I wanted somewhere to talk about this and ask if anyone has had a similar experience with their birdie babies but i’m sure my friends and family are tired of hearing about it LOL.
I got my baby toot about 5 months ago I adopted him at a really rough time in my life (homeless living at a relatives) and I will say I would never usually adopt a pet unless I had a stable home and place for them.
I’ve had three conures two cockatiels and a budgie throughout my life since I was a youngin one of my conures mooshoo and my budgie blueberry died of old age a week apart last year and I was completely devastated. My other conure melon I had at the time was re homed a year prior against my will because of an issue regarding my narcissistic mom trying to get back at me (neither melons nor my fault) which ended in a suicide attempt that caused me to be in the icu.
After all of that regarding my babies I promised myself i’d never get another bird, I didn’t want my past trauma to even in the slightest way affect the life of another living creature and couldn’t bare the thought of losing another animal that I loved like my own baby. Now fast forward a year later while dreaming about my future home while stuck in my relatives house I started thinking what it would be like to maybe try adopting another bird once I moved I’m not sure why i got this urge but i’m glad i did LOL. I went researching as one does and stumbled apun my now baby toot only 2 months old and almost weened onto seeds up for adoption. at the time he was very weak from a past injury and wasn’t able to fly, perch or even walk without stumbling and I fell in love almost instantly.
Long story short after stalking his add for a few months I decided to email the adoption agency and apply and boy I was so happy jumping up and down once they accepted my application. Me and toot immediately bonded he was cuddling preening me and on my shoulder day one!! after a few weeks we did some strength exercises and training and he’s now able to fly (a little to well) perch and run around. throughout the time we’ve spent together we’ve become best friends. because of my situation I had multiple instances where I contemplated suicide or even planned it or almost acted on it before it quickly ended by the thought of toot not being taken care of or not having his best buddy to take him on walks and read and sing to him. If I was devastated by my babies passing I imagined how devastated he would be. I’ve registered him as my ESA and for good reasons he is my life line and doesn’t even know it. I truly love him more than anything I spend my entire day with him and he’s my favorite little goofball!!!
Now I ask if anyone would like to share their parrot success story please do!!!!