This entry was initially entitled "The Diary of Spunky, my Jenday Conure". I had written the whole 30-day daily progress of my new baby when, before I could make it to the very last day and transfer everything to this blog, my thumb drive got corrupted. My work documents... my budgets and spendings... my songs... my pictures... everything was gone! Talk about Murphy's Law...
Notice that the first title of this post was about a jenday conure. I firmly believed I bought a jenday, even though some people I've shown the bird's pictures to claim that it's a sun. It doesn't help that suns and jendays fall under the aratinga sub-species; they both share the same personality and almost alike physical characteristics. People tend to get confused, and I was one of them.
I'm not sure of the gender, but I’m assuming it’s a male. The name is Spunky – for his spunkiness and high confidence. I know I’d made a vow to myself that I would never, ever buy an unweaned baby parrots. The bird was in the hand-feeding process when I purchased it a month ago, and still needs and begs to me to feed him. He’s about eight weeks now, so he’ll be fully weaned soon. Before I made up my mind to have him at that crucial developmental stage, I’d read numerous articles on hand-feeding and seen with my own eyes how the process works by care-givers.
At the age of two months, Spunky has grown a lot since the first day I brought him home – physically, mentally, and in general. Physically, the tail is getting longer and the yellow plumage is getting more visible. No more coarse feathers. Mentally, he’s becoming more alert and attempts several ways to get his thoughts and opinions across. Generally, he’s turning into this sweet and adorable little being that loves cuddles, snuggles, and kisses. Everyone in the house loves him and showers him with lots of attention. I’ve wanted it that way, because I want him to grow up being a well-socialized parrot. Reading from other conure owners’ experiences before, I’d gradually developed a strong desire to have one of my own. I’d always wanted one of those clownish and acrobatic creatures so much and believed that I could care for another parrot, so by burning a hole of RM500 in my pocket, nothing could’ve stopped me.
Fortunately for me, I had a back-up of my songs and photos – the few things I could still have. Below are some I’d like to share.
Notice that the first title of this post was about a jenday conure. I firmly believed I bought a jenday, even though some people I've shown the bird's pictures to claim that it's a sun. It doesn't help that suns and jendays fall under the aratinga sub-species; they both share the same personality and almost alike physical characteristics. People tend to get confused, and I was one of them.
I'm not sure of the gender, but I’m assuming it’s a male. The name is Spunky – for his spunkiness and high confidence. I know I’d made a vow to myself that I would never, ever buy an unweaned baby parrots. The bird was in the hand-feeding process when I purchased it a month ago, and still needs and begs to me to feed him. He’s about eight weeks now, so he’ll be fully weaned soon. Before I made up my mind to have him at that crucial developmental stage, I’d read numerous articles on hand-feeding and seen with my own eyes how the process works by care-givers.
At the age of two months, Spunky has grown a lot since the first day I brought him home – physically, mentally, and in general. Physically, the tail is getting longer and the yellow plumage is getting more visible. No more coarse feathers. Mentally, he’s becoming more alert and attempts several ways to get his thoughts and opinions across. Generally, he’s turning into this sweet and adorable little being that loves cuddles, snuggles, and kisses. Everyone in the house loves him and showers him with lots of attention. I’ve wanted it that way, because I want him to grow up being a well-socialized parrot. Reading from other conure owners’ experiences before, I’d gradually developed a strong desire to have one of my own. I’d always wanted one of those clownish and acrobatic creatures so much and believed that I could care for another parrot, so by burning a hole of RM500 in my pocket, nothing could’ve stopped me.
Fortunately for me, I had a back-up of my songs and photos – the few things I could still have. Below are some I’d like to share.
Photo: On the very first day…
Photo: Even though it was his first toy, it didn’t seem to daunt this little guy!For more Spunky’s cute photos, feel free to click on My Photo Albums link.
