Hello, Rory here. We have a Quaker called George and a pair of Peach-faces called Rosie and Jim-Jim. Hope to exchange lots of stories and info on here. George is our little baby though, we've only had him since last summer but he already does lots of tricks and has plenty of words. His favourite activity is shouting his head off at us when we are watching our favourite tv shows, he is otherwise very well behaved really. The picture of the grey cage is George's new palace which I bought last week... he has settled in very well!




Not to forget the lovebirds ...

A hearty welcome! My family is of Irish extraction some generations back so I always feel especially glad to see Irish folk pop up. George's new palace looks like a great cage.

Awww Your baby's are so cute. Geroge looks very happy in his new home. Glad your here.
Thanks for the pictures.

Thanks Siobhan! Yeah I thought it was time to invest in a bigger cage for him as I noticed his tailfeathers were getting a bit frayed so he probably needed a bit more space. He's out of the cage whenever we are home anyway. I drove to Northern Ireland to buy it as everything up there (United Kingdom) is generally half the price that it would be in the Republic, especially given the current exchange rate of Pound against Euro. I got that cage (£120) that would suit an Amazon or African Grey for the same price as a decent budgie or cockateil cage would cost in the Republic.

If my reckoning is correct -- and I wouldn't bet on it! -- that's a darned good price for a cage like that. Whereabouts in Ireland are you?

Thanks Lisa.

I should add that I'm also big into my fish...


And me old friend Mackie...

Welcome to the forum! George and your other fids are very cute!

Ooh are you from Southern Ireland? The land of the Cadbury's Tiffin bar!

Welcome!!!

In the countryside about 40mins from Dublin city centre. £120 is about $176 (God I love XE.com!).

ta casey's mom!
Yeah my girlfriend tell's me she loves tiffins too.
George is learning pharses on the hour... it's bedtime for him now which is when he speaks the most... just a minute ago he shouted at me "Come on, come on. Step up. Good Boy."... for the first time ever! That was pretty funny.

Welcome! I'm fairly new myself - just got my blue quaker Santana November 1. Santana has quite the cage also - his condo - it's so fun to spoil our fids isn't it?

I'm almost ashamed to say it is!!!

Hello and welcome to you! Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Welcome to the forum Rory and feathered/ furred and scaled friends.

Welcome to the Forum. I luv all your pets! They are all beautiful! I'm also from Irish decent! I Love Irish accents too.

Welcome to the forum. Glad to have you on board. What a cutie you have there!

Hello Rory,
Welcome to the forum.
Your critter family sure is cute.

We are looking at going to Ireland for a holiday towards the end of 2009 or early 2010.
Maybe we could pop in and say "Hi" and meet George.

Tricia

Hi Rory! A big WELCOME to you and your Quaker parrot!
My husbands from Scotland a hop and a skip from you!
Ahh I bet its beautiful where you live too...we used to
live in Scotland in this little Village it sure was pretty!
Almost like set back in time a wee bit.

Are Quakers very prevalent in your country?

Hi Rory, welcome to the forum. I have some friends that live in Ireland... which reminds me I need to write them..

I also have a brother named Rory, so can you get we have a little of that Irish blood in us as well. With family names of Mahoney...LOL

Looks like you have a lovely family, George looks to be very happy with his new castle. And it sounds like a wonderful bargin you got as well.

Its nice to have new members from all over the world popping in. Hope you drop by often and share your stories with us.

Tis a fine bunch of people here to share with. So don't be shy, just jump in anywhere.

Hello and welcome to the site. Your animal family is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing pictures with us.

Welcome!! Can't wait to see lots more pics of your fid.

Welcome to the group...there are forums to brag about all your critters check them out and don`t be shy join in , the members are a great bunch of people ...
Once again WELCOME...

Hi Rory, welcome to the group! All your fids (feathered/finned/furred kids) are adorable.

Hi folks. Thanks very much for all the kind welcomes.
To Cheeky's Mum... No there aren't too many quakers in Ireland. I've only ever seen a handful of quakers at the avairy that I bought George and a pair in an animal farm.

To donut... Hope you make it to Ireland. I'd imagine it's a great place for people to visit from other countries as it is quite a unique place.... Just don't forget your rain coat!

After much research I decided a quaker would be perfect for us. I bought him to replace our Senegal that died of an avian virus that he had since we bought him, only a month or so before.
I had many birds when I was a child as I kept a decent aviary with everything from smaller finches to larger Australian parakeets. I had to give them up due to schoolwork when I was in my teens. Last year at 22 I decided to get a nice handreared bird as I missed the squawking.

Thank goodness somebody else likes squawking. So many people post that their bird's too noisy or they worry they'll be too noisy that I thought something was wrong with me because I enjoy the birdy jabber!

Welcome to the forumLove the pictures of all your critters

Hi Rory,and welcome to you and your Fids

Hi folks! Long time no post! Here's a video of George doing what he loves most... following me around! He is now fully flighted as opposed to clipped. Hope everyones' birds are well! Since I posted last I became another victim of the recession, so then I decided that I should do something that I love, even if the money wasn't going to be great... I got a job in a petshop. George has enjoyed celebrity status there on the days I bring him in. I also have two baby QPs at the shop for sale... The only downside to working there is that I want to take everything home for myself.

Here's a link to the clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9uzaEmjCqE

Hooray! Another fish person! I have 7 freshwater planted tanks.

Susan

Hello, Welcome! I am also very new, My Quaker Doli is 6 months old and is an absolute character ( As all birds are!), Shes already chatting away, her favorite phase is " What are you doing?" but she has heaps more words very clever! I also have a lovely cockatiel called Bert, hes 4 years old. Unfortunetly my quaker doesnt like Bert at all, so I have to be very careful when their togetheir!
Lisa

I don't know how I missed this, but...

Welcome to the forum, Rory!

Wlecome to the world of bird (well animal lovers). All of yours are a great looking group. I am also of irish desent. Glad you are here. This is my LOVE