Proud new owner(s)!

[Snowe]

Before Christmas, my fiance and I were browsing our local pet shop and wandered over to their bird section. We stopped and looked at what was labeled a "Yellow Ringneck" and thought it was such a gorgeous bird. We moved into our own place and our landlord showed us his African Grey parrot. After that, my fiance was extremely interested in getting a bird that could talk. The ringneck we looked at had apparently been at the pet shop for a while and the poor guy is missing the ends of 3 of his toes on his left foot. January 7th I surprised him by bringing the lil guy home! The shop said he's between 1 and 2 years old and didn't know the gender {but that red ring gives it away haha}
Before I bought the bird I read everything I could about IRNs to make sure I was ready and completely sold on the idea of adding a bird to our critter family =p This forum helped me make my final decision so I thank all of you {and I'm sure my fiance agrees since he knew I was on the fence about becoming a bird mom!} We've named him Mr. Mojo and he is quite adorable. I'm actually considering finding a breeding pair for myself now {maybe in a year or so once we've gotten Mojo tamed and possibly talking}

I've always been a cat person and haven't had a bird since a parakeet when I was 11! Mr. Mojo has started making little noises at his reflection and I get so excited every time haha. A new, wonderful experience is upon us!

{sorry about the weirdness in my post =p I had my wisdom teeth surgically removed yesterday }

[ellieelectrons]

Welcome to the forum.

Congrats on getting your little guy! Best wishes for lots of joy-filled days and years with him.

I hope you are recovering well from your surgery.

Ellie.

[Snowe]

Thanks for the Welcome and recovery wishes Ellie!

It's been a week now since I brought Mojo home and I've learned that our little guy doesn't like cranberries or oranges but adores apples, bananas, and an assortment of veggies. I bought him some rice and bowtie noodles to try out this week along with a little fruit medley ^_^ I think I grocery shop more for him than I do for myself hehe. He's pretty quiet for the most part. He'll make little noises at me while I'm dozing on the couch and he yells up a storm whenever I play bird videos on youtube for him. We attached a mirror to the inside of his cage but we soon had to take it away from him. All he did was sit in front of it and stare He's our vain little man! I'm a pretty quiet person so I try to remind myself to talk to him whenever I'm near him. I've been sitting beside his cage to eat and let him watch me and I leave music on for him whenever I leave the house. Going to contact a retired bird breeder this week and set up an appointment to get Mr. Mojo's wings clipped so I can see how he'll respond outside of his big ol cage.
I didn't notice until I had gotten him home but he is missing his tail! I'll love the fella regardless if he ever talks but he does make some adorable noises that halfway sound like a clown's horn honking and laughter

The forum won't let me post a pic yet I've only gotten the one of him so far from the pet store's website and hopefully I'll be able to take a bunch of my own very soon to show everyone my little Luntino flapper ^_^

[taywer321]

Try using an outside source to post your pic. For ex. photobucket.com or flickr and you can just copy the IMG code into the message body:)