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Owner & Bird
Owner's Name:

Shannon Allred

Bird's Name: Bean
Other flock members: two society finches Mr. and Mrs. Finch
Why you picked a Jardine's vs something else: She was just to cute to pass up.
Physical Characteristics
Hatch Date: August 28, 1998
Weight: 195 grams
Length (nose to butt)
Amount of Orange Coloring & Where: Bean has an orange "flame" on her head. She also has orange on her wings and her ankles.
Breeder
When Purchased: February of 1999
Where Purchased: The Nature Chest
Age when Purchased: 3 months old
Hand Fed? Yes

     By Who:

By the Breeder
Price: $550
Diet
Eats Pellets? Yes
     Pellet Brand Roudybush
Eats Veggies? Yes
     Favorites: Corn, corn on the cob, carrots, squash, etc...
Eats Seeds? No
Eats People Food (ie with you) Yes
     Favorites: pasta, popcorn,blackberries,strawberries,breads, hot peppers, broccoli, just about everything we eat
Beverages: red koolaid, capri-suns (drinks from the straw)
Other foods:
Favorite foods: ALMONDS!!!!!!!!!!
Personality
Favorites games to play with people: puzzle toys, flying around the house with me
Tricks: hangs upside down
Shy around strangers? yes
Likes to bathe? Yes
     How: she takes a bath in the shower with us
Likes music? Yes
     What kind? Bean likes anything loud, wether its a movie or music. She loves to sing with it.
     Likes to dance? yes - head bobs with us
Agressive or shy with other birds/pets in the house? no
Amount of human attention received: anytime we are home, she is out with us
Talks? Yes
     Words: hey there, hey darling, nite-nite, no, bye-bye Bean makes several noises - telephone ringing, coughing, sneezing. She laughes just like me.
     How did he learn? repetive learning from us
Whistles? Yes
     Tunes: anything she can put toghether and come up with on that day.
Prefers to talk or whistle? both
Cage
Size of cage: not sure of the size but it is a large cage from Kings Kages
Favorite perches or toys: Lava rock
Sleeping habits: Bean sleeps on her manzanita perch if we are still up watching tv but after we go to bed she goes up and sleeps on her lava rock. During the day, she rests on her cup holders in her cage.
Veterinarian  Information
Avian Vet or other Vet: well known avain vet
Wings Clipped? Yes
     1 or 2 wings clipped: 2
     By who: vet and us
Toenail clipped by who: vet
How often for vet visits: 6 months or every year - depends
Any accidents? Yes
     What? Bean was chewing on a writing pen and bit off the tip and got a mouth full of ink. This accident scared us and had to call the vet at home. Bean also got a piece of an almond caught up in her sinuses one day when she was eating. she began to wheeze and we had to go to the vet and get everything flushed out.
     Lessons learned: Keep a close eye on things she chews on.
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