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| Name: |
Desmo
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Age: |
Two years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Solomon Island Ecelctus
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| Home: |
Clifton Park, New York, USA
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In
October of 1999, I lost a very dear part of my life. I lost my
female Solomon Island Eclectus, her name was Lucy. I lost her due to
complications of being egg bound; I lost her on the operating table.
It really devastated me and I did not think that I wanted another bird
yet. But I also have a Congo African Grey and just a couple of days
after Lucy left us, Scarlett started saying, "Up Lucy, up Lucy" and
was showing signs of being lonesome. I love the Eclectus species, but
also felt that I would never want to lose another love do to egg
binding. Not that it would happen again, but I did not want to
personally deal with it. So I thought that a male would be nice.
Not knowing on where to find one, I researched Bird Talk Magazine for
breeders. I found some in this area and Barbara Jones, down in
Florida. I live just 15 miles North of Albany, New York. I contacted
Gulf Coast Exotic Birds and talked to Barbara. I told her what had
happened with my female and my thoughts on getting a male. She did
have some males that would be ready to go in a couple of weeks. But
she recommended one in particular very highly. He was very social and
had no problems with coming up on a persons' hand. Barbara socializes
with all of her birds and I do believe that everyone there associates
with them also. What also made my decision easy was I have a friend
through a bird chat program that lives in the same area as Gulf Coast
Exotic Birds. Talking with her, she volunteered to go over and visit
with Barbara, take a look at the bird that I would be getting and just
take an over all look at her breeding facilities. When Pam got back
to me, she could not speak highly enough of Barbara, her birdies, and
her facilities. She stated that she had not seen such a nice breeding
facility, the place was very clean and the birds were very lovely and
well cared for. She also stated that Barbara was a very caring person
and loved her birds. Also another point that I would like to make is
that until I received my new little person, Barbara would E-mail me
pictures of my new birdie so that I knew exactly what he looked like,
well before I first laid eyes on him.
I was also concerned about shipping. Being a corporate pilot, I was
looking to see if we had any trips down to Florida so that I could
personally pick up Desmo, but we did not. So, I decided on air
shipment. When you consider the purchase of a bird from a breeder plus
the shipping, it will still come out about the same as purchasing a
bird from a store, or perhaps, even less expensive.
Since Desmo has joined out little family, he has become a very
important part of it. He is such a sweet bird. He loves to be on the
windowsill, watching whatever is going on outside and looking at the
trees. He is a very beautiful bird. His feathers are so shiny and
pretty. But that is also probably due to his diet. He eats like a
little piggy. He eats everything I give him. It is such a delight to
see him so happy and eating all the time. I do recommend getting your
bird or birds from Barbara. Very highly!
Lately Desmo has taken to following my Congo African Grey around my
home. It's so cute to watch them walking around, seeing what kind of
trouble they can get into. Probably just to make me upset and make me
act like the loving parent that I am. Whenever they are walking
around together, I say, "Well there goes the Two Walk About Buddies!!"
Desmo is a Male Solomon Island Ecelctus and will be three years old
this coming July. Scarlett is my Congo Grey and he, even though the
name does not imply, He will be five this coming July. Scarlett was
named wrong at the store. I just do not have the heart to tell him
about his name or change it!
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