mr. tumnus, a jenday conure parrot, joined our household march 2006. lucy, a yellow-sided green-cheeked conure, came may 2006. unlike most birds, the conure species don't have specific male/female feather markings, so we actually don't know if tumnus is a mr. or a ms. and lucy could very well be "lucio". the only way to be sure would be a dna test...they are different enough species that they aren't going to mate, even if one is male and the other female. they can be very sweet birds--tumnus likes to cuddle with you before bed time (he'll lay on your stomach under the covers), lucy likes to do chores with you--the laundry, dishes, cooking, etc. they have their own personalities and preferences--tumnus loves to take a lukewarm bath in the kitchen sink; lucy won't go near water unless it's ice cold and there's a source of running water somewhere--tumnus loves carbs; lucy loves cheese; tumnus is a very good "pirate parrot"--he'll sit on your shoulder and be content for hours; lucy is so hyperactive she's everywhere and into everything. they don't talk, yet. lucy does imitate a whistle we taught her, and tumnus will wave for a peanut, but no "hello's".
we let their flight wings grow out (they were clipped when we bought them from the pet store), and now we are regretting it. we call them our little rats with wings. they fly everywhere and chew on everything. we have "bird clothes"--clothes we don't mind getting chewed to shreds, and "public clothes"--clothes we wear only outside the house. lucy liked "playing" scrabble with us so much our scrabble letters got chewed up. i got a new, deluxe turntable board for my birthday (thanks, mom and christian--your b&n gift certificates!)--this one is only coming out after the birds are in bed with the cage locked. if we leave our books out, they chew the edges. we have dubbed lucy the "toemonger"--if you walk around barefoot, she thinks your toes are something she must attack, and attack with vigor. we are considering selling them...we'll see. it's sad to think about selling the pet that has known only you since it hatched...
mr. tumnus, a jenday conure parrot, joined our household march 2006. lucy, a yellow-sided green-cheeked conure, came may 2006. unlike most birds, the conure species don't have specific male/female feather markings, so we actually don't know if tumnus is a mr. or a ms. and lucy could very well be "lucio". the only way to be sure would be a dna test...they are different enough species that they aren't going to mate, even if one is male and the other female. they can be very sweet birds--tumnus likes to cuddle with you before bed time (he'll lay on your stomach under the covers), lucy likes to do chores with you--the laundry, dishes, cooking, etc. they have their own personalities and preferences--tumnus loves to take a lukewarm bath in the kitchen sink; lucy won't go near water unless it's ice cold and there's a source of running water somewhere--tumnus loves carbs; lucy loves cheese; tumnus is a very good "pirate parrot"--he'll sit on your shoulder and be content for hours; lucy is so hyperactive she's everywhere and into everything. they don't talk, yet. lucy does imitate a whistle we taught her, and tumnus will wave for a peanut, but no "hello's".
we let their flight wings grow out (they were clipped when we bought them from the pet store), and now we are regretting it. we call them our little rats with wings. they fly everywhere and chew on everything. we have "bird clothes"--clothes we don't mind getting chewed to shreds, and "public clothes"--clothes we wear only outside the house. lucy liked "playing" scrabble with us so much our scrabble letters got chewed up. i got a new, deluxe turntable board for my birthday (thanks, mom and christian--your b&n gift certificates!)--this one is only coming out after the birds are in bed with the cage locked. if we leave our books out, they chew the edges. we have dubbed lucy the "toemonger"--if you walk around barefoot, she thinks your toes are something she must attack, and attack with vigor. we are considering selling them...we'll see. it's sad to think about selling the pet that has known only you since it hatched...
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