Reply With QuoteHe looks a bit like a nanday conure to me. Someone probably really misses him.
My neighbor brought this bird over to me.hmy: It's lost.
Said it just flew on his shoulder.:woohoo: :silly: Brought it to us because he knew we had a grey. I don't know what kind of bird it is though. Does anyone know what kind of bird this is???? If this picture does not post, please check my profile page. I have been having trouble downloading pictures in the forum.
He looks a bit like a nanday conure to me. Someone probably really misses him
One thing for sure, its a very pretty parrot. I am not certain of the type but guess its a conure of some sort. Others here may know. I will research a bit and let you know what I find. Clearly someone's pet. since you do not know this bird keep it in a separate room from your grey (eg quarantine) as you do not know its health history at this point.
Almost certainly a Nanday...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanday_Conure<br><br>Post edited by: dblhelix, at: 2008/08/16 04:39
I checked and yes he is a nanday conure.
Hi, I have found out it is a nenday conure aka black hooded nenday parakeet. People are so great on this site. I will try and find his/her owner. It may belong to a neighbor but we thought he only had macaws. He's not home right now. I've already called animal control/police and there aren't any reports of missing birds yet. This is the sweetest thing. Someone really took a lot of time with this bird and they are probably worried sick. I will try to find his mommy and daddy but if I can't I will keep give him a good home. Also, I didn't think about quarantine and already introduced Baxter to this one for just a few minutes. I hope it's okay. How long should we quarantine the new bird if he should stay with us? It seems to be very healthy so far.
Chances are very good its healthy, but quarantine and a vet check would be in order if you keep it. We have some quarantine guidelines on the site, I believe its recommended at 45 days (seems long but goes fast) since most illness would present by then. I would not worry too much about the introduction (again chances a very low the bird is ill), but I would still keep them separate for now.
Ok, thanks for all the help & info. I will go check out the guidelines about quarantine. We thought it might have belonged to someone in our neighborhood but turns out all his birds are accounted for. We have called animal rescue but they are closed till Monday and they referred us to the police but there aren't any missing birds reported so far. Hmmm. What to do, What to do? It is such a friendly friendly bird and I'm sure someone is worried sick about him/her.
We had a Nanday conure that was brought into the store that just landed on the shoulder of the guy that brought him in. Really sweet bird. Here in Fort Myers we have wild Nanday Conures all around downtown near the river so we didn't know if this bird was recently lost or had flown free for awhile and then decided he wanted the "good" life back with people. We held on to him for a while waiting to see if someone came in with a flyer (most people do bring in lost bird flyers) but after about a month we put him up for sale and is now in a good home.
I LOVE nanday conures. The have a great personality and are too cute with their bandit colors.
I take it your little house guest is still with you Erika? Do you have any pet stores close by or vet offices? People may have left notes there.
I'm sure you're starting to fall in love with him! Conures are awesome - crazy little guys with termendous personalities!
Hi all. Our houseguest is still with us:laugh: . We didn't have a proper cage for him to sleep in last night but he seemed very comfortable on the big playgym we have. He stayed on it all night. It has food and water at the top. We put him in a separate room from Baxter. Last night he was so friendly and sweet and only wanted to be on me or my husband. He had to be close. He seems to prefer my husband today. I think now that it's a new day, he's a little more shocked than last night. Today he wants nothing to do with me at all and will bite me :evil: if I try to get him on my finger. He will run to my husband though and climb up his shirt and settle in. I didn't think about calling a vets office. Thats a good idea. There are several around here. Went driving today but seen no flyers. I think we are going to try and find a suitable cage today. We did plan on getting another bird anyway, (but not this soon:woohoo: so regardless if we find his family or not we will need an extra cage anyway. We will most likely keep him if his we can't find his family but I would like to return him to his family if I could. Hey, does anyone know the proper distance I should keep him from Baxter during his quarantine? I'm not sure how far apart they should be. And also how do greys and conures get along together?<br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2008/08/16 21:47
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