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In the past two days we have acquired three new birds: a pair of sun conures on Sunday, and a Timneh African grey parrot today. All were given to us by people who could no longer care for them.

Also today I was informed that the company that has interviewed me twice since August 1st is hiring me, so I will once again be gainfully employed after 29 months of looking for work.



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Thats fantastic bro. I'm delighted you got the job.

how about some pics of the feathered ones?

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I'll take some at the first opportunity.

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I managed a few this afternoon; I'll try to get more this evening when the light is better and Demi can hopefully help.

https://picasaweb.google.com/chthulhu/NewBirds20110912?authuser=0&feat=directlink



-- Edited by Chthulhu on Tuesday 13th of September 2011 02:03:25 PM

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Beautiful birds man.If you need to find a home for the Grey, I'll gladly volunteer! Venus has wanted a Grey for longer than I've known her.


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No, she'll be staying with us. If her previous owner's situation turns around, we'd want him to have her back.

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Those are very pretty birds. How old are the conures?

& congratulations on the job :)

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I fully understand.

Let me know if you happen across any Greys that wouldn't mind relocating to Missouri.


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jor412 wrote:

Those are very pretty birds. How old are the conures?

& congratulations on the job :)


 We don't know, Issy; the male originally belonged to a friend from whom we inherited our other two African greys when she died 15 months ago, so we don't know his history beyond that. The female is at least two years old. The friend who gave them to us needed to make her environment less noisy so she could breed Senegal parrots, and suns are notoriously loud and noisy birds. <G>

And thank you.



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DWL wrote:

I fully understand.

Let me know if you happen across any Greys that wouldn't mind relocating to Missouri.


We'll keep you in mind, but free parrots are a rarity most of the time. You might look into the parrot rescue groups; there are at least two in Missouri, though I don't know whether they're close to you.

http://www.metroanimal.org/directory/other_animals_rescue.shtml

Rescue birds are often excellent pets whose owners have died or are no longer able to care for the birds, but sometimes they can be birds with physical or emotional problems that most people wouldn't want.

Our two Congo greys are "special needs" birds: the male is blind and the female has no toes (her parents bit them off when she was a chick - usually a sign that the owner was pushing the parents to breed again before the current chicks were ready to leave them).

We took them in because no one else involved in rehoming our late friend's hundred-plus pets was interested in less-than-perfect birds, and they've been a delight to have here.



-- Edited by Chthulhu on Wednesday 14th of September 2011 08:56:47 AM

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Chthulhu wrote:
DWL wrote:

I fully understand.

Let me know if you happen across any Greys that wouldn't mind relocating to Missouri.


We'll keep you in mind, but free parrots are a rarity most of the time. You might look into the parrot rescue groups; there are at least two in Missouri, though I don't know whether they're close to you.

http://www.metroanimal.org/directory/other_animals_rescue.shtml

Rescue birds are often excellent pets whose owners have died or are no longer able to care for the birds, but sometimes they can be birds with physical or emotional problems that most people wouldn't want.

Our two Congo greys are "special needs" birds: the male is blind and the female has no toes (her parents bit them off when she was a chick - usually a sign that the owner was pushing the parents to breed again before the current chicks were ready to leave them).

We took them in because no one else involved in rehoming our late friend's hundred-plus pets was interested in less-than-perfect birds, and they've been a delight to have here.



-- Edited by Chthulhu on Wednesday 14th of September 2011 08:56:47 AM


Poor bird with no toes. cry 

Hundred-plus pets! confuse I only have one cat and she's already a handful. 



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Congrats on the job Mike!!
(& your fine-feathered friends!)

Frank

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