Dear friends,

This is a sad day for us as my husband and I face the reality that we need to find new homes for some of our Quakers. Please forgive me for not going into the reasons why, but I think most of you know that we wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't necessary.

We need to find loving, forever homes for the following:

Alex, 13 yr old green female
Alex is a long-time plucker. She started plucking during a move to a new home and unfortunately became a habit. She is a good talker and has a sweet personality. Asking a $50 adoption fee. Includes cage, lixit glass water bottle and toys. Alex's health is excellent. Pet home only. Alex is my first Quaker. You can read her "diary" here:

http://www.quakerparrots.com/general/alexs...the-first-year/

Gator and Sky, 12 yr old green male, 14 yr old blue female
Gator and Sky are a true love match - they actually chose to be together, so I'd like to find a home that will accept them both and agree to keep them together. They cannot be bred as Sky was previously a breeder and has a problem where her babies always die in shell a few days before they are due to hatch. So they must go to a pet home only. Gator is an excellent talker, and Sky knows a few words and sounds as well. They are content with each other so don't require a lot of one-on-one human attention. Gator is a plucker, Sky is in perfect feather. Asking a $50 adoption fee for both. Includes cage, lixit glass water bottle and toys. Health of both is excellent.

River and Raine, 11 yr old green split to blue male, 11 yr old blue female
River and Raine are a bonded, proven pair. I bought them for breeding but then decided that I didn't want to be a breeder. We did allow them to raise one clutch of babies, and they were good parents. Baby, the bird at the top of the forum, is one of their offspring. She is one of the sweetest Quakers I've ever met. In fact, the breeder that I got River and Raine from chose her breeding stock based on personality, and her breeders consistently reproduced very sweet birds.

They both talk a little, and River in particular is a very sweet bird and likes to be handled - if you can get him out of the cage without Raine getting out. She can be quite the jealous wife! Raine is in excellent health. River has had a problem with fatty liver in the past, so you will need to be very careful not to overfeed him. As long as he's not allowed to overeat, he doesn't show any outward signs of the disease. Because this pair could be used for breeding, we are asking $400 for them. Includes cage, lixit glass water bottle and toys.

Our birds are fed Roudybush daily and sometimes fresh sprouts and birdie bread. They also eat a little fruit and nutri-berries on occasion. We prefer not to ship.

The cages are all from Animal Environments, the Acacia model. I don't see a price on the web site, but I believe the cages are around $380 purchased new. The cage can be viewed here:

http://www.animalenvironments.com/acacia_pc.html

Please PM me with any questions or if you are interested in helping us out by providing a good home for any of our treasured birds. Please be prepared to answer some questions about the home you can provide, as it is very important to us that these guys go to the best homes we can find. Thankfully, I know that this forum is the best place to find that kind of home.

We are located in Columbus, Ohio.

I am so sorry that you have to find homes for them. I am positive that good homes will come from this forum.

Shelly,
My heart breaks for you........I am content knowing there are wonderful people on this forum that would step up and take your quakers. I wish you the best.

Oh Shelly I'm sorry your having to rehome them. I hope you find the very best homes possible for your babies. If you need anything let me know.

I am so sorry to hear that you need to re-home your fids. Please know my heart breaks for you. I am sure you'll find good homes for all of them.

Sorry to hear you need to rehome your babies,I'm sure you'll have no problem finding wonderful homes for them here.I sure wish I weren't all the way up in no mans land Alaska some times lol.

Thanks everyone for the encouraging words.

I am also sorry you need to re-home your fabies. I was just reading the diary of Alex and she sounds like such a sweetheart! If I didn't live so far away...
I am sure you will find great homes for you birds!

Sorry to hear this, Shelly. I know how difficult it is. I know you'll find some great homes for them.

Hi Shelly...I PM'd you. I am south of you, east of Cinci.
I might can help you...and I know several Quaker Lovers Columbus-way and in Delaware. Let me know. I have 3 quakers in my Flock so 1 or 2 more would just add to the pleasure...and since I have all 'rehomies' I don't breed LOL, we practice 'birdybirthcontrol'.
Jo and her Flock/Herd/Pack

Thanks Jo.

I got your PM and will answer this weekend.

i am fostering 3 of Shelly's quakers but unfortunately i can't keep them... so we're both looking to get these beautiful birds to their new forever homes... if you have any questions about them, please feel free to PM me or Shelly! i live in Cleveland, OH.

Alex, 13 yr old green female
Alex is a long-time plucker. She started plucking during a move to a new home and unfortunately became a habit. She is a good talker and has a sweet personality. Includes cage, lixit glass water bottle and toys. Alex's health is excellent. Pet home only.

Gator and Sky, 12 yr old green male, 14 yr old blue female
Gator and Sky are a true love match - they actually chose to be together, so I'd like to find a home that will accept them both and agree to keep them together. They cannot be bred as Sky was previously a breeder and has a problem where her babies always die in shell a few days before they are due to hatch. So they must go to a pet home only. Gator is an excellent talker, and Sky knows a few words and sounds as well. They are content with each other so don't require a lot of one-on-one human attention. Gator is a plucker, Sky is in perfect feather. Includes cage, lixit glass water bottle and toys. Health of both is excellent.

