how we got each.....

Someone told me recently that i should post about each animal, so I'm going to tell all of you a little bit about how we ended up with each one.  i will try not to make this real lengthy. 
phoenix:  umbrella cockatoo:  we had gone to the pet store for some supplies and i was allowed to go in the room housing all the baby birds.  i talked to each bird a bit and then turned around to find this beautiful three month old cockatoo staring at me.  i began talking to him and he raised his hand and clutched my finger and did not want to let go.  my heart melted and as we turned to leave i looked at my future husband with tears in my eyes.  he ran to the cashier and put down a deposit, came back and said "as soon as i get the rest of the money around he is yours".  boy did i cry and was so happy and excited.  phoenix will be 2 years old on April 19th of this year.

Kasha:  latino cockatiel:  i knew a woman who breed cockatiels and i went over to look at them with the intention of getting one.   when i got there he was in a cage with another cockatiel but get this, it was an extremely small parakeet cage.  i was blown away by this and knew i had to get him home and into something a lot bigger.  i bought him a parrot cage. 

Bella:  white faced gray:  kasha needed some company from another bird.  when i picked her out the woman at that particular store got pissed off because Bella would not co-operate with her so she very viciously used the net to get her and in the process broke a blood feather on her.  we took her to the vet the very next day as soon as we realized what had happened.

sumoc and cayenne:  sun conure and Nanday conure:  funny story.  last thanksgiving we drove all the way to Illinois and back to adopt these wonderful birds.  seems they have had numerous homes due to their vocal ability.  this will be their last unless they outlive us.  we love them dearly.

okay, Bella and kasha laid their very first egg last year in the spring.  we did not remove the egg and were very excited.  in the end she hatched two very beautiful babies.  weather is a pure white latino and raine is a normal.  in the fall, four babies were hatched.  we sold one baby to a wonderful older couple that love Silas so much. 

next post I'll tell you all about our four dogs and three ferrets.