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Re: WIld Quaker
Posted by Colleen on 10/23/05

He is doing well. He is very social and curious likes to be
spoken to at close range. He only becomes agitated when I grab
him to do an exam. I just get the sense that someone owned him
and let him go or he escaped.


On 10/20/05, Fran wrote:
> On 10/17/05, COlleen wrote:
>> I am a wildlife rehabilitator in Ct. I was called about a
>> monk parakeet with a leg injury. I picked up the bird (it
>> was brought into a local pet store but someone who said it
>> was on the sidewalk and would not fly away.I bring it
>> home, absolutely no leg injury, there is a crack on the
>> beak that looks healed. The bird squaks when handled. But
>> will sit nose to beak with me at the cage.I am wondering
>> if this was a pet, a biter and someone let it go. Opinions?
>
> Colleen, I have tried to find out if it is legal to own
> quakers in Ct. and have found conflicting info. Everything
> from "legal to own, illegal to sell or breed", to "illegal
> to own". Unless you have a large established feral quaker
> population where you life, which I doubt because of the
> harsh winters, my guess would be this quaker is a lost or
> released pet. Are his wings clipped? That could explain why
> he didn't fly away. If you have room and can provide a good
> home for this bird, maybe you should quietly keep it. If
> not, be careful finding him a new home, as I wouldn't
> advertise that you have it, just in case. By the way, how is
> he doing now?

Posts on this thread, including this one

• WIld Quaker, 10/17/05, by COlleen.
• Re: WIld Quaker, 10/20/05, by Fran.
• Re: WIld Quaker, 10/23/05, by Colleen.