After I lost Francis, my chinese water dragon, on April 1st (my birthday, how crappy
) I was pretty bummed.
I had been looking off and on for some new birds for awhile b/c I had some extra cages. Originally, I had planned on getting a second cockatiel, a conure, and maybe some finches. But I came across these two and it seemed like a good match.
Originally, I saw an ad for these two, including the cage, very good deal. Emailed the person and she said someone else was interested but if it didn't work out they were mine. I never heard back from her so I assumed the other person got them.
About a week later I saw the ad up again. I emailed her again and said I was still interested. When the person replied, I realized it was not the origal poster. It was the person who beat me to them! And he was selling them for the same price, but w/o the cage! Harumph! Still a good deal though so I figured what the heck. I was given no ages or names or really any info on them. So, w/o further ado, meet:
Louigi. He's a peach fronted conure. I'm guessing he's still young b/c adults have orange rimmed around their eyes which he doesn't have.
Hellooooo BPO!!
In case you were wondering why his feathers look a bit odd, it's b/c he probably had psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD). I wish I had noticed before getting him but I was excited to add them, and probably would have gotten him anyway
. I had noticed his chest looked odd but they are prone to feather plucking so I assumed that's what it was. They are quarantined from my other birds.
And meet Hamlet. He is a blue crowned conure. He shows no signs of PBFD but I will have him tested to see if I can forego my normal isolation and put him up with the other birds. Since he and Louigi have been together for who knows how long, I am keeping them together for now.
He is definitely the sweeter of the two and will allow head scratches and really seems to enjoy being scratched under his wings.
Here are their cages, for now. I'd like to upgrade to something bigger by fall.
They are both warming up quickly. I only just got them on Wed and will already step up w/o much problems. Louigi is still pretty nippy but I was aware of that issue.........
..which is why I'm wearing gloves in case you noticed.......
..lol
They both talk too, which is awesome b/c I've tried for years to get my current and previous cockatiels to talk. My last one never did and my current one just mimics whistles and sounds. Louigi is much easier to undertand.....
....in fact if I didn't have him I would have no idea what Hamlet is saying.......l
ol. I only know b/c they tend to say the same thing at the same time. Louigi can say, "hello", "what'cha doin?", "step up", "love you" and something that sounds like "hi babe". Hamlet can say, "hello", "love you" and "step up"
