noblemacaw
07-25-2013, 10:38 PM
For a while I have been thinking about adding the third and final member to our flock. Now that Julio have been moved from my office downstairs to be by Valentino I am pondering adding one more parrot. I had the perfect opportunity for a white front amazon who needed a home but it was not to be. I really wish I could of adopted this parrot but time of year and after the expense of adopting Julio I just could not recoop the monies soon enough for all of it to fall together. This has made me very sad but Lupe helped me understand the timing was not right and the parrot needs to be placed sooner than later. I do not blame the owner for not being able to wait because of the medical condition of her son. We both had to move on.
I wanted to complete my flock before I went back to work in November. I had to realize that this is probably not going to happen unless I fall into some kind of windfall of money. Not only do I need to afford the expense of the parrot but I will need to buy a cage and afford the well bird checkup as well. Granted I have a bit of wiggle room for the well bird because the parrot would be in quarantine but I always like to get the visit out of the way ASAP so the parrot and us can move forward with bonding.
We are trying to plan for adding the next flock member next spring/summer/fall. I will be saving up part of my paycheck for this reason so I will be able to buy the cage and make payments on a parrot if I find one I would like. Lupe and I agreed to work toward getting the parrot instead of getting one right away. This is the only way we can afford it right now.
My research continued with different parrot species but I kept sticking with what I know. Looking into Pionus, conures and mini macaws. I almost started planning on getting a BTM but I realized that having two macaws would probably drive me insane. LOL I am trying to establish a balance in my flock so getting another bird similar to Valentino would be difficult on me. I thought about a yellow collar macaw but it has been hard to find a breeder I felt comfortable with. With the Pionus I learned they don't have a preening gland and are somewhat dusty. I know I have handled Pionus in the past and they have never made me sneeze or aggravate my asthma but I can't take that chance. I put the idea of adding the third member on the back burner. Especially after the disappointment of not being able to adopt the white front amazon.
Lately I have made a connection with a member of my RFM Facebook group. They directed me to their breeder who I began to correspond with. I really like their breeder and wanted some advise with my situation. With the glowing recommendation of the member and with my correspondence with the breeders I really clicked with them. They are all I like in breeders and these people have many many years experience with many species of parrots. After lengthy emails and discussing a lot about what I wanted to happen and of my desire to keep a nice balance the breeder suggested to me to look into the Panama Amazon. Even though I do not have experience with Amazons she relayed to me this species of Amazon are wonderful pets and weather the hormone seasons better. Like me she is a "macaw" person but loves this species of Amazon. She explained to me why and along with my research of them I realize the Panama Amazon would make a very good addition to my flock.
So of late I have been working with the idea of adding a Panama Amazon to our flock. This will be the last parrot that will join our family. I am open to adopting an older Panama but I think that would be hard because there is not a lot of them out there. I might have to settle for a baby but that would be alright with me.
Does anyone have a Panama Amazon they would like to post about. I would love to hear about your Pan and about males and females differences. I am very excited to be planning all of this out for us.
I wanted to complete my flock before I went back to work in November. I had to realize that this is probably not going to happen unless I fall into some kind of windfall of money. Not only do I need to afford the expense of the parrot but I will need to buy a cage and afford the well bird checkup as well. Granted I have a bit of wiggle room for the well bird because the parrot would be in quarantine but I always like to get the visit out of the way ASAP so the parrot and us can move forward with bonding.
We are trying to plan for adding the next flock member next spring/summer/fall. I will be saving up part of my paycheck for this reason so I will be able to buy the cage and make payments on a parrot if I find one I would like. Lupe and I agreed to work toward getting the parrot instead of getting one right away. This is the only way we can afford it right now.
My research continued with different parrot species but I kept sticking with what I know. Looking into Pionus, conures and mini macaws. I almost started planning on getting a BTM but I realized that having two macaws would probably drive me insane. LOL I am trying to establish a balance in my flock so getting another bird similar to Valentino would be difficult on me. I thought about a yellow collar macaw but it has been hard to find a breeder I felt comfortable with. With the Pionus I learned they don't have a preening gland and are somewhat dusty. I know I have handled Pionus in the past and they have never made me sneeze or aggravate my asthma but I can't take that chance. I put the idea of adding the third member on the back burner. Especially after the disappointment of not being able to adopt the white front amazon.
Lately I have made a connection with a member of my RFM Facebook group. They directed me to their breeder who I began to correspond with. I really like their breeder and wanted some advise with my situation. With the glowing recommendation of the member and with my correspondence with the breeders I really clicked with them. They are all I like in breeders and these people have many many years experience with many species of parrots. After lengthy emails and discussing a lot about what I wanted to happen and of my desire to keep a nice balance the breeder suggested to me to look into the Panama Amazon. Even though I do not have experience with Amazons she relayed to me this species of Amazon are wonderful pets and weather the hormone seasons better. Like me she is a "macaw" person but loves this species of Amazon. She explained to me why and along with my research of them I realize the Panama Amazon would make a very good addition to my flock.
So of late I have been working with the idea of adding a Panama Amazon to our flock. This will be the last parrot that will join our family. I am open to adopting an older Panama but I think that would be hard because there is not a lot of them out there. I might have to settle for a baby but that would be alright with me.
Does anyone have a Panama Amazon they would like to post about. I would love to hear about your Pan and about males and females differences. I am very excited to be planning all of this out for us.