Shelly I am so so sorry that you have had to come to this decision. Keep your chin up, they say God does not give us more than what we can handle in our lives. Just hope you and hubby are OK. (((HUGS)))

So if Gator and sky or Male and female and you keep them together....Then how do you prevent them from mating and laying eggs..you said pets only.. Im in missouri and might consider the pair if I didnt have to worry about breeding..Im not into that aspect of bird keeping.

hi kate,

i was worried about this too. sky is a former breeder (not with gator) but she never had a successful clutch... they died in the shell a few days before hatching.

shelly has had them together for a long time and i don't believe sky has ever laid eggs. they are extremely bonded (gator feeds sky regularly) but i haven't noticed any hanky-panky.

even though they are bonded and do not like to be handled, gator likes out of cage time. i let him climb around the outside of his cage and he'll perch on the door and eat his treat. sky will occasionally come out but she hasn't figured out how to get back in the cage and i have to towel her to get her back in.

they are relatively quiet quakers. gator does talk a little and i love it when he tells everyone "BE quiet!"!

As long as they aren't given a nest box and as long as they don't get too much light, there shouldn't be a problem with eggs. Gator absolutely insists on 12-14 hours of dark anyways. He'll let you know when he's ready for bed and be quite insistent about it. (Right, Kris? LOL)

I am fairly certain there has been plenty of hanky panky, even if it hasn't been in front of Kris. But as long as there's no nestbox and they aren't getting too many hours of light, there shouldn't be any eggs.

Yes, It's amazing how well birds can tell time! Usually it's Alex who starts asking but Gator chimes in too. They get so excited that it's bedtime... all of them scrambling to get in place while i'm covering them.

It's so cute... after i cover them i stay up a bit and when i go to turn out the lights, Alex is peeking out at the bottom of the cage so that when i go to turn off the light she reminds me that it's "time to go night-night" and after i tell her she's right, she scrambles back up to her perch!

I'm sorry Shelly that the need to rehome has arisen. I truly wish I didn't live so far away. I'd definitely like to help you out.

Good Luck with placing them in wonderful new homes!

oh i wish i was closer and hubby haddnt put me on a "No More QP's" Law....... id love to help ya out good luck finding great homes.

i thought i would post a couple of pictures...

here is alex:
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here are gator and sky:
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awwwwwwwwwww i cant tell ya how much id love to get Alex from ya, shes so cute!

alex IS so adorable!! she has the sweetest little voice too.

LOL your makin it soooooooo hard! wish my hubby was easy to manipulate!!! LMAO!!!!

give me your number and let me talk to him! shoot, give me your email address so i can email the video i have of Alex talking!!

ill give u my addy but im fairly certian hell say no LOL but i wanna see it anyways!!! LOL

he puts up with MoJo cuz i love my Mo so much but MoJo is a screamer and it drives hubs NUTS! he doesnt do it everyday just when he gets in a mood , most of the time hes just bossy he loves to be loved on tho , and it so awsome to walk in on Hubs and Mo "secretly" snuggling on the sofa , when he sees me he looks all sheepish with the "D'OH i got caught" look on his face LOL! its totally a love/hate thing with them ..... id LOVE another QP ......he has said maybe to a conure and caique but no to another QP due to the screams....


maybe if i asked for a slightly featherd green and grey conure id get the aproval LMAO!!!!!

I'll be in Buffalo,NY this weekend.. I just did mapquest and you are still 5 hours from there Any chance you want to take a road trip to Buffalo this weekend? lol I'm coming from Albany area..


Rhonda

Shelly, I am so sorry you are going through this! Please know you are not being judged here and we only wish you the best in whatever situation you have stumbled across. I am in Ohio and would be willing to help foster if it is an urgent situation and you are unable to find a home. I don't think hubby and I would be able to keep another bird...thats what I say now lol. I would even be willing to help you with transporting if needed. I am closer to the Akron area (about 1 hour from Cleveland..closer to you). Please let me know. Your birds are adorable

I wish I had a way of getting them here. Id love to have gator and Skye.

weeeeeeelllll he didnt say NO! he looked at me like "are you freaking serious" but has promised not to say no untill after we see the vid

he didnt even look iritated hehehhehehe :D

i've never uploaded or sent a video so i'm still trying to figure out how to do it!

I hope this works... Here is a video of Alex, Gator, Sky and my Cricket (mostly making noise in the background). Listen closely because Alex talks soft. Sorry about how dark it is... not sure why it is... and sorry about my high pitched voice lol

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o87/kal...nt=MOV00263.flv

awwwwww how sweet is she! ill have to show cody when he wakes up ....i still doubt ill get a yes but im gonna try LMAO!

They are so adorable! Glad they are in good hands for now, and hoping they will find their new home soon!

any new info?? have they been adopted yet? im still workin on hubs LOL with my luck as soon as i get him convinced Alex will be with her new forever home LOL!

I haven't heard from Shelly for a few days... so Alex may still be waiting for you!! Keep working on it : )

i was officially told last night NO MORE QUAKERS! im really sad but i think if i try any longer i may get a fight on my hands LOL! i really hope yall can get a great home for her (and them) good luck

I haven't been on the boards lately, been kinda busy. I just read your post & I hope you find new homes. I would love to have them & I live in Ohio but we are currently waiting on a CAG. Good luck.

Tammy

Are there any updates yet? Just checkin in.

I can take some in, I sent you a PM. Sorry to hear you have to re-home them:(