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I am looking to contact the breeder of a pair of parrotlets that I bought Any information would be appreciated thank you
Bands are both silver and closed - Both are Green Parrotlets info on bands is as follows
Male - IPS(sideways) SFA MI(sideways) 054 03(sideways)
Female- IPS(Sideways)SFA MI(sidways)033 03 (sideways)
Thank You
Thank you for your email. This breeder is registered in our database although they are no longer a member. If you give me permission, I would be happy to forward your email to her and ask her to contact you. She is a wonderful woman and bred excellent birds.
Sincerely yours,
Sandee L. Molenda, C.A.S.
Secretary, International Parrotlet Society
Thank you :) Yes please give her my email Thank you so much :)
Kelli
Dear Kelli:
I have been in contact with the breeder. She was one of the best parrotlet breeders in the country but when her husband became terminally ill, she had to stop breeding and find new homes for her birds. That was several years ago. Her husband, unfortunately, passed away and she had to sell her home and move from a large home to a small apartment in her daughter’s home. This arrangement did not allow her to bring many things including her breeding records; all of which were destroyed more than 5 years ago. So I am very sorry but she has no information on her birds available than what is on the band – the birds were hatched in 2003, they were unrelated and they were hatched in Michigan. Other than that, all the pedigree information has been destroyed.
I am sorry I could not find out more information for you. Unfortunately, as more and more breeders give up their birds due to the economy and family obligations as well as illnesses and other issues that develop over time, more and more of this information is going to be lost. As I said I do know that the breeder these birds came from took excellent care of her birds and you can be assured the birds came from strong, healthy stock.
I hope this helps and best of luck with your birds.
Sincerely yours,
Sandee L. Molenda, C.A.S.
Secretary, International Parrotlet Society
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Green Rump Parrotlet Life Span
Sandee,
In September of 1996 we obtained a Greenrump parrotlet from you and named him "Tasi", which is Chamorru for "ocean". While he had some health issues in his early years (GI infections) which had to be treated and were avoided later with closer supervised and healthier nutrition, he lived to almost 15 years and passed away without any sign of illness overnight in June.
Dr. Dustin from the Bay Area Bird Hospital had been our trusted vet for all these years. We needed to see her almost every 6 weeks in the last few years of Tasi's life to have his beak trimmed, as the lower mandible tended to grow to much (or fast).
We thought you might be interested in feedback as far as the life expectancy is concerned. You had initially told us Parrotlets may live "up to the early 20s", Dr. Dustin estimated 15 to 20 years. Sadly, he did not even reach the lower end of that range.
Sincerely,
Alex
Dear Alex:
Thank you for your email. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Tasi. I am sure you and your family must be grieving and I am so sorry for your loss.
I hope that someday you will find comfort in the fact that your bird lived a long, happy life where he was loved and enjoyed. Unfortunately, longevity in captive-bred parrotlets is proving not to be as lengthy, in many cases, as their wild-caught counterparts did. I bred wild-caught parrotlets for 15 years prior to the ban being instituted in 1992. We obviously did not know the age of the birds when they were imported but they routinely, at least in my aviary, for 18-20 years or more. I am one of the people in the US who is actually qualified to state that based on my own knowledge; very few people who keep parrotlets today were around 20 years ago so they, and I am assuming your vet is one of them, just repeating information they have read and have no direct knowledge of lifespans simply because they never had the birds as long as I did.
One thing that has become apparent in the last 20 years, is that captive bred parrotlets do not live as long as their wild-caught counterparts. This happens with many species of animals so it is not surprising. Today, a domestically-raised parrotlet’s average lifespan is much more like 10-15 years not the 15 to 20 like the originally imported birds. Also, please remember that the term ‘average’ means just that – its is an ‘average’ based on an entire population NOT something that can be applied to individual birds. I myself have lost 6 friends in the last 10 years to cancer ALL of them under the age of 40. That isn’t an average lifespan for a human so we simply cannot expect all of our birds to live as long as the ‘average’. Some have lives that are much shorter and some have lives that are longer (I have an uncle that is 97 – he too, does not have an ‘average’ human lifespan).
So, I do hope that you will not let something as nebulous as ‘average life span’ contribute to any grief or sorrow you feel over the loss of your bird. 15 is extremely old for a parrotlet these days and it is obviously due to your meticulous care and devotion. I hope you and your family will find comfort and even joy in remembering what a wonderful, happy and very long life you and your family gave Tasi.
Best of luck to you and your family and thank you for contacting me and letting me know.
Sincerely yours,
Sandee L. Molenda, C.A.S.
The Parrotlet Ranch, Owner, www.parrotletranch.com
Join the International Parrotlet Society, – the World’s Largest and Oldest Parrotlet Organization www.internationalparrotletsociety.org
A Chattering Bird Builds No Nest.
