Posted by TENA/ DIAMOND on 1/2/2009, 3:35 pm
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DIAMOND DIARIES #4
YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE DIFFRENT BIRDS I HAD ACQUIRED OVER THE YEARS. WELL I ALSO BOUGHT A FEW PARROTS. MANY CAME TO ME FROM HOMES THAT PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM ANYMORE. UNFORTUNATELY THEY GOT RID OF THEM AFTER MUCH DAMAGE TO THE ANIMAL WAS DONE. WE ENDED UP BECOMING A SHELTER FOR UNWANTED BIRDS , WHILE AT THE SAME TIME A PLACE TO BUY LOVELY BIRDS AND BREED THEM.
IT WASN'T LONG THAT I HAD LEARNED THAT MY LOVED COCKATIEL ..LITTLE MAN WAS A DUDE NOT A STUD! HE WANTED TO BREED SO BADLY AND HIS MATE PEARL WAS HAPPY TO COMPLY BUT THEY DIDN'T PRODUCE ANYTHING. SO I HELPED NATURE ALONG AND I WOULD SWITCH SOME EGGS FROM THE OTHER COCKATIELS SO THAT THEY DID GET TO PARENT. THEY WERE FANTASTIC PARENTS.
WE CAME TO HAVE OUR FIRST PARROT BY A PERSON THAT WANTED TO GET RID OF IT. HIS NAME WAS BILLY. AN ORANGE WING PARROT. HE WAS TERRFIED OF EVERYTHING AND I WAS SO SAD . WE KEPT HIM IN THE KITCHEN WITH US AND HOPED THAT HE WOULD GET USE TO US AND NOT SO AFRAID. ALTHOUGH HE WAS TERRIFIED OF MALES AND THE COLOR RED, MY SON SOON GOT HIM TO TRUST HIM. CHRIS ALWAYS HAD A WAY WITH ANIMALS AND IT TOOK NOTHING FOR HIM TO GET BILLY TO TRUST HIM!
BILLY WAS ONLY USE TO EATING SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND PIZZA. HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT REAL BIRD FOOD WAS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF IT TO HIS DIET HAD TO BE A SLOW PROCESS. HE WAS NOT A HEALTHY BIRD AT ALL AND WAS TO HAVE SCREACHED AT THE EX OWER'S HOME ALL THE TIME. BILLY NEVER DID THAT HERE AND WAS A LOVELY BIRD. THESE BIRDS HAVE TO SCIENTIFICALY SEXED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE BIRD IS, MALE OR FEMALE .. SO WE ALL ASUMED BILLY WAS A MALE. ONE DAY WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE LOVELY " PRESENT " OF ANOTHER PARROT THAT A PERSON DIDN'T WANT. IT HAPPENED TO BE AN ORANGE WINGED PARROT LIKE BILLY.
WE GLADLY SAID YES AND THE PARROT CAME TO OUR HOME. TO OUR HORROR, THIS ANIMAL WAS IN A COCKATAIL'S CAGE AND WAS UNABLE TO PERCH. IT WAS SO TERRFIED AND THE CAGE WAS HELDED TOGETHER BY FECES!! THE SMELL IN THE HOME WAS HORRIBLE AND IT WAS NOT ABLE TO STAY IN THE HOUSE. BILLY WAS GOING CRAZY AND BY THE LOOK OF HIS EYES AND PUPILS , IT APPEARED TO US THAT THIS WAS INDEED A FEMALE. SO THE FIRST THING WAS TO TAKE A VERY TERRIFIED BIRD AND CLIP ITS NAILS THAT HAD CURLED RIGHT AROUND AND MADE IT UNABLE TO MOVE ABOUT. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT THIS FOR I NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WITH A BIG BIRD BEFORE. WE MANAGE TO DO IT AND THEN THE INTRODUCTION OF BILLY TO KELLY WAS THE NEXT PHASE.
KELLY WENT INTO THE CAGE WITH NO PROBLEM AND BEING THAT IT WAS IN THE DINING ROOM MADE WATCHING THE BIRDS FOR FIGHTING EASIER. WELL, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AND CONTINUED TO GROW. BILLY AND KELLY WERE SO HAPPY TOGETHER IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE. BILLY TAUGHT KELLY TO MOVE AROUND AND TO EAT . HOW TO USE HER CLAWS. IT WAS A DELIGHT TO WATCH THIS . HE WOULD PREEN HER AND FEED HER. THEY WERE SO HAPPY AND WE ALL WOULD WATCH THEM AND IT WAS SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY. HAVING KELLY, BILLY REALLY DIDN'T NEED A PERSON ANYMORE AND WAS VERY PROTECTIVE OF HIS MATE. WE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN BUT IT WAS NICER TO SEE THIS.
MY BIRDS GREW TO A NUMBER OF OVER 250 , NOT COUNTING THE BABIES. I SOLD BIRDS AROUND THE PROVINCE AND ALSO BOUGHT MANY DIFFRENT ONES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THAT MEANT GETTING BIRDS IN ON THE PLANE WHICH IS NOT THE NICEST WAY FOR THE LITTLE FELLOWS. THEY WERE ALL BREEDERS EXCEPT FOR ONE.... THAT WAS A JOKE FOR IT WAS NOT A PET!! IF KILLER SAYS ANYTHING.. IT SAYS IT ALL.
YOURS
TENA/DIAMOND
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