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We have a winner in Tropical Fish Forums'
November Pet of the Month Contest
We had 5 awesome pets entered in this month's POTM contest. But only one could win...
And the winner is.......
emeraldking
Let's all congratulate them
Here's their winning Meyer's parrot
November Pet of the Month Contest
We had 5 awesome pets entered in this month's POTM contest. But only one could win...
And the winner is.......
emeraldking
Let's all congratulate them
Here's their winning Meyer's parrot
Here's our Rocco...
Rocco is a Meyer's parrot which roots originate from Africa. It's one of the few wild parrots in Africa that has the same build as an amazon parrot. This species is small in size. Males tend to become bigger than the females. Males have also more yellow on the front of the wings and head than the females have. And the color of their feet differ in both sexes. She was in anest of three and I chose the most cheeky one. For the cheeky ones can be taught much more...
Although, Rocco is a boy's name, Rocco is a female. For this type of parrot takes about a year till a year and a half before they'll show their real sex. But in the meantime, she needed a name. And Rocco was the first name that popped in mind.
She's got a turquoise color on her back and belly area. This turquoise flows into a shade of green on the body in the direction of her throat area. Like most short tailed parrots, these birds are more climbers than flyers.
Rocco is 23 years old by now. They're known to reach ages of 40. She screams more when new female visitors are around. But with male visitors, she's calm. This species is not known for being well speakers. But she does say some words. Unfortunately, not on command.
I had another one. An older brother of hers, named Mikey. Unfortunately, he has died a number of years ago. He imitated much more sounds, like the cooling of my fridge, knocking on the door sound (which made me realize that a lot of people have knocked on my door when I was at work) for instance.
These birds are very intelligent. The remark that has to be made is that these types of parrots choose just one particular person to be real friends with. In this case: me...
This photo also made me realize to dust a bit more often...
This photo was taken when she flew on top of the chandelier... And watched me wwhat I was doing...
