Parry came to our home today after a hard split-up between his long time owner. We did allow them to spend as much time as they felt comfortable till moving her to our home since I know that is important for both the bird and the people giving the bird to Mickaboo. This exchange is really is all about the bird and if the people giving the bird to Mickaboo is not fully decided upon surrendering the bird, the bird will pick up on that and possibly retaliate and not take as easily to the foster family as how normally the case would be.

I fully respect the family who surrendered Parry - it is by no means an easy decision, but they had the best interest of the bird at heart. I dedicate this blog to that decision and to the continuation of the happy, healthy life Parry is meant to have for the rest of her life.

A little background on Parry:

What we know of Parry is that she is at least 27 yrs old, and she is indeed a SHE (she has laid eggs in the past!) Her former father had her for those 27 years, and he thinks she was a year or two when he bought her from a south californian pet shop.

Parry is a wild caught bird, possibly from Bolivia. She has been loved during her life and she has loved her favorite male person. Parry has known to take a liking to a few other people she has met along the way (men and women).

She has been known to seek out a warm, dark place somewhere in the home to be nesty and territorial over. Because of this fact, we were easily able to have her walk into the travel carrier on her own. The carrier has a few holes on each side, but the plastic material covered enough that it created a darkened area inside. she went right in and explored. I am thinking we can't keep her in there for too long otherwise she will get very hormonal and nesty, but its good to know that she is okay with that carrier. We will do some travelling around in that cage for sure!

After coming to her quarantine room, we opened up the carrier right in front of the entrance of her cage and she stepped right up to one of the manzanita branches. She has been keeping toward the front of the cage so far, and moving across the front between the water and food bowls (they are on opposite sides of the cage).

We put a stainless steel chain around her door and put a padlock on it because we have been told (and are witnesses to!) that she can open up her cage by manipulating the basic locking features on a typical cage. Also, if a padlock is not completely closed, she can easily open it completely and out she comes!

She has been picking at her food - I have all kinds of things in there just to see what she is interested in (harrisons course, zupreem fruit blend, some nuts/seeds) - and she has also been taking nuts from my fingers (nicely too) as well as from my husband. I hope she continues to be this nice to both of us :-) but i know it is way too early to tell yet since she is in the honeymoon period for the next two weeks at least. so far she has been great. rather quiet. she has been sneezing a bit off and on. I will keep an eye on that.

Parry is plucked on her chest and back area - from what we know she has been plucking for the last 2 years. I am keeping an eye on her and if she is continually plucking. As i write, she is preening herself. so im a little worried. she took a shower yesterday, so we'll hold off on that till next weekend perhaps. (i really dont know how we are going to do that yet..) plus i think she needs a wing and nail trim.

Well, that's it for now. I hope you like her pictures, below.