Do you prefer to get a rescue or a rehomed parrot?

[Army.Wifey1990]

I didnt think to try ebay!!

Im in San Diego. The sun conure im getting this morning is a rehome she is 6 months old and comes with a huge cage for $150.00

[liz]

I didnt think to try ebay!!

Im in San Diego. The sun conure im getting this morning is a rehome she is 6 months old and comes with a huge cage for $150.00

Good deal. I hope it doesn't come with emotional problems but you can handle it.

[Army.Wifey1990]

Yeah me too. Kiki has emotional problems that were working on right now. The breeder would blow in her face and tap her on the nose everytime she bit. Now shes deathly afraid of peoples hands coming near her.

[spiral]

Hello everyone
My parrot was a rehomed parrot, she came from my friend who lives a few doors down from me, I bought her from him because he was despirate to re home her, and i wanted to make sure she'd be alright. So my dad said to try to look after her myself if i was concerned about her, so i did but thats also why i am here.

The friend who i bought her from also has cerebral palsey but much more severe than mine so he was complete unable to handle her outside her cage and had to find her a new home.( He was given misleading information regarding her diet and housing needs, by a poorly trained shop assistant who sold her to him a cage ment for 4 bugies!)

I thought also that if i rehomed her that her he could visit her and that she'd have some continuity in her life he only lives within walking distance from my house and visits with her when he is well enough.

He has a red wheelchair almost idental to my blue wheelchair so whem i rehomed her my wheelchair seemed a normal thing to her, and she uses it it as a place to preen.
If she is feeling particularly naughty she enjoys sitting on the left habdbar of my old wheelchair fromwhear she knows i cant retreave her with my right hand. (the one that moves normally without mustle spasm, She HAS bitten my left hand before because i sarted her when my finger had a mustle Spasm. i am carefull now with my left hand aound her and i usually make a fist with that hand to aviod scaring my indian ringneck when shes out of the cage.

UNFORTUNATELY MY SPASM EVEN SCARES PEOPLE sometimes so it, does not suprize me that she sometimes lunges at my left hand if my fingers accidently bend backwards. i am double jointted.So it looks very weird

Soon i'll try targett training with one hand, but in this case two is not really an option. Its aninteresting challenge. For me phsically and my bird socially,

[liz]

I have never actually seen one but Ringnecks are beautiful clean looking birds and very intelligent. You aught to watch Marni on YouTube.

You have alot ahead of you, not just with your bird but with your challenges. I can feel the love in your posts and I know you two will do well together.

[spiral]

hI liz i I just watched the re homed parrot marn's videos they are realy fun thankyou for that.
and thankyou for your confidence in me, thats very kind of you.

[cornettocockatiel]

I personally would get a rehomed parrot, but thats just my personal opinion.

[liz]

Titanius - if you come across the problem again - put something like grass or straw in a hanging basket - then hang the birdies as high as you can in the same tree.

[shanna81]

My reason for picking rehome is a little different. I along with my fids have 3 small children (8,8, and 4). I know a little about rescue (not birds but cat/dogs). Alot of the time this pets come in with little or no knowledge about past these pets have had. Some of the rescue stories I have read brought tears to my eyes. I just have to have something I know totally 100% what Im getting into for general safetly of my kids. Now if it was an owner turn in for someone who just couldnt pay for or keep thier parrot of course rescue would be an option but getting directly from an owner just seems the afer bet in my situation.