baby pics

[catfish]

Here is a photo of the 3 blue chicks being raised by the breeder. She thinks the oldest one is going to be male due to its dark wing feathers forming, the middle will be a female because it is lacking dark blue feathers, and the youngest is still up in the air because it doesn't have any feathers.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby.jpg)

[Kumiko]

Awwww! :D :D

[catfish]

Next pic

Hpnotiq is the one on the far right.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby2.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby2.jpg)

[memmey]

Look at the tiny one on the left. Is that a clutch mate Catfish? It looks alot littler than the others. Maybe the last one hatched.
SOOOOOOOOcute, the little faces are so sweet. I love little blaby P'lets.

[BUUZBEE]

awwwwwwww i'm in love!!!! they are adorable!

[catfish]

they are all clutch mates :D

the one on the left is the last to hatch, middle is oldest, mine is on the right. I love getting these pics!I get them 2 times a week!

[AndreaFahy]

It is amazing to see the difference over just a few days in young parrotlets, they are fast growers!

[Sally]

Super precious.. those fat little bellies!!:D

[memmey]

Am I gonna have to spell that big ole name everytime we post about her. Is she gonna have a nickname. I may just call her Miss Baby for short.LOL

[catfish]

lol i'm not sure what nickname i'll end up giving her....
:D

[catfish]

here's the newest pics. The one perching on her hand is the oldest and the male. The other 2 prefer to crawl and had no desire to even try. She expected my Hpnotiq to try and perch, but NOPE she's stubborn. The smallest she wasn't expecting to do much and she was right!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby3b.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby3b.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby3.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby3.jpg)

[lucky]

They're very nice. If you don't mind me asking, where are you buying them from?

[catfish]

I'm buying from a local breeder. She breeds scotties, african grays, and parrotlets. She only has a couple of birds available every once in a while. Very nice lady.

[BUUZBEE]

so cute & getting so big!!!

[birdiemom]

Awwww...the perching one is really cute. I didn't know they would perch so young.

[catfish]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby4.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby4.jpg)

They are now eating about 18cc! They are growing up so fast!

[AndreaFahy]

FYI (to non-breeders :) ) A Parrotlets crop capacity is around 5-6 cc's!

[catfish]

whoops!!! I can't believe I forgot to put that the 18 cc is per day! Thanks Andrea, I actually didn't catch that when I was proof reading.... doing too much at the same time that my fingers can't keep up with my brain.

[AndreaFahy]

LOL - I didn't even catch that ;)

[catfish]

I hope people don't mind me posting so many pictures... I think it's fun to be able to watch these guys grow up. Unless you are a breeder, it's not very often you get to watch them grow up.

[AndreaFahy]

I didn't think there were enough photos :)

[catfish]

well she sends me 3 - 5 pics 2 times a week! I was afraid I was posting too many pictures and I didn't want to be obnoxious.

here's the other two pics.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby4c.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby4c.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_baby4b.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/baby4b.jpg)

[Pado]

These are awesome Catfish - what a great experience to be able to watch your Hqnotiq developing from such a young age - Not too many of us have had that experience.

You can't send too many photos :) so keep them coming as you get them.

[catfish]

I love being able to see them grow up!

I might be able to pick my little girl up before september 20th... she was shocked to see them pecking the ground and trying to eat some millet. She'll be feeding millet and various veggies and see how they do. They will be allowed to syringe feed and eat the food. Yay!!!!

here is the picture!
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-27-07009.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-27-07009.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-27-07006.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-27-07006.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-27-07005.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-27-07005.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-27-07004.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-27-07004.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-27-07002.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-27-07002.jpg)

[catfish]

oh and she thinks the 2 oldest may both be female!

[Morena]

I never get tired of seeing pictures of the babies growing. keep them coming. :)

Morena

[birdiemom]

P'lets are THE babies!!

[Pado]

Great pictures Catfish - they are adorable! September 20th isn't too far off :)

[catfish]

I know! It's almost here! I may get Hpnotiq before then if she continue to make the progress that she has been. . . it looks like the oldest one, the one that has been perching and initiating the pecking is going to be female! yay! I think I have a face to go with the name!

