New shaftail - this one's a MALE

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New shaftail - this one's a MALE

Post by lovemyfinch » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:43 am

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Not the best of pictures, but he is definately a male. He sang to me and my son on the way home. I did't even know that they had such a sweet sound to them. I don't think that I will be keeping him in quarantine for very long....I know it's breaking all the rules, but this poor little guy has spend the last year in a cage all on his own,...and to top him off the only reason I got him is because his owner is in a coma and they are going to unplug tomorrow....so he became unwanted. He has been all alone in an apartment in Montreal for the last 5 weeks, having only a neighbour stopping by once a day to feed him. :cry:

But he will have a happy ending, I am already in love with him (because he sang to me) and he's got 2 little ladies waiting for him in the flight cage. :D
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Post by L in Ontario » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:48 am

Congrats on your new fella! Hope you get lots of "little fellas" from him some day! :lol:
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Post by dfcauley » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:28 pm

Good for you giving him a new home. It should not be a problem byping not keeping him seperate since he wasn't with other birds.

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Post by lovemyfinch » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:44 pm

Ok I'm a bad bab bird owner, feel much better now that I read Donna's post. I felt sorry for him, poops looked fine, he's not scratching, and whenever he heard the girls he flew back and forth in the cage looking for them. I put him in with the girls. They love him, he sits between them and the 2 girls preen him. I think he's happy. :D But he does prefer Isabelle, whenever their alone he sings to her. And unbelievably she started fixing the nest. :D

BTW we named him the Godfather. :lol: I just love his song it makes me feel like I am outside.
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