Archibald's Slave
Regular Member
It was suggested on another post I introduce Archibald, Archie for short, to the forum. So here he is..
Birdie bread .. not impressed. (is his travel cage..).
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.. and making friends
He is a young spectacled parrotlet about 4-5 months old, parent reared.
He is ridiculously smart and has me wrapped round his little claw.. I have taught him quite a few tricks, to the amazement of his breeder, which he learnt very quickly, although he can be stubborn on when to demonstrate them for strangers. I have recently slacked off a bit on the training and he has become incredibly cheeky, but never in a bad way.
Extremely fascinating little monster! Very loving and expressive.. looking forward to his puberty...
(The photos are a few weeks old. He now has much more blue coming through around his eyes and wings as he moults.)
As for me..
I owned a bronze-winged pionus a good few years ago (before digital pics..). Bought Charlie from a pet shop I worked at, was split rung and probably aviary bred.. but we formed a close bond and he was a joy to own, speaking a few words and rarely biting my inexperienced hands.. sadly I was a young man, the distractions of 'real life' were too many and I didn't notice his health heading downwards after 2 weeks boarding back at the pets shop while I holidayed.. long story short he ended up being put to sleep some months later. In hindsight, I can clearly see the many mistakes I made and I felt very bad for a long time about him.
I have always kept reptiles and been successful with breeding some rarer species of snake and still have my first reptile (23yr old gecko), but since my experience with Charlie I was not sure I was ready or mature enough to have another parrot in my life until recent years.. and then Archie came into my life... now I know I am in the right mindset. Really enjoy the effect he has had on my life and love the positive effects I have on his! Diet has been a real learning curve I have thoroughly enjoyed researching.
Am looking to add one slightly larger parrot to my life at somepoint and would really like that to be a Ruppell's parrot, for certain colour loving reasons, though I am aware this may be a difficult task - I have patience!
Have very much enjoyed scouring the threads for all the useful experience there appears to be on this forum and have discovered many of the answers to my questions buried in past posts.
Hope to read much more and maybe share some of my experiences in the future.
Thomas
Birdie bread .. not impressed. (is his travel cage..).
View attachment 18803
.. and making friends
He is a young spectacled parrotlet about 4-5 months old, parent reared.
He is ridiculously smart and has me wrapped round his little claw.. I have taught him quite a few tricks, to the amazement of his breeder, which he learnt very quickly, although he can be stubborn on when to demonstrate them for strangers. I have recently slacked off a bit on the training and he has become incredibly cheeky, but never in a bad way.
Extremely fascinating little monster! Very loving and expressive.. looking forward to his puberty...
(The photos are a few weeks old. He now has much more blue coming through around his eyes and wings as he moults.)
As for me..
I owned a bronze-winged pionus a good few years ago (before digital pics..). Bought Charlie from a pet shop I worked at, was split rung and probably aviary bred.. but we formed a close bond and he was a joy to own, speaking a few words and rarely biting my inexperienced hands.. sadly I was a young man, the distractions of 'real life' were too many and I didn't notice his health heading downwards after 2 weeks boarding back at the pets shop while I holidayed.. long story short he ended up being put to sleep some months later. In hindsight, I can clearly see the many mistakes I made and I felt very bad for a long time about him.
I have always kept reptiles and been successful with breeding some rarer species of snake and still have my first reptile (23yr old gecko), but since my experience with Charlie I was not sure I was ready or mature enough to have another parrot in my life until recent years.. and then Archie came into my life... now I know I am in the right mindset. Really enjoy the effect he has had on my life and love the positive effects I have on his! Diet has been a real learning curve I have thoroughly enjoyed researching.
Am looking to add one slightly larger parrot to my life at somepoint and would really like that to be a Ruppell's parrot, for certain colour loving reasons, though I am aware this may be a difficult task - I have patience!
Have very much enjoyed scouring the threads for all the useful experience there appears to be on this forum and have discovered many of the answers to my questions buried in past posts.
Hope to read much more and maybe share some of my experiences in the future.
Thomas