[BUUZBEE]

Great pictures Catfish - they are adorable! September 20th isn't too far off :)


the way time flies... it will be here in no time!

[sueanno1189]

That is the cutest space alien I have ever seen!

[catfish]

Here is a big picture day!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-29-07012-1.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-29-07012-1.jpg)
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http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-29-07007.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-29-07007.jpg)

[catfish]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-29-07004.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-29-07004.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_8-29-07003.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/8-29-07003.jpg)
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[nar1122]

It's amazing how they grow so fast and look different every day!!

I thought you might want to see Oscar at about three weeks old:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff254/nar1122pets/Oscar-Parrotlet/Oscar01.jpg

GREAT PICTURES!!

[Sally]

ADORABLE pictures!!!:D

[Pado]

Thats a nice batch of pics :) - loved them. Have you found out for sure if Hqnotiq is indeed the oldest of the three?

[catfish]

Here's the newest pics! Hpnotiq is refusing to eat from the syringe and wants to eat "big" bird food. She's not to sure of the apples, but loves everything else! YAY!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-2-07007.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-2-07007.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-2-07005.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-2-07005.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-2-07004.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-2-07004.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-2-07002.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-2-07002.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-2-07001.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-2-07001.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_cookie.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/cookie.jpg)

[Sally]

WOW, she is a big girl wanting big girl food! How sweet!

[nar1122]

Which one is she?

[catfish]

She's the largest one of the group with the most open feathers :)

[nar1122]

Oh. She's really pretty!

[Elyse]

c~u~t~e!!!

[Morena]

Those pictures are so adorable!!! Keep them coming. :)

Morena

[catfish]

They had their first experience on the play gym today! My little Hpnotiq is almost completely weaned, very cool! Shey may be ready to go home this Sunday!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-4-07007.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-4-07007.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-4-07004.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-4-07004.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-4-07003.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-4-07003.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-4-07002.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-4-07002.jpg)

[nar1122]

Now that I got a playgym very similar to that one, I see that many people have it! LOL

She is very pretty, and hopefully you will be able to take her home soon!
:)

[catfish]

Pam the breeder is almost certain Hpnotiq will be able to come home this weekend. Hpnotiq LOVES brocolli and various other veggies. It looks like I got another good eater....

now if only the QPs would eat better.... stubborn little *censored* won't eat anything but seed and millet. I've tried all the pellets (zupreem, kaytee, harrisons, and roudybush).... I'm now trying the conure size... but nothing so far. I can't even get them to try Beak apetit. I have gotten Crabby to eat some carrot (if I hand feed him).... maybe if they see both p'lets eating, they will eat other things...

[nar1122]

Are birds the type of "monkey see, monkey do" personalities???

[catfish]

from my experience birds will copy what others do in their flock. When I had the original stray keet, I adopted a cage mate for him. . . after the quarantine where he would only eat seed, I put him together with the stray. They bonded and were fine. I had pellets in there and the stray would eat them, the other saw and decided to eat them. From that point on, the budgies were on a pellet diet, seed for treats, and various veggies.

The only reason the new budgie would even touch anything is becaues the stray would eat them first.

I believe Buuz has mentioned before how her budgies shifted to the water bottle because they saw one of the flock try it.

The same thing has happened with the carrots and my QP. General will at least take a nibble from the carrot b/c she saw Crabby eat from one. She won't really take more than one nibble, but it's better than what she did in the past.... SCREAM and through a temper tantrum if it was anywhere inside the cage. You would think I stuck my cat in there with her.

[nar1122]

LOL. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

So, I am going to apply this to my wild Maya. You may have read before, that she is still untame, and wild. She doesn't bite or anything, but she tries to fly away.

So if I hold Oscar and play with and handle him, and she sees, would that maybe make her less scared, and be more adventerous, and one day let me hold her?

:confused:

[catfish]

maybe, but you will still have to work with her one on one to get her to trust you.

