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About Us
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- Birds of Paradise Aviary is a small home hobby aviary, breeding Red Sided Eclectus Parrots. In addition to Eclectus parrots, I also have a pet Goffins Cockatoo named "Ziggy", and a baby Double Yellow Headed Amazon named "Gabriella"
- My name is Gail (Nelson) Scovil, located in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.
- I purchased my first Eclectus parrot "Indy", from a local pet shop in early 1995 at about 8 months of age. I knew absolutely nothing about parrots, but kept reading whatever I could find and visited "Indy" in the pet shop on a regular basis. For some reason I found her irresistible.
- I brought her home, and as she stepped out of the carrier she said "Hello there" to my little dog who was instantly very jealous and totally shocked to hear this intruder talk.
- As time went on I felt Indy must be lonesome, as at that time I worked and was away from home a lot of the time. That is how the idea of getting her a companion came about. Being worried that two females might not get along, I decided to get a male Red Sided Eclectus, as then I would have a red bird and a green bird. What a beautiful pair! I never dreamed they would actually breed as I knew nothing about breeding or raising parrots. Obviously, Indy and Ollie thought they could handle it on their own.
- It took `forever` for Indy to even acknowledge Ollie lived in the same house with us, but finally they could share a play gym. About a year and a half later, Indy decided she would just move in with Ollie. Allowing Ollie into her cage was totally out of the question.
- Next thing I knew Indy was scratching around in every corner of the house frantically looking for a place to lay an egg.
- I remember being so excited and calling family and friends announcing Indy "laid an egg". One of my brothers was totally unimpressed and drawled out "So, what do you want me to say now?".
- This was how I became a breeder of Red Sided Eclectus parrots. Now my biggest problem is trying to get Indy and Ollie to take a break from having babies.
- The purpose of this web site is to share with you knowledge I have gained over the past few years from sharing my home, and my life, with parrots.
- Indy and Ollie are still pets and want to be held and talked to every day. Now that they are continually raising a family they have lost some of their cuddly pet qualities, but still want interaction with me on a daily basis. I sincerely hope this never ends. Indy wants to be held, but has to rush back to her nest after about 3 minutes. If I am lucky, I recognize the signs and she doesnt have to nip me to let me know my time is up.