{"id":1854,"date":"2015-11-19T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2015-11-19T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:56:09","slug":"coral-billed-pionus-thinks-hes-turkey-look-8-pionus-parrots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"A Coral Billed Pionus that Thinks He’s a Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windy City Parrot was on Western Avenue and as I’ve mentioned in the past, this is the longest continuous street in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the course of any given day, thousands of vehicles passed by us on this four-lane arterial corridor. Hundreds of pedestrians walk by to and from busy bus routes and stores that can be reached on foot – take that suburbia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A day doesn’t go by that somebody doesn’t walk in and ask “do you sell birds?” To which we reply “no” which instantly reroutes the foot traveler. Our 800-number is seen by thousands of people daily on the web. Many of these web visitors will call and ask if we sell “parrots.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit Our New Pionus Parrot Supply Category<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That sentence in and of itself is a red flag. Why? 50% of the people who asked that question will hang up when we tell them “no.” The other 50% will ask the follow-up question – “do you know where I can buy a parrot?”<\/span><\/p>\n

My response is typical “what kind of parrot are you looking for” not surprisingly many of the responses are similar to “one that talks.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigh<\/span><\/p>\n

Then there are the callers that ask “do you know where I can buy a macaw?”<\/span><\/p>\n

My patented response will always be “what kind of macaw?”<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is where I always get the moment of uncomfortable silence and then a response of something like “one of those blue ones.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigh…<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a dozen patented responses none of which are customer-service friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you’re into macaws you know what I’m talking about. If you’re just lurking and trying to learn something you’ll find out there is something like 24 species of macaws ranging from the noble macaw which is about 12 inches long and a 100g to 150g, to the Hyacinth macaw which is about 4 feet long and can weigh as much as 2200g.<\/span><\/p>\n

So now you know that if you call here with some vague specifications, I am not going to help you. You’re not serious and my spidey sense will guide me through our conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not many retailers will admit this but although we care about you, we care less about you and more about your bird which is who we are an advocate for.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a rare thing that somebody will call up and ask for some very species-specific information as was the case today with a woman who asked to be placed on our email list. She was seeking information on a Blue-headed Pionus.<\/span><\/p>\n

That got my attention so I googled “Blue-headed Pionus Windy City Parrot” and didn’t get a whole lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

So guess what we can talk about for the next few minutes?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Although Pionus Parrots are about the same shape and size as small Amazon parrots, they just don’t get the same respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They’re not big parrots, they are not small parrots they are very nice midsized birds and compared to other species, relatively quiet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harley the Coral Billed Pionus that Thinks He’s a Turkey!<\/span><\/p>\n

They’re great family pets. We don\u2019t offer proposed psychological profiles of species like \u201cthey are quiet and standoffish\u201d (until there are several children in the home playing loudly and then the bird gets noisy and aggressive) or something like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digression-> The outcome your bird is expecting is not necessarily the outcome you are expecting. It\u2019s the holidays. In the aforementioned scenario, knowing that say, visiting nieces and nephews for the holidays was anticipated and could possibly agitate a bird who\u2019s not used to small people with high voices. Different unknown flock.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a travel\/evac\/sleep cage<\/a> you can move the bird into a quiet room and then perhaps integrate him or her into the festivities slowly? Do you know the outcome your bird is expecting?<\/span><\/p>\n