them in Weston, so maybe he is still mad at me over that. Maybe it's the beard, bit he goes into full attack mode whenever I get near the cage. I named them Lenore and Poe because they look a bit like Ravens. And when they're in breeding condition, they look like vultures. I figured the nod to Edgar Allan Poe was appropriate. I think I suggested Poe and our vet suggested Lenore.
Pajarita wrote:Navre wrote:Pajarita wrote:Nice! I did not know you had vasas... and why the 'other' on the species? Is it that you can only choose what they have on their list?
Yes. It's a dropdown list. I didn't do that one so I went back to check. No Vasa option.
The Vasa's were from the Weston Seizure. They were bald with yellow skin when they came in. I guess it's a breeding thing for them. They've gotten pretty good, but one of them HATES me. I can't even feed them. I did catch one of them in Weston, so maybe he is still mad at me over that. Maybe it's the beard, bit he goes into full attack mode whenever I get near the cage. I named them Lenore and Poe because they look a bit like Ravens. And when they're in breeding condition, they look like vultures. I figured the nod to Edgar Allan Poe was appropriate. I think I suggested Poe and our vet suggested Lenore.
Yes, it is somewhat of a breeding thing but I am sure that the bad care had a lot to do with it, too. Vasas are not easy birds to keep -not that any parrot is but vasas are actually more difficult than others because of the need for a super drastic change in diet during breeding season and their physical and behavioral changes during it which are much more acute than in any other parrot species... And I would imagine that a breeding pair which has never had any real good [meaning kind] human contact is even more difficult. Poor things!
Pajarita wrote:HOW WONDERFUL!!!! Thank you so very much both for volunteering AND coming back to tell us how it went at the rescue [and it sounds like a great place, too!]. Next time, do start your own thread and, if you can, post some pictures of the birds there. Do they adopt out or is it more a sanctuary than a rescue?
pmc222 wrote:Pajarita wrote:HOW WONDERFUL!!!! Thank you so very much both for volunteering AND coming back to tell us how it went at the rescue [and it sounds like a great place, too!]. Next time, do start your own thread and, if you can, post some pictures of the birds there. Do they adopt out or is it more a sanctuary than a rescue?
I thought this was just a general "Parrot Rescue" thread. I didn't realize it was specific to someone's story. I'll start my own one next time.
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