My new pet baby parrot

well i went to the pet store to buy crickets and end up comming home with this cutie pie its a black head caique i fell in love and so did fox lol i know suckerrr but this little baby loves to huggle and and give kisses and normaly fox woulda said no more pets but even he really liked this little baby bird he/she will be 1 years old aug 1st the cage that its in will be changed soon when i find a nicer cage it was just a starter til i go today and find a better one and becouse this bird isnt a powder base bird im not haven any allergic reactions to it YAY and neither is fox welp i guess now im a bird person LOL i know sucker hehehee its name was chester but im going to change the name i dont like the name they gave it and he/she doesnt look like a chester

He/she is sure a cutie.

thanks heres new pics of his new cage can we say spoiled rotten lmao

Your new birdie is so cute...such beautiful colors! There's always room for one more at Sherry's zoo, right? LOL
Next to turtles, birds are my favorite animals. I've always wanted a singing canary. Maybe someday.....

Called the bird of seven colors by the native s in the amozon. Too cool Sherry.

well this little birds so spoiled and he/she loves me and fox it drowls all over us its kinda funny this is mine an foxs new kid lol we had him/her out playing today for like an hour and it was just haven a blast and it felt the need to groom fox today lol that was so funny lil ham bird i need to come up with a name for it tho nothings stuck yet ive liked so will see lol

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It's very pretty.

thanks he/she is very spoiled to lol into everything it had its first real temper tantrom and got scoldered and sent to bed lol it wanted the tv remote and i told it no and it thru a fit and so it got sent to bed and cover on cage then the next day it did the im sorry cute baby face was kinda funny

Aw! What a pretty baby!
You gotta find out if its a boy or girl so you know how to name the little beauty!

yeah im going to ask the vet when we go the 10th for the beak trim

i need to find out what else they can have as fruits and veggies everything i looked up online just says fruits an veggies but dont tell me what kind lol i hate stupid care sheets like that drives me crazy they need to post what kinds of fruits and veggies he/she is trying to say something and im not sure what it is yet but the only words clear right now is pretty pretty oh and he/she tryed to feed me yesterday i was like no no thats ok i dont want no abc bird food lol

They eat almost any fruit and a good selection of veggies. No apple seeds no avacoto no chocklate. They will even eat french fries but it being an oil base bird you have to watch the oily food.Just about what ever you feed your boxies they can also eat.They get most of their essential oils from the seeds they eat. A good vitamin block for calcium.I give all my birds vitimins in their water bottles.It might not like citrus but thats good cause they don't get too much in the wild.All tropical fruits papaya passion fruit grapes are good.some even like raisons but mine dont.A good misting once a week is cool for the feathers.The perches you have are the best as it will help trim those nasty needletoes parrots get.If your luck and there is no reason you wont be he/she will wipe its beak on the perch and thet helps with the sharp beak. You should not trim thje beak too much as they need that to have a little edge for eating.An extreamly playful parrot. Needs at least 1 hour of good play time out of its cage. Not to worry I am sending you a play pen for him/her. Rember that the more you interact and play the more you can teach it. They love to play on their back and hold small like plastic play ball with thei feet. They will face surf. That just means they like to hold towels wash cloths in their beak and it looks like their surfing on their face. You can teach these birds to do many many tricks.Just take your time. They are very smart and sometimes will try to bully you for attention. Don't over do cause if it becomes a a habit it can be rather a pain when you don't have time.It costs around $20.00 to have it DNA sexed. Either with feathers plucked from the chest area'be careful not to touch the feather folical, or with a small blood sample taken from a toe trimm.. You can get a kit from labs and mail it off your self or the vet can do it. I don't know what a Vet would charge but I wouldn't pay more than $20.00 cause You can do it your self.You should be able to touch the bird every where on its body, comes in handi if there are any injuries or wing clipping . You Should be able to clpi its wings your self. But a vet will do it . We trim our birds ourselves. A good trim is even on all sides as you don't want an unbalanced wing,sometimes called suicide cut. Rember that they can be startled and at times fall or jump, you want the bird to be able to have a slow crash if it tries to fly. Yu got a real beautiful bird and should get years of fun and loveing with him/her. It won't really react to a name. you just have to see its charicteristics to find a name to fit. After a while it will know its name. They are not the best talkers but are great whistlers and can be quite loud at times. If you have a fire alarm in your house it will imitate it to perfectio. Thats not too good as I know people that lived in Apts. and had to get rid of a bird cause of th neighbors. Renforct the good avoid the bad and you should do OK. Rember if you cook wuth teflon pots and pans to keep it away as the fumes from an overheated teflon pan will,will,will kill it.I guess thats about all I can think of. Any more ?'s just ask. I have raised and taken care of ALL types of birds for over 40 years. I have seen it all. Good find there Sherry. You and Wayne sure got a keeper.

thanks for the info i will have to copy things down so i have it on hand he/she is such a sweet heart we are going to give its new baby toys tomorro for its birthday lol baby bird turns 1 year old gotta have a birdie party lol

Partay! Yeah.Foghorn,Lucy,and 'Q' say Happy Birthday dude /dudette.

lol well he/she had a little party earlyer with new toys and had scrambled eggs with his fruits an veggies and its learned to squeak like its toy

Cool eggs for breakfast.And presents.Happy Birthday little dude-duddett

today we got an out side cage and for the first time sat on the porch was kinda scared but got over it and i found a stand for the play pen lol

We do need pics you.