Sludig
Potato del Grande
- 10,384
- 11,122
For some reason my search for the "Show us your pets" thread doesn't seem to want to bring it up. In another thread I found some of my fellow reefers, but now I'm looking for exotic bird folk.
I've always kept exotic pets or cared for others at various times. One area I never got into so much was birds outside a stint with chicken/quail. I loved the idea of a hawk but crazy expensive almost full time job category. I also liked crows, but again like 3k for one. Granted I'm in for like 8k on my reef tank but it is a good trade off to me.
Wife started out hating most animals, especially reptiles. Now she thought a show with a nile croc was cute and liked my tegu/crested gecko's. Has learned to do dog training and other critter care. Still hates birds. Looking to change that after she took interest in some of the smaller parrots from FB video's. Was particularly enamored with a rainbow Lorikeet but I veto'd those with the more specialized diet, a good screamer, and big wet splattery shits.
Might be coming home with a 7 month old black capped Caique. Happened to be one local after my own research into pet breeds kinda lit on them as maybe being more ideal for us. (I'd love say a Cockatoo but still mildly afraid of bigger bird bites even though I loved my friends parents one a decade ago, and she doesn't like them for some reason.)
Big undertaking any kind of parrot/exotic bird. Know that already just from other exotics and I always spend a lot of time researching ahead of time. (Before my first reef tank I spent probably 6 months reading lol.)
So anyone else with pics/experiences of their exotic birds? Be it raptors, parrots, or anything else fairly unusual outside of normal petco fair. I'd love to hear more from Caique owners even if I've already read a lot.
I've always kept exotic pets or cared for others at various times. One area I never got into so much was birds outside a stint with chicken/quail. I loved the idea of a hawk but crazy expensive almost full time job category. I also liked crows, but again like 3k for one. Granted I'm in for like 8k on my reef tank but it is a good trade off to me.
Wife started out hating most animals, especially reptiles. Now she thought a show with a nile croc was cute and liked my tegu/crested gecko's. Has learned to do dog training and other critter care. Still hates birds. Looking to change that after she took interest in some of the smaller parrots from FB video's. Was particularly enamored with a rainbow Lorikeet but I veto'd those with the more specialized diet, a good screamer, and big wet splattery shits.
Might be coming home with a 7 month old black capped Caique. Happened to be one local after my own research into pet breeds kinda lit on them as maybe being more ideal for us. (I'd love say a Cockatoo but still mildly afraid of bigger bird bites even though I loved my friends parents one a decade ago, and she doesn't like them for some reason.)
Big undertaking any kind of parrot/exotic bird. Know that already just from other exotics and I always spend a lot of time researching ahead of time. (Before my first reef tank I spent probably 6 months reading lol.)
So anyone else with pics/experiences of their exotic birds? Be it raptors, parrots, or anything else fairly unusual outside of normal petco fair. I'd love to hear more from Caique owners even if I've already read a lot.
