The Big Green

I was frustrated today. Why? My big green brat as I often call him is hormonal. Viggo is my male Eclectus parrot. He hatched April 30th 2004 on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Now 8 years old he's already reached sexual maturity and I am faced with a handsome male eclectus in love with who else...me!

That being the case I decided to start a blog to write about not only life with a parrot but also things I face along the way. I kept a journal when Viggo first came to me in regards to his diet. It helped me and our vet greatly as he had extreme toe tapping and wing flipping to the point he could not perch. The journal helped me to realize triggers for his toe tapping and I learned I have a boy with many food sensitivities. I will write more about this later in a diet post.

My hopes are that this blog may work as a place I can refer back to for solutions much like a journal and also help others with an Eclectus or other parrot facing similar behavioral, hormonal or diet issues.

So here I go, my first step and Viggo's first flight into the land of Blogging.....