Free parrot in Slough

[Jane]

Saw this and thought I’d share just in case anyone can take him/her. I don’t know the parrot type.


www.gumtree.com/p/birds/free-to-good-home-parrot-/1365464991

[criswell]

It's odd that they're not offering the cage with the parrot. I guess the value the cage more than the bird and want to sell it. Poor parrot.

[Marianne Marlow]

Poor thing. Is it some kind of Conure?

[Jane]

Feb 4, 2020 16:54:02 GMT criswell said:

It's odd that they're not offering the cage with the parrot. I guess the value the cage more than the bird and want to sell it. Poor parrot.

I know. No toys in the cage either that I can see

[Jane]

Feb 4, 2020 17:07:08 GMT Marianne Marlow said:

Poor thing. Is it some kind of Conure?

I don’t know much about parrots Marianne Marlow. Let’s good it finds a good home.

[Marianne Marlow]

I hope so too. I'm nowhere near Slough and already have 9 budgies, so I'm out on all counts.

Budgies are parrots

[Jane]

Feb 4, 2020 17:50:26 GMT Marianne Marlow said:

I hope so too. I'm nowhere near Slough and already have 9 budgies, so I'm out on all counts.

Budgies are parrots

Yes I suppose they are. Little miniature ones 🥰

[Hezz]

It's a green cheek conure. There are many different colour mutations, although not as many as budgies. Known to be nippy little beggars but can be cuddly. A bit Dr Jeckyl/Mr Hyde.

[Marianne Marlow]

I wonder if it's nippy nature is why they are getting rid of him/her.

So weird not to include a cage. I don't get some people.

[helenmat]

I thought it was against gumtree rules to advertise a pet ‘free to good home’ now. I know someone who had their ad removed because they were trying to find a home for a rabbit. Poor thing it looks a bit bedraggled and fed up.

[tweetiepiesmom]

I just tried to look but got message that said the ad was no longer available. Hopefully that means it found a good home.

[Hezz]

Feb 4, 2020 22:11:16 GMT helenmat said:

I thought it was against gumtree rules to advertise a pet ‘free to good home’ now. I know someone who had their ad removed because they were trying to find a home for a rabbit. Poor thing it looks a bit bedraggled and fed up.

Looks like the ad has now been removed, Helen.

[Deleted]

I don't think I'd advertise an animal as free on one of those sites even if I didn't actually want any money for it. I feel like saying they're free means you might be more likely to get someone who won't care for them properly, if that makes sense.

[criswell]

Definitely not a good idea to give them away free as who knows what will happen to them - gerbils and hamsters for snake food and cats for dog fighting. There was a "breeder" advertising budgies in Cardiff that actually seemed to be collecting free budgies from ads and then selling them herself - same photos etc. She was also selling a large assortment of small budgie cages which she presumably got free with the budgies. I sent her message before I worked this out as I was interesting in a budgie she had for sale and became very wary as she seemed to know very little about budgies even though she claimed to breed them.

I do hope this poor parrot does find a good and loving home. Some people really don't care about their animals at all.

[Jane]

Feb 4, 2020 22:11:16 GMT helenmat said:

I thought it was against gumtree rules to advertise a pet ‘free to good home’ now. I know someone who had their ad removed because they were trying to find a home for a rabbit. Poor thing it looks a bit bedraggled and fed up.

The odd thing with Gumtree helenmat is that I had my ad removed when I put a wanted ad on for a companion for Squawk. Gumtree allowed people to give pets away free on there but not put a wanted ad on. Whilst I understand why as there are people out there that would want an animal for disingenuous reasons I would have thought giving a pet away to any random is just as bad, if not worse. I never got a response when I questioned this.