Crabby still doesn't trust me 100% yet and i've had him 2 months. I can do step up and other things with him, but no scritches.

It's all about being patient and understanding.

[nar1122]

Yea. With Maya, I let her play with Oscar and I will play with her toys around her and play with her seed bowl, and let her look at my hand. Sometimes she just sits there staring in amazement. Sometimes when she is less afraid, I will pick her up and just cup her in my hand and talk to her, and scratch her. She seems to be getting more used to that.

She is definately a great bird though. She is a great eater, she is nice to Oscar, she plays with him, she plays with toys, etc.

I'm really glad I got her for him. :D

[catfish]

Well Pam e-mailed me, the 2 females took off flying for the first time today! She believes the girls will be free to go this Saturday or Sunday~ so exciting!!!!!!!

[Pado]

I LOVE these pictures Catfish - I can't belive how fast they have grown - How old are they now? - Not long now before Hpnotiq will be home. :D :D :D

[catfish]

I'm not sure to be honest. I've e-mailed her about their hatch dates...

I pick her up this Saturday at 4:30 central time. Pictures will be posted by Saturday night or Sunday.

[nar1122]

Yay! I marked my calendar for the photos! LOL

I am glad she has made it this far, perfectly healthy, and hope that she continues to be as healthy as can be! :)

[catfish]

Hpnotiq's hatch date is August 5th, and Pam is bringing me a certificate so I can keep it on record.

Now we both were surprised as to how quickly Hpno weaned, but she did not force wean her. She's hasn't been tolerating the syringe since last week, only taking a little bit here and there... but since the beginning of this week, she has no desire to feed from it. She is a big girl~

I can't wait to bring her home this weekend. . . and if there is some reason she regresses some, I'm not worried. I worked with Gelato before, and I can do it again if need be... but I hope I don't have to. I really REALLY don't like to do it.

[nar1122]

Congrats!!

Good luck with getting her. Tonight is my last "busy" night on the forum for a day or two.


:):)

[catfish]

here is the last set of pics i get before I pick her up tomorrow afternoon!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-7-07007.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-7-07007.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-7-07003.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-7-07003.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-7-07002.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-7-07002.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_9-7-07001.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/9-7-07001.jpg)

[Elly]

Oh my goodness, look how big they've all grown already! They're soooo cute! You must be so excited now Catfish! :D

[catfish]

it's hard studying knowing that tomorrow I get my new babe!

... work will be the hardest part for me....

[Pado]

I can't believe its here already - She did wean very quickly. I wonder how Gelato will respond to hearing her. I've very excited for you. :)

I was terrified when I first introduced my female to my male. He was so much bigger than her. I introduced them outside a cage in a room my male had never been in so he was on unfamiliar ground also. But as soon as he saw her he rushed up to her (me scared to death he was going to grab her - I had my hand hovering over them :D But he immediately started to feed her.

Keep us posted and good luck tomorrow Catfish

[catfish]

oh you'll hear all about it. don't worry :)

i figure I'll start working with letting him meet her after the quarantine... even though I'm sure she is healthy, I cannot risk getting my birds sick. She'll be going to see my vet this next week.

this time next month I'll be introducing them together... the only thing I'm a little sad about is that Pam clipped her wings. She had good reason, to keep her safe from her CAGs. I just can't wait until she can fly like gelato.

I do clip my Quaker's wings but that's because they are bullies to the 100th degree....

[Pado]

DOH - thats too bad about the wing clipping - I asked my breeder too late also and she had already clipped Penny's wings. I picked her up in March and she just began to fly this last month. It was a long long wait :D

Looking forward to hearing how things go.

[catfish]

grumbles.... my thingy didn't work...

[catfish]

http://www.slide.com/r/-Mby86HwzD9F-qWZkevIy6b0ToO5jmHg?previous_view=mscd_embedded_ur l&view=original

Okay this is the slide show I tried to post..... boo

[Pado]

That was so cool - very very nice !! ;)

Oh but the one of you driving !! ... ummm you have WAY too much fun driving alone ! :D :D

[catfish]

that was a 3 hour drive for no reason.... it was either that or fall asleep :p

I had stayed up too late having fun at a bar w/ a friend... so I only had 4 hours of sleep. I felt sorry for the people driving next to them... I spent a great deal of time laughing because people were slowing down and staring at the crazy person making faces.

