Nanday Conure Forum

Message #7473. This is a followup to #7436.

Name: Linda
Date: Monday May 31, 2010 11:16:11 pm MDT
Subject: Re: Nanday conure at humane society shelter.
Message: Bruce Byfield wrote:
> Samantha1 wrote:
> > I am currently the adoption manager at a humane society. We are
> having
> > Do what you can to find him a suitable owner, screen, screen and screen even more, keep him as Bruce said, not into the middle of the action, but let him choose to be a part of the action to a degree if he wants to: um, Nanday's hold their own in the loud department

a nanday conure come into our shelter tomorrow. His previous owner
> has
> > passed and he has no where to go. I've dealt with some birds at
> the
> > shelter before, but never a manday. I've been researching a bit
> and
> > hear that they are very intelligent and very social. Does anyone
> have
> > any ideas on the best way to handle him in a loud shelter setting
> and
> > just any other random advice, that would be great! Thank you.
>
> Find him a corner where he can see everything, but is not in the
> middle of the action. The corner could even be a bit dimly lit. The
> idea is to recreate a nanday's favorite position: sitting at the edge
> of a nest box, looking out at what's happening.
>
> Ideally, too, someone should take the time to talk to him and feed
> him. Like most parrots, nandays are highly social, and do better if
> they can interact with people or other birds.

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