Little Joe's Companion Birds

05/09/2025

I MADE IT!!!! Update and Available Birds!

Yup, I made it, I am now on Vancouver Island with all the birdies! I had some great people help with moving all the birds, multiple ferry trips with a big cargo van, and taking care of them all for several days while I made the move here myself. Am loving it so far, such a big change from the city! A bit of culture shock, everybody is so friendly here and willing to chat.

Internet was a bit of a challenge, but now have a starlink working and I can begin posting and responding to messages again. Just might take me a while to work through the backlog, there is still so much to do here!

There are birds currently available, handfed babies and of course many adult rescue pairs.

For Handfed babies there are cockatiels in grey, cinnamon, pearl and whiteface. Now 12 weeks old and super friendly. Reduced price.

There are also handfed baby crimson bellied conures, again around 12 weeks, 3 available and very friendly and outgoing.

Many rescue adult pairs available including budgies, lovies, parrotlets (one single blue available as well) and a pair of senegals.

Anyone interested in any birds just send me a message.

I might not be responding to messages right away for a while, there is a whole lot of work to do in building the aviary and I will be in a mad rush to get everything done by the end of summer so I can have babies again and begin offering boarding services starting in September or October!

I will also begin posting videos of the whole process of building the perfect aviary, turning this unfinished basement into a birdie paradise with all the ventilation, air filtration, heating and cooling and lighting and everything else they could possibly need or want!

Again, thanks to everyone who helped out with this whole process, I really appreciate it! Things are going to be a bit slow on facebook and youtube for a little while, but I will be back in full swing very soon!

04/25/2025

Looking to Hire Help Getting Ready For Moving Day -Saturday and Sunday!

Packing and all is continuing here, but it turns out I got a whole lot more stuff that I thought I did! So far two and a half 20ft containers have been filled, and I am running out of time before the movers come on Monday!

I am looking to hire several people to come over and help dissasembling cages, cleaning, taking things apart, putting things in bins and so forth. Looking for people Saturday and Sunday, 3pm to 7pm, maybe even Friday if anyone is up for that,

Pay is 25$ an hour, cash end of day. Bring screwdrivers, clippers to cut zip ties, allen keys to take apart cages, and anything else that you think you could need. I have lots of storage bins, padding, plastic wrap and all other moving supplies.

Time is getting short, and my focus really should be on getting the birds moved into their travel cages and getting everything else ready for them. No heavy lifting needed, anyone interested in helping me out and making some pocket money let me know! Just send me a message here and I can begin working things out.

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04/21/2025

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Happy Easter Weekend Everybody!

Update - The move is going ahead full steam, in just over a week I and the Aviary will be on the Island! Have some great people helping move all the birds, now is just packing and preparing. And more packing, and more..... already have two 20ft containers full, third one arriving in a couple of days to be filled as well. And a moving truck on the day, so much stuff for all the birdies!!!!

Upcoming babies! Yes, there will be one more batch of babies available! Friday and Saturday only will be the new batch of cockatiels, greys and pearls and maybe the whiteface and cinnamons if they are ready. No pictures posted, no time, but will have them all in the pickup room, first come first serve, come by and pick out the one you like the most in person! There will also be one crimson bellied conure, and a slight chance that two more will be ready as well, again first come first served. Anyone interested let me know!

And for the video here, some of the bloopers and funny bits from my "Bringing Home a New Baby - The First Few Days" video. I don't have the heart to keep them in their cages when I am in the room with them.

Trying to make a video on bringing home a new birdie, and I thought that it might be fun to have some of the babies, 7 to 8 week olds in handfeeding, out and...

04/17/2025

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A short little view on one of the wonderful rescue rehoming pairs that are looking for the new home! I am moving in less than two weeks! and I would like to find homes for as many of these birdies as possible to spare them the stress of the move. If you or anyone you know is interested in giving these beauties a new home, let me know!

There are many different budgie pairs available, as well as lovebird pairs, lovebird singles, parrotlet pairs and even a senegal pair. I likely won't have time to make videos of them all, but let me know if there are certain colors you are looking for.

