This site is strictly for the preservation of our precious Quakers, and how to educate anyone who is interested in purchasing and raising these cute little clowns!
DO NOT JUST GO OUT AND BUY ONE OF THESE PARROTS UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY READ THIS SITE! If you don't read all of its content before purchasing, you could be endangering your parrot as well as yourself and others living with you. It's not easy raising ANY parrot without reading and learning about them if you have never experienced caring for one. They are definitely NOT like raising ordinary parakeets, canaries, finches, or any other types of domesticated birds/parrots. They require a lot of love, respect, attention, time, maintenance, money, etc., and in that exact order. No kidding! They are not the kind of bird you can buy & bring home just to sit and admire. They are noisy, can bite, be very messy, and have feelings of depression, anxiety, anger, resentment, and so on if they are left alone and ignored most of the time. They need held, loved, cuddled, and talked to frequently. I NEVER believed when Avian Specialists say that Quakers only repeat what they are taught. From experience I have watched, observed, and noted my Quakers telling me their needs. Baby Doll, my Quaker, tells me "Wanna go goodnight!" and yawns and stretches her wings when she's ready for her cage to be covered for the night. When I cover her cage she says so sweetly, "Goodnight!" If I leave the room she screams the words "Mama, Mamma!" and paces back and forth on her perch. When she's hungry she says "Yummy time!" When she wants a bath she tells me "Splashy time!" And the list goes on. She has a vocabulary of over 100 words.
Too many people purchase these little parrots, get tired or frustrated at them, find out that finding them a good home is difficult, then think that it is safe to turn them loose to the world that they are NOT use to. This IS ANIMAL ABUSE!!! They are defenseless, domesticated, neglected, become injured, sick, and even face death. |
