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Post by nonnie on Sept 14, 2006 3:15:29 GMT 7
Hi guys Im wondering if any one has an Alex?? Im going to be getting a 5 month old one and very excited!! Can you all tell me stories or hows your Alexs are?? Thank you Hugggggzzz  |
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Post by Amanda on Sept 14, 2006 5:31:05 GMT 7
Peter and Matt do..... they have two One is Alex and the gal is Drine  Peter LOVES to boast about his beautiful Alex's |
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Post by Matt on Sept 14, 2006 8:50:17 GMT 7
Hi Nonnie,
Peter handraised his pair from bubs. They are very easy to handraise, they take the mix very well and they grow pretty fast. As adults they make great aviary or tame birds, ours are tame but live in a huge aviary, there are pictures on this forum somewhere in the archives, possibly under the asiatic section. If you have any problems feel free to ask away as we have gone through a few things since owning them.
Cheers.
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Post by Jen on Sept 17, 2006 20:18:29 GMT 7
Speaking of Alexandrines (and you guys are so uninventive when it comes to names 'cause Rob named our male Alex too much to my disgust)
We have at 2 little pink babies now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob checked them on the weekend and was really chuffed at what he found.
We are not disturbing them too much as they are a new pair and this is their first season.
But they have been excellent since the day we got them. We originally bought 2 three year old hens from the local petshop for only $100 each and then a friend had 2 males so we did a swap with one for a 2 & 1/2 yr old male. In 4 days they were seen doing the wild thing and less than a week from themn the hen was sitting.
Considering they are still in a communal avairy with at least 10 indian ringnecks I think they are doing great!
Rob wants to try his hand at handraising one so we will soon have my Ekkie, My daughters cockateil (we get next week) and Robs Alex all being handraised at the same time!
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Post by Silvercloud on Sept 17, 2006 21:27:37 GMT 7
Wow congrats Jen. You guys are gonna have your hands full. Yeah guys are sooooo bad at naming animals.
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Post by Jen on Sept 17, 2006 22:04:00 GMT 7
Guys and Holly too actually  sorry Holly Some of Hollys bird names... Sun Conure named Sunny Cinnamon weero named Cinnamon or Cin for short Pearl weero named Pearl Alexandrine named...you guessed it Alex And they're just the ones I can remember straight off! But she assures me she will be more creative with her new sun conure when she knows if it is a boy or a girl |
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Post by holly on Sept 17, 2006 22:38:11 GMT 7
hahahahaha!!!! lol, well with sunnys name it was going to be in mexican 2 start with, i cant remember exactly wot it was now, but i didnt know if sunny was a boy or girl and i wanted to wait till i found out, then wen she got sick and i took him/her 2 the vets they asked me 4 a name, and i just had 2 say the 1st thing that popped into my head wich was sunny. and then it just kinda stuck there and thats how sunny got his/her name ;D ok, names.... Birds: Cin Peal Alex sunny Wally molly ollie bucket luke Crabs: Hermet Kingla Crabby Rats: Ruby Dexta Noodles Snowflake peanuts sky mice: Pinky (pinky and the brain  :  Kira Ash (caught her whiskers on fire) Cotten Bud (buddy) **Cotten and bud looked like twins, and they were fluffy lol** Taz Marky (called him marnie so my mum didnt realise "she" was a he lol) Tiger snake i found, caught and named b4 my mum forced me 2 take it 2 whitemans park... you guessed it, tiger lol  My list goes on and on and on, but i wasnt un-creative with all the names, only the birds and crabs realy so yeah, thats my point, i can b creative if i wonna , but thats not oftern lol  |
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Post by Peter on Sept 18, 2006 6:20:10 GMT 7
Thats great jen!!!!!!!!  lol! I won't list all our animals names we have had.................. we would be here for ever! But some "original names" we have had are a billy goat called billy, my alexandrines are named "alex" and "drine". |
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