[Pado]

I had stayed up too late having fun at a bar w/ a friend...

Okay - that totally explains it :D :D :D

[catfish]

in my defense, I don't drink much at all. I was out late making sure she got home safe because she had a little TOO much to drink....

I'm a cheap date anyways, doesn't take me much at all. That's why I only do go out like that a few times a year. :D

But when I do. I do have fun! ;)

[Pado]

hummm hummm :p :D

[Mustang99]

keep the pics coming, i'm enjoying the fact that I get to see your baby grow!

[catfish]

I'm going to continue to take picture I think. I have this wonderful camera at home and I never use it.

I think I'll take weekly pictures so I can watch her change and grow. It will be a good way to chronicle her life. I think I'll still post on here, but do you all really want me using up space w/ constant pictures?

[Pado]

....... Yes :)

[catfish]

:o LOL okay. I'll keep the pics coming. I'm online a lot right now becaue i'm dealing w/ the air conditioning man coming in and installing a new heating/cooling unit for my sister.... nothing to do but play online... gah

[Pado]

and I'm at work - nothing to do at work on a Friday but play online :rolleyes:

[catfish]

LOL well I spent all morning studying... but I left my other books at home, I wasn't expecting this to be an all day thing. . .

I feel bad because this is the day of the week the birds get to come out ALL day. . . and they are missing it.

At least it's not all the time. I'll make it up to them this weekend.

[Pado]

They'll be preoccupied this weekend anyway with that new bird voice in the house - Especially Gelato, he'll be hearing Parrotlet and will soon forget all about that Parakeet sound :D

[catfish]

oh how I hope you are right. If I hear budgie one more day I'm gonna die.

[Pado]

You'll love the sounds they make to each other when they are cooing each other. They don't make them as single birds. I was surprised the first time I heard it as I'd never heard Rupert make those sounds before.

P'let pairs are very cute together. Although they have their squabbling moments too :p

[catfish]

I'm very excited... I hope to be able to allow cage time together by december. i want her to get a little bigger and become more confident.

This sounds horrible, but I love it when he gets fluffy and squables with the dog squeeky toy. He hates that thing. It's so cute.

I just can't wait to see them preening each other and him "protecting" her~

[Pado]

Oh they do A LOT of that :)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s115/Pado_photo/Peepers%20Posted%20Pics/Peepers1.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s115/Pado_photo/Peepers%20Posted%20Pics/Peepers2.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s115/Pado_photo/Peepers%20Posted%20Pics/Peepers3.jpg

:D :D

[Pado]

Mine are in full Molt now and as you'll see NO pin feathers :D Bonus of having a bird buddy ;)

[catfish]

They are sooooo cute~ I can't wait to experience that!

[catfish]

I just realized I didn't spell her name right on the slide show... I mixed up the spellings... when i talk w/ pam I spell it hypnotic (she is an older lady and I don't want to upset her by naming the bird after an alcohol) and when I type here I spell it hpnotiq... well in the slide show I spelt it hpnotic

[nar1122]

LOL.

I am in the process of putting Oscar and Maya together. Hopefully for you, it wont take until December...

Oscar and Maya showed immediate signs of enjoyment and getting along. But to be on the safe side, I am not going to put them together full time until about two weeks from now.

They are both getting perfectly along though.

It is such a great experience!!

Good luck!! :):):)

[catfish]

Todays pictures:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_S7001415.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/S7001415.jpg)
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/th_S7001412.jpg (http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/miyakko/S7001412.jpg)


Oh and i met a lady that is selling off her parrot stuff. SHe has a cage similar to Gelato for $60 and she is going to throw in a small flight cage for finches and full spectrum lights~ what a deal!

[Mustang99]

absolutely!