New Quaker Owner

[Paisleybrown]

Hello,

I am new to your forum and bird ownership as well. I brought home a 4 year old quaker yesterday and despite my weeks of research prior to doing so, I find myself in need of advice and tips from people in the know. Thank you in advance for all of your potential help!

[Lady]

Hi and :pp_welcome:Paisley,

Go right ahead and post your questions when your ready. What is your Quaker's name? Hope you can spend some time reading the threads as they are filled with great information. There are wonderful, helpful folks here with lots of experience that will do their best to help! Oh and when you get the time to take a pic or two of your new bird we would all love to see him/her~

[plax]

Greetings Paisleybrown!

Congratulations on acquiring your new fid :). If you're seeking advice on anything in particular, please let us know and we'll try to help. And yes, a photo or two of your Quaker would be nice if you'd like to share.

Thank you for joining us.

[spiritbird]

A warm welcome to you and your new bird. We are here for you and love photos. :magic:

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Hello and welcome
We found it a bit traumatic bringing a bird into the home. The advice you read on the internet tends to make you think that anything you do is going to kill your bird. You soon begin to realise that they are quite hardy little souls but they do need LOTS of your time. In the wild they tend to flock so their brains are wired for lots of companionship. Our bird Casper will make a lot of noise when first left on his own, calling the rest of his flock (us). He soon settles down though and loves to listen to music especially lady singers. At the moment his favourite is Shania Twain.
I hope you and your quaker become good friends soon.

Edit: I thought you might like to meet Casper, he's a bit shy*

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*Outrageous lie

[Lady]

From that angle Casper's tail feathers are coming along nicely :th_biggrin:.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

That's not a recent pic although his tail does still look quite like that when parked. He still has just the two outer feathers each side so there is a big gap in the middle when he fans his tail. We are hoping for a revival soon as he is having a good moult of other less important feathers.

[Lady]

Well I hope when they do come in he will be pleased and take good care of them :).

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

He was playing with a broken feather yesterday and we realised it was one from his tail that had come out at last. I didn't realise that the stump of a broken off feather stays in place until it would have come out under normal circumstances. So, it will be interesting to see how long its replacement takes to grow.

[Minamommy]

Welcome Paisleybrown!!! I love Quakers and wish we could own the here in PA. Congratulations on being a new parront


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