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Hello!; Getting my first parrolet in a few days
Topic Started: Aug 29 2008, 05:36 PM (747 Views)
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Hi Everyone, wave I'm new here and I'm from Minnesota.

I have a friend who has a pair of parrolets that had 7 babies,6 green & one blue. She sends me pictures and they are just so cute. She sent me alot of sites to check out for so I can learn about them.
I saw one for sale and I just had to get him. nodding He comes in just a few days.They live an hour from me and they'll bring him to me. He's a year old, a green split to blue male and loves to have his head and tummy rubbed. The family has 3 little dogs and "Indy" -the bird- doesn't get out as much as he should. She said shes gone back & forth about selling him as she's had him since he was a baby. nod2 But with alot of things going on in the family she thought it would be best.
I live alone and home all the time so I can let him out and let him play.The "Mom" and I have talked every nite talking about him and hs likes & dislikes. She said if I wanted to buy his cage I could. I think it would be best for him so it won't be to much of a stress for him.(she only want's $25.00 for it)
I have 3 parakeets right now.I've had cockatiels and had to find a home for them with a friend as my grand kids had allergies around them. But I can still see them and spend time with them. :)

I'm here looking for learning, sharing. and making new friends. 2.gif
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Congratulations on your soon to be Parrotlet! Good idea to keep him in the same cage while he adjusts to his new home. What's his name? :)

lol! Sorry! drats I didn't see his name the first time I read it! Indy is a cute name! :)
Edited by Gardengail, Aug 29 2008, 06:46 PM.
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Welcome to the forum, Sue! wave I can't wait to hear about Indy. I agree it's a good thing to take his cage, he'll be much more comfortable!
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Welcome!! wave wave

Congrats on Indy, he's really cute :wub:

Ask all the questions you want, read through the threads & join the fun :lol: :lol:
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Well today I bought 2 more parrotlets. giggle Both are females. past1 One is Albino, born 8-07 nod2 and the other female is a Green that was born 3-9-08. (My son was born on the 10th of March-in 88. So an easy birthday to remember.)

Indy hasn't been out of his cage but a couple of times. I've had to chase him out of the cage. But I don't want him to get scared of my hand. When he's out he's fine and he doesn't even try to bite. So I just leave the top of his cage open for him to come out. One day he will. :rolleyes:

Now that I have the "girls" he's been checking them out. I got the girls from where Indy was bought from. So I know that when the girls can be by him he'll be more than happy to come out of his cage. 2.gif

The girls have been up in the corner of the cage sooooo close to one another. And yet this is the first time they've been together-besides coming here. The couple brought them out to me.Which was really nice. They've been raising parrotlet's for some time now and they're listed as a breeder on the net and also in the "Bird Talk" mag. When I went looking for parrotlet's,asking breeders if they had any for sale-they always told me to check this couple out if they didn't have any. A very nice couple and a wonderful,clean place they have. I'd been talking to them for a few weeks now about the girls and picked out the 2 that I wanted.

Now I have to find a way to post some pictures on here....HELP! :question:
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Hi and welcome to the forum wave wave
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Congrats on the new babies, Sue 2.gif

The 2 girls will tend to bond with each other, but if they're pretty tame already then it will help you to coax Indy out of his cage. We use our very tame p'let (Spike) to get Spud (who is very shy) to come out of his cage. Once Spud sees Spike sitting on my shoulder he wants to get up there too giggle

This thread has some good suggestions.........................

http://s10.zetaboards.com/Parrotlets/topic/7010495/1/?x=25

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Thanks for the info. I did go and check out the page, had alot of info for me to try. :)


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Good luck & remember, patience is the key :lol:

You may not believe it at the moment but Indy will be the one that bonds with you, the girls will be more bonded to each other.
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I wouldn't have thought he would as he's only been out of his cage a couple of times and I had to chase him out. He didn't bite,would step up but as soon as we got close to the cage he wanted to go back in. What I do is open the top of his cage so he can come out on his own,he hasn't yet. :( The other Mom said she had him out 2-3 times each day-her son also would just put their finger in the cage and he'd climb right up the arm and sit on the shoulder. When I told her that he wouldn't come onto my hand that's when she said to just give him the finger. That still didn't work. But I haven't had him that long. I don't want him to be :scared: of my hand by chasing him out of the cage so I'll just let him come out on his own.

But now that the girls have been here he's "talking" to them and wanting to check them out. giggle So I know that when he can, he'll be out and over visiting them. :wub:

Now a :question: , When he wants to join the girls ~ should I let him go into their cage or them into his cage? I plan to let him out of the cage to check out the other cage,every day. Then have him go back into his cage after awhile. Then let the girls out of theirs each day so they can check him out. That way all get out and can play or what ever. Both cages would be on my coffee table right by me. After a few days or when it looks ok to let them all out at once I'll do so. Just play it by ear. nodding
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I would let them "meet" in a neutral area. They probably haven't had time to get cage territorial yet, but they will eventually. So to avoid any future fights I would only let them meet on a play gym or some other area that no one has claimed yet. Once he gets used to the idea that when you take him out he gets to meet the girls & have fun, he'll soon be "step up" trained. How tame are the girls?
If they're pretty tam, it would be easy to take one of them over to his cage on your finger & let him see that you have a p'let with you. Then he should step up onto your finger no problem as he will want to check out the girl. Rather than just letting him out of his own accord, I would work on leaving his door open & just sit there by the door with your hand resting near the door, just talk to him for a while, don't try to grab him & see if he will come over to the door. If he does, just let him step onto your hand of his own accord. It may take quite a while but with patience, this is the way to go to build his trust in you.
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blue2 Hello there and a BIG WELCOME

2 girls and a boy... I have the same...
My two girls are bonded.. and theres no
space for me with them...
My little boy.. is on his own in a cage..
right next to the girls... he's a different p-let...
Soft gentle and friendly...
My mistake was getting 2 together, they are like devils....
If they were human they'd be locked up by now!
All I can say is its patience...( Ive had patience luv..ect since Feb)
Im still working on my girls..
Get them out and bond with them quickly..(1 at a time)
Good luck keep us posted...
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I also have 2 girls and 1 boy
scooby nod2 and sky past1 are together in one cage and their are a bonded pair a hope to breed from them next year their are both about 1 year old, their are quite tame will step onto my finger on comand.
then i have smurf blue1 she is my little baby girl, she is bonded with me she share a large avary like cage with 3 canaries and 1 bourke parakeet , she is about 10 months old and very tame she goes everywhere with me, the key to taming parrotlets is what everybody else has mainly said patience
good luck with your parrotlets


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I have removed this post as we will answer it in Breeding Pairs

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Edited by kevinp, Oct 26 2008, 08:59 PM.
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