Bird Suggestions Please!!!

[emily_bennett]

 Hi

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[banshea]

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned lineolated parakeets yet. I haven't lived with one personally, but I understand them to be very calm and quiet.

I have a Hahn's macaw in an apartment (despite the name, he's smaller than a lot of conures). He gets a little loud at times, but we're also not terribly strict about keeping him quiet. He's playful and snuggly, but he's definitely become a one-person bird with one exception -- I'm his favorite, but he thinks my boyfriend is okay, and everyone else is liable to get mauled.

[emily_bennett]

I have looked up linnies! They are super cute and I'm definitely going to be on the lookout for them on "Bird adventures" because I would love to meet one!

[kynekh_amagire]

Noooooooooope. I lived with a linnie for four years, and he was noticeably louder than a greencheek... both in actual volume, and tendency to make noise often.

That said, they're unreasonably charming little birds. The one I lived with was largely unhandleable (parent-raised pet-store boy), but nevertheless very interactive and personable, provided his boundaries were respected. (He didn't want to be touched or really taken out of his cage, the poor guy, but loved to play word games and posture games, and really liked his toys.)

[emily_bennett]

I think I like green cheeks more than linnies anyway at this point. Internet seems to agree that green cheeks have more personality.

[beccypoo]

I'm a noob bird mom too! I've had my female parrotlet for 9 months and my lost rescue lovebird for 7 months. They both have very different personalities but they get along wonderfully. They HATE to be separated

[emily_bennett]

Lovebirds are very pretty! But most people seem to think you should get two but then they don't want much to do with humans :/

[beccypoo]

But that's exactly why they will love you if you only get one! Domo occasionally wants her alone time and chases Henry away from her, so he usually comes to me for affection ^.^

[emily_bennett]

They are pretty cute too. I'm going to have to add them to the list.

[angilla]

Heh... quakers. I just had to chime in from personal experience on this one. NOT apartment birds. My Andrew is loud loud loud. I rent a condo and I can't wait to get out of here and rent a house. The upstairs neighbors hear him very well. Heck he can be heard across the parking lot... with the front door closed. I have a sleep cage/day cage setup currently to force him to be quiet before 9am/after 9pm which is currently saving my butt

[emily_bennett]

Yeah I'm currently thinking that a quaker might be more of a long term goal if I ever live in a house.

Also I can see that whole legal thing being super annoying.

[pensivewombat]

Heh, i feel like i might as well chime in on this Quaker thread. So, the BF and i adopted a Quaker from a local animal shelter about a year ago and i love, love, love him! We live in an apartment and our downstairs neighbors swear they never hear him. That said, i can occasionally hear him from the laundromat next door if the windows are open and he's having himself a little parrot party. I think each bird truly is different though, so YMMV. He's my first bird btw.

As for the illegal thing: i live in Boston, MA so it's not a concern right now. And the BF and i plan to stay here or maybe move to NYC so we didn't worry about the legality issues. If you're concerned about being more mobile for the next couple of years, maybe it would be more stress than it's worth. But do your research: it might be fine depending on your plans.

Good luck! :)

[emily_bennett]

If I got a Quaker it would probably have to be an adoption situation, so that I would be able to know the bird's average noise level in advance.

I'm not planning on moving at all currently/ever but it would be awful if something came up and I wasn't able to take my bird with me :(

I do love them so much though. They have the fluffiest little heads.

[zandperl]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned Indian ring-necked parakeets, but I hear they're a good one for snuggly, and they learn lots of words.

[emily_bennett]

I just looked up those guys! They are super pretty! They are going to have to be added to the list of researching I must do.

Currently birds that MagicalMartha and I are on the look out for on bird adventures are:

1. Pionus *I Like the Dusky kind*
2. Parrotlets
3.Indian Ring-Necked
4. Linnies

GCC aren't super high on the list because I interact with one of those regularly but of course it would be fun to see more ^_^

[zandperl]

Since I was just mentioning my dusky conure and you then mentioned dusky pionus, be careful not to mix them up. :) Dusky pionus (pionus fuscus) is one of many closely related pionus species (they all share the genus "pionus" in their Latin species name), and pionuses tend to be more reserved, one-person birds. Dusky conures (aratinga weddellii) are one of many more distantly related conures (there are many different genuses in their Latin species name, including aratinga, pyhurra, nanday), and all conures are known for being more outgoing, brash, energetic, and curious personalities. Exceptions always exist - Kappa is afraid of most strangers (which isn't very outgoing), and she sometimes expresses by flying away, and sometimes by attacking them in the face (which I guess is brash...).

It seems easier to find conures in general than pionuses in general. I don't know about dusky pionuses in specific, but dusky conures in specific are hard to find.

And speaking of finding things, if you do want to find an area rescue, try

[emily_bennett]

Yeah Pionus don't seem to be super popular. They are a bit harder to find info about. This is why they are prime suspect number one in the list of bird adventures priorities.