Hi!
Say hello to Svrčko! For purposes of this forum, let's just call him Cricket
We tossed around a lot of names, this one seems to have stuck
After two weeks advertisements in Pawboost ($125 🤑), next door, here, called several pet stores, and both shelters in my county, we're losing hope that we'll find this little guy's home. Will keep the posts going a bit longer.
Meantime, the bird has a beautiful, vibrant (almost radiant/glowing) aquamarine blue coloring, and appears healthy. His cere is a bit lighter in life, it's not coming through quite right on my screen and is not this dark, it's a nice purple color with some lightness around the nares. It is not pink or brown. Male? If not, I'll change pronouns after correction by those who know more, and name change might come into play (tbd).
He's of course at least a year old, having irises and lost the forehead bands. His claws are very well manicured and the little cheek spots are small.. maybe he's between 1 and 2? Or not.
He seems in good spirits, despite the small cage. He'll be in quarantine from Chiribiri two more weeks to complete 30 days. Vet visit scheduled this week. He stopped eating harrison's, but is eating nutriberries, seeds, and some veges. The bird is a total acrobat, and definitely hates the small cage, trying to escape every possible moment, looking for a way out. Family will keep him busy, playing music and interacting with him. In the vening, he has no issues stepping up and doesn't seem to mind gentle scritches. Daytime it's tough to get hands in as he just wants out.
We'll introduce the two in a couple weeks, and follow-up here.. I'm very curious how Chiribiri will respond. Today, when I picked him up from my family's house, the two happened to hear each other and had a short calling going out to each other. Hopefully that is a good start!
Chiribiri and Svrčko.. what a tongue teaser for those who don't know how to trill their r's haha
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Say hello to Svrčko! For purposes of this forum, let's just call him Cricket
We tossed around a lot of names, this one seems to have stuck After two weeks advertisements in Pawboost ($125 🤑), next door, here, called several pet stores, and both shelters in my county, we're losing hope that we'll find this little guy's home. Will keep the posts going a bit longer.
Meantime, the bird has a beautiful, vibrant (almost radiant/glowing) aquamarine blue coloring, and appears healthy. His cere is a bit lighter in life, it's not coming through quite right on my screen and is not this dark, it's a nice purple color with some lightness around the nares. It is not pink or brown. Male? If not, I'll change pronouns after correction by those who know more, and name change might come into play (tbd).
He's of course at least a year old, having irises and lost the forehead bands. His claws are very well manicured and the little cheek spots are small.. maybe he's between 1 and 2? Or not.
He seems in good spirits, despite the small cage. He'll be in quarantine from Chiribiri two more weeks to complete 30 days. Vet visit scheduled this week. He stopped eating harrison's, but is eating nutriberries, seeds, and some veges. The bird is a total acrobat, and definitely hates the small cage, trying to escape every possible moment, looking for a way out. Family will keep him busy, playing music and interacting with him. In the vening, he has no issues stepping up and doesn't seem to mind gentle scritches. Daytime it's tough to get hands in as he just wants out.
We'll introduce the two in a couple weeks, and follow-up here.. I'm very curious how Chiribiri will respond. Today, when I picked him up from my family's house, the two happened to hear each other and had a short calling going out to each other. Hopefully that is a good start!
Chiribiri and Svrčko.. what a tongue teaser for those who don't know how to trill their r's haha
