The ride home was amazing! I got a crick in my neck because I kept turning around to peer at them and make sure they were okay!
The pair we were given had already bred together twice so they were pretty close together and fairly calm the whole way, only giving the occasional squawk if we hit an unexpected bump in the road etc.
The weather had been fairly miserable but we got home okay with our temporary cage and because they were aviary birds we obviously had to sort something else out or the birds would start feeling a bit cramped before long! However, mother nature had other plans for us. Although we had ordered a suitable aviary on short notice, we were unable to pick it up because it ended up flooding again in our area.
I say again because the last bad one was in 2011, notably broadcast all over the world with a dodgy map of Australia and making it sound like the whole place was underwater, smacking our tourism industry around the face a few times. It was terrible - I'm not joking about that - but it mostly hit certain areas and my family wasn't in the area that was affected although several of our friends were.
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Monday, 29 July 2013
In the beginning..
Hey there, my name is Lucky Tiger and I'm here to combine my resources on Indian Ring-neck Parrots for my own benefit as well as for anyone who would like to learn more about these beautiful birds or has some of their own.
My partner and I started our bird adventure earlier this year. My partner, Lucky Panda has had a family history of bird keeping breeding but has previously been limited to Gouldian Finches. Due to relocation and expenses/time we hadn't had any birds for about three years prior. Getting our birds was quite an accident! A mutual friend and his new bride were moving from our area to Northern Queensland and he had a fish he wanted to give to Panda as he couldn't take it with him. So up we went to get the fish. As it was a slight trip we hung around and greeted their family, then checked out their menagerie of animals.
They asked if we wanted a pair of birds and even though it wasn't what we came for I have to say it was love at first sight for me. I don't come from a very pet orientated background - there was a dog but it kept attacking my sister's pram and leaping on my pregnant mother so it had to be sent off but I heard he was pretty happy after that on a large farm. There were carnival goldfish, and then my first boyfriend had the brilliant idea of dumping a complete fish tank on my doorstep as a birthday gift. It was a present that kept on giving, my mum mused over an addition to the power bill and expended energy as she helped me clean it every other weekend.
I loved those fish, and grew quite attached to them. One was a comet called Sylvester and the other was a fantail named Taz. They shared a special bond. Joining them was a snail I called Brian Jerry Neirb'o. I named a few of Brian's babies too but gave up after I found that the whole lining of my fish tank was basically made up of pest snails. Anyway, I had them for about five or so years. They grew fairly large and when they died - within hours of each other I was devastated.
It might sound silly, after all they were only goldfish but they were my goldfish. I cared for them, and they made me feel useful in a low point of my life. I could watch them for hours and it would calm me down - the tank in the corner of the room became a kind of safe haven. The boyfriend commented later that it was a test to see if I could rear children. This, I found pretty freaking offensive. In a twisted sense of justice, the fish he bought all died within a month or so.
Panda's family also had a dog - Mimi - who we adored. She was an excellent dog and lived for about 14 years before we had to get her put down due to persistent tumours and severe arthritis. Apart from that, she was still as young as ever, rearing to get out and about to sniff things and go for walks. We miss her everyday and because of that, we weren't keen on getting another pet straight away. We've had people try to pawn dogs off to us but at that time it was an expense we couldn't afford, an emotional sore spot plus we has other concerns such as time - working around our crazy hours isn't fair to a puppy who needs training. Also we had concerns about whether our new yard was suitable for a dog and who could look after it if we went on vacation for example.
We want to be sensible pet owners, and as much as we would have loved to provide a good home for those dogs we just couldn't. This mutual friend of ours offered us these birds as they couldn't take them with them but wanted to make sure they went to a good home and so far they hadn't found one. Panda saw the look in my eyes and had to give in.
My partner and I started our bird adventure earlier this year. My partner, Lucky Panda has had a family history of bird keeping breeding but has previously been limited to Gouldian Finches. Due to relocation and expenses/time we hadn't had any birds for about three years prior. Getting our birds was quite an accident! A mutual friend and his new bride were moving from our area to Northern Queensland and he had a fish he wanted to give to Panda as he couldn't take it with him. So up we went to get the fish. As it was a slight trip we hung around and greeted their family, then checked out their menagerie of animals.
They asked if we wanted a pair of birds and even though it wasn't what we came for I have to say it was love at first sight for me. I don't come from a very pet orientated background - there was a dog but it kept attacking my sister's pram and leaping on my pregnant mother so it had to be sent off but I heard he was pretty happy after that on a large farm. There were carnival goldfish, and then my first boyfriend had the brilliant idea of dumping a complete fish tank on my doorstep as a birthday gift. It was a present that kept on giving, my mum mused over an addition to the power bill and expended energy as she helped me clean it every other weekend.
I loved those fish, and grew quite attached to them. One was a comet called Sylvester and the other was a fantail named Taz. They shared a special bond. Joining them was a snail I called Brian Jerry Neirb'o. I named a few of Brian's babies too but gave up after I found that the whole lining of my fish tank was basically made up of pest snails. Anyway, I had them for about five or so years. They grew fairly large and when they died - within hours of each other I was devastated.
It might sound silly, after all they were only goldfish but they were my goldfish. I cared for them, and they made me feel useful in a low point of my life. I could watch them for hours and it would calm me down - the tank in the corner of the room became a kind of safe haven. The boyfriend commented later that it was a test to see if I could rear children. This, I found pretty freaking offensive. In a twisted sense of justice, the fish he bought all died within a month or so.
Panda's family also had a dog - Mimi - who we adored. She was an excellent dog and lived for about 14 years before we had to get her put down due to persistent tumours and severe arthritis. Apart from that, she was still as young as ever, rearing to get out and about to sniff things and go for walks. We miss her everyday and because of that, we weren't keen on getting another pet straight away. We've had people try to pawn dogs off to us but at that time it was an expense we couldn't afford, an emotional sore spot plus we has other concerns such as time - working around our crazy hours isn't fair to a puppy who needs training. Also we had concerns about whether our new yard was suitable for a dog and who could look after it if we went on vacation for example.
We want to be sensible pet owners, and as much as we would have loved to provide a good home for those dogs we just couldn't. This mutual friend of ours offered us these birds as they couldn't take them with them but wanted to make sure they went to a good home and so far they hadn't found one. Panda saw the look in my eyes and had to give in.
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