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This is who we are going to call "Rosie" she came to us last night, she shares our home with 4 'Tiels, and 3 Quakers..........

welcome to the boards Rick_in_PDX , and welcome to our wonderful and growing family of IRN owners. Congrats on the New addition, she Looks beautiful.

Andrea (Angie)

well after 24 hrs in our home, a wing clipping, a few apple peices and some dry popcorn here is a photo of what my wife has managed to do:

seems that "rosie" is going to be a mommies girl as he doesnt care much for me.

They'll do almost anything for apple.

Great job. And it's nice to see Rosie find a good "forever home"

I want to personally thank you for having your baby clipped.

Shut up Neo

meow

can I ask .. how old is she ? And how did she come into your home ? Just call me sticky beak, just like my bird *wink*

Andrea (Angie)

I was told that she is 2 almost 3. Story goes something like this,
We lost a female Quaker a short wile back, not far from my home is a pet store, I went into that dissaster of a pet store looking for a new toy for Mr Wilson (he was sad over the loss of his cage buddie), wile in there I heard this sound coming from the back, I found a very cute, but terrorfied female QP, I was told " uhhhh We dont know anything about that bird blahh blahh blahhh...... " well the QP has never been handled and if so she was abused along the way...... next to the QP was this IRN,....also in a very bad condition, and had started plucking.... well not knowing anything about the IRN, and knowing about QP's I took the QP home, told my friend about the IRN and he went and got her.......(we have reported the pet store to authorities for animale neglect and abuse BTW).... I told my friend that I really wanted the IRN but was a bit short of funds...... he says "well if you want her I will give her to you".... Folks the bird we got from that store is in a lovely home with two elderly people who have the patients of Jobe.... a week goes by my phone rings "Hey Rick do you have some time to kill?". well after a 2 hr drive we are in front of home he says" go up there knock on the door tell the guy your here for the bird". I did and after seeing what was going on there my heart sank, here was this IRN upstairs in an empty room all alone with a bowl of sewage to drink out of, piss poor food I was told " Yea she stays up here because she can get noisy and her noise upsets my cats (20 of them!) "Uh I kinda forgot to change her water this week.... "CHANGE THE WATER THIS WEEK!!!???? dDamnit Man your suppose to do that a couple times A DAY!"
without asking any more than how old and what sex (I totaly forgot what her name was) I snatched that bird out of there..... two hrs later she was in my home......
I am not really new to birds, (Quakers and 'tiels), my wife and I are setting up our patio into a summer aviary (very nice weather here in Oregon for birds) I am not new to messageboards, (great places for info on most any subject), but in just a few days of being with us Rosie has found a friend, she stole my heart the moment I saw her, but she loves my wife very much, I cannot say enough about the joys of having a bird ANYBIRD, they are just facinating animals. Its doubtfull I will get anouther IRN as I have a soft spot for the Quakers and 'tiels, but shoudl I see a negected or abused African grey or an Alaxandrine.... my home will have to be that much bigger.......lol....... Rick and Kim always root for the underdogs of life.

one week to the day of "rosie" being here, here she is looking at herself on monitor2 she is a Mommies girl to be sure but she will tollerate me when mommie steps out of the room