Posted by Mary N. on April 29, 19100 at 15:08:58:
In Reply to: Male eclectus posted by Colin on April 29, 19100 at 00:15:53:
Hi Colin!
We are very sorry to hear of the loss of your female eclectus. That must have been a terrible experience! Were her wings clipped? I know that even if a bird’s wings are clipped they can still fly, albeit not well, especially if startled, or if helped by even a teeny breeze. Hopefully someone has found your girl and is caring for her and will return her to you. Be sure to post fliers around your neighborhood or the area where she was lost. I recently read on one of my Internet bird lists of an eclectus that flew away assisted by a breeze and by picking that up and soaring down a large hill over trees and – poof! gone). The people posted an ad in the newspaper, and fliers everywhere they could think of. They lost hope of getting their bird back – but they did get him back – he was found by a family that could not read the English language ad but could recognize the brilliant green bird with the red sides and candy-corn beak on the flier, and brought him back. Imagine their delight!
We hope such a happy day will come for you, as well!
Since you seem to be very familiar with your breeder and the quality/socialization of the baby birds s/he raises, it is likely this little male will also be of the same affectionate nature. The importance of the impact of proper care, socialization and weaning by the breeder/handfeeder on the “companion quality” of the baby parrot cannot be stressed enough. Such a good start, coupled with a loving home (such as yours) will likely result in a happy life for the parrot and for the humans. I assume your breeder will care for him until he is fully weaned. Please do not bring home an unweaned baby unless you are experienced at handfeeding and weaning eclectus babies.
Male eclectus are loving, affectionate, playful, sensitive, intelligent and have very good talking ability, as the females do. There is every reason to feel confident that you will have a wonderful experience with your new little boy.
If your girl is found and returned to you, may I suggest they be housed in separate cages? As they are “brother and sister”, you would probably want to avoid any possibility of interbreeding between them.
We hope this information has been of help to you!
Al and Mary
Cabby and Chardy (SIE)
: We recently lost our female eclectus (SI) and are heartbroken - she flew away off my wife's shoulder and must have been abducted as we have serached endlessly. We still hope to recover her if someone tries to resell her. We now have the chance to buy her young brother - 10 weeks old. What should we know about the persoanlity difference of the male. We loved our female birds affectionate nature - she wasn't nippy at all and a great character.
: thanks, colin