Camaroonian Phrase
In September of 1996 we obtained a Greenrump parrotlet from you and named him "Tasi", which is Chamorru for "ocean". While he had some health issues in his early years (GI infections) which had to be treated and were avoided later with closer supervised and healthier nutrition, he lived to almost 15 years and passed away without any sign of illness overnight in June.
Dr. Dustin from the Bay Area Bird Hospital had been our trusted vet for all these years. We needed to see her almost every 6 weeks in the last few years of Tasi's life to have his beak trimmed, as the lower mandible tended to grow to much (or fast).
We thought you might be interested in feedback as far as the life expectancy is concerned. You had initially told us Parrotlets may live "up to the early 20s", Dr. Dustin estimated 15 to 20 years. Sadly, he did not even reach the lower end of that range.
Sincerely,
Alex
Dear Alex:
Thank you for your email. I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Tasi. I am sure you and your family must be grieving and I am so sorry for your loss.
I hope that someday you will find comfort in the fact that your bird lived a long, happy life where he was loved and enjoyed. Unfortunately, longevity in captive-bred parrotlets is proving not to be as lengthy, in many cases, as their wild-caught counterparts did. I bred wild-caught parrotlets for 15 years prior to the ban being instituted in 1992. We obviously did not know the age of the birds when they were imported but they routinely, at least in my aviary, for 18-20 years or more. I am one of the people in the US who is actually qualified to state that based on my own knowledge; very few people who keep parrotlets today were around 20 years ago so they, and I am assuming your vet is one of them, just repeating information they have read and have no direct knowledge of lifespans simply because they never had the birds as long as I did.
One thing that has become apparent in the last 20 years, is that captive bred parrotlets do not live as long as their wild-caught counterparts. This happens with many species of animals so it is not surprising. Today, a domestically-raised parrotlet’s average lifespan is much more like 10-15 years not the 15 to 20 like the originally imported birds. Also, please remember that the term ‘average’ means just that – its is an ‘average’ based on an entire population NOT something that can be applied to individual birds. I myself have lost 6 friends in the last 10 years to cancer ALL of them under the age of 40. That isn’t an average lifespan for a human so we simply cannot expect all of our birds to live as long as the ‘average’. Some have lives that are much shorter and some have lives that are longer (I have an uncle that is 97 – he too, does not have an ‘average’ human lifespan).
So, I do hope that you will not let something as nebulous as ‘average life span’ contribute to any grief or sorrow you feel over the loss of your bird. 15 is extremely old for a parrotlet these days and it is obviously due to your meticulous care and devotion. I hope you and your family will find comfort and even joy in remembering what a wonderful, happy and very long life you and your family gave Tasi.
Best of luck to you and your family and thank you for contacting me and letting me know.
Sincerely yours,
Sandee L. Molenda, C.A.S.
The Parrotlet Ranch, Owner, www.parrotletranch.com
Join the International Parrotlet Society, – the World’s Largest and Oldest Parrotlet Organization www.internationalparrotletsociety.org
A Chattering Bird Builds No Nest.
Camaroonian Phrase
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
"Snow" Parrotlets
On a parrotlet breeder website they have listed Snows(Pure Snow White with dark eyes) parrotlets for $700. Is there such a mutation? Just curious as in cockatiels we would call that a clear pied.
Ginny
"Never think that a handful of people can't change the world ... in fact, it's the only thing that ever has."
~ Dr. Margaret Mead
Cultural Anthropologist
Thank you for your email. Snows? Goodness! I wish people would at least attempt to use correct nomenclature; just because this is new mutation in parrotlets doesn’t mean it isn’t a new mutation in other birds. While IPS would not call that bird a ‘clear pied’ we would also not call it a ‘snow’. But to answer your question there IS a pure white bird with black eyes and it is a new mutation, no matter what they call it.
Sincerely yours,
Sandee L. Molenda, C.A.S.
The Parrotlet Ranch, Owner, www.parrotletranch.com
Join the International Parrotlet Society, – the World’s Largest and Oldest Parrotlet Organization www.internationalparrotletsociety.org
A Chattering Bird Builds No Nest.
Camaroonian Phrase
Ginny
"Never think that a handful of people can't change the world ... in fact, it's the only thing that ever has."
~ Dr. Margaret Mead
Cultural Anthropologist
Thank you for your email. Snows? Goodness! I wish people would at least attempt to use correct nomenclature; just because this is new mutation in parrotlets doesn’t mean it isn’t a new mutation in other birds. While IPS would not call that bird a ‘clear pied’ we would also not call it a ‘snow’. But to answer your question there IS a pure white bird with black eyes and it is a new mutation, no matter what they call it.
Sincerely yours,
Sandee L. Molenda, C.A.S.
The Parrotlet Ranch, Owner, www.parrotletranch.com
Join the International Parrotlet Society, – the World’s Largest and Oldest Parrotlet Organization www.internationalparrotletsociety.org
A Chattering Bird Builds No Nest.
Camaroonian Phrase
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