Moochie's Story

Moochie is my first bird, and what started my love for birds. I had found a military macaw and took care of it, till the owner, a week and a half later, found out that it was here. She never advertised that she had lost a bird, so I never knew, but she only lived up the street from me here. I was glad that she had gotten her bird back, but I was also sad, because I had lost my little "buddy", that would say a new word to me every day. My hubby seen that I was sad, and took me to just look at parrots. We walked into this small pet store, where the breeder lived upstairs, and in the middle of the room, on top of a huge cage, were 3 blue and gold macaw babies! They were so colorful and breath taking! The breeder walked over and as we talked to her, she took one of them, and put it on a big round perch behind us, leaving just the 2 on top of the cage. I was trying to get one of them to say hello, and see how alert they were, and as i was talking to them, I noticed that one came forward (the aggressive one), and the other backed up (the shy one), but from behind me, I heard a faint...hello. I turned around to talk to the bird on the round perch, and said hello, and it looked right at me, and in a more firm voice, said HELLO. That is when I knew which one of them I wanted, and I guess you could say that this bird really chose me! This bird was such a mooch whenever you would try to eat anything, and that is how it got it's name. I don't really know what gender she is, but for now, she is a she.