Calm green male and feisty slate blue female, now complete with their rehab phase and ready for their new home. They came in as your typical pet store surren...

04/12/2025

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The babies from the last batch of budgies, all now in their new homes! Going to miss evening playtimes with all these guys, but will not have to go without for all too long. Budgies will of course be the very first babies that I will be hand raising again in the newly built aviary and nursery!

Yes, it is a lot of work to handfeed budgies, 5 handfeedings a day and one at night for the first week starting at a week old, then 4 handfeedings a day unti...

04/12/2025

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The next video in the handfeeding instructional series is now up! This one, following the last video on brooder, is all about the handfeeding station itself. The equipment and tools needed and how they are used to prepare, hold and serve formula during the handfeeding of the baby birds.

A good video for anyone contemplating handfeeding their own babies, or those who just want to see how it is done. The setup in this video is a temporary one, but still fully functional. The main setup was taken down to renovate the house prior to sale, and this one built just for this latest batch of babies.

The next video in the handfeeding instructional series. All about the handfeeding station, the equipment needed and how to use it to prepare and serve the fo...

04/12/2025

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Short overview video of a wonderful parrotlet pair for adoption, no rehoming fee, just need a good home. Full video in the "available birds" link in the top pinned post.

Wonderful pair of adult parrotlets, finished their rehab phase and now ready for their new forever homes. Applications can be done through my page. ...

04/11/2025

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Its going to be very quiet without a bunch of these babies around.

Yup, these guys are hungry, and in the mood for play as well as food! At 7 to 8 weeks old they are getting near the stage where they will begin weaning thems...

04/10/2025

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In yesterdays video of the conure handfeeding, I said in the beginning that the pineapple baby "thinks he is funny" and then forgot to add in the clip where he was doing what he was doing that made him think he was funny.

Well, this is why that little baby thinks he was funny! Learned from the other pineapple that laying on his back and looking cute gets him more attention. At least he did not learn about closing his eyes and playing dead like the other one, much easier on my nerves.

There are still quite a few babies available, suncheek conures, a lovie, and a pineapple conure! Coming up very soon will be cockatiels and a hybrid budgie as well as more suncheeks and crimson bellieds!

Of course there are also many adult rescues for those looking to give a forever home to some wonderful birds.

All details and links to all available birds can be found in the top pinned post on the main page, too much to go into here.
Anyone interested can send me a message!

The last of the pineapple green cheek conure babies still in the brooder, still a couple of weeks of handfeeding left for this little one. Already has learne...

04/10/2025

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The latest batch of cockatiels in a handfeeding session, and boy do they sound hungry! The final video for the 8 older cockatiels, they are almost ready for their new homes! The three younger, two cinnamon and a whiteface, still have a bit of growing to do.

There are still quite a few babies available, suncheek conures, a lovie, and a pineapple conure! Coming up very soon will be cockatiels and a hybrid budgie.

Of course there are also many adult rescues for those looking to give a forever home to some wonderful birds.

All details and links to all available birds can be found in the top pinned post on the main page, too much to go into here.
Anyone interested can send me a message!

Handfeeding the last batches of cockatiels, 8 older ones at 7 weeks old, 6 standard greys and two pearls or pieds, and three younger ones, two cinnamons and ...

04/08/2025

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The last of the conures in handfeeding!

There are still quite a few babies available, suncheek conures, a lovie, and a pineapple conure! Coming up very soon will be cockatiels and a hybrid budgie.

Of course there are also many adult rescues for those looking to give a forever home to some wonderful birds.

All details and links to all available birds can be found in the top pinned post on the main page, too much to go into here.

Anyone interested can send me a message!

And by the way, when did moving get so expensive? Tried to buy some bigger carboard moving boxes, they are really 7$ - 10$ each?!?!? Bigger boxes for TV's, are they really up to 30$ now?

Watch these little conures grow with each handfeeding, a little pineapple and a couple of crimson bellieds'. Already starting to come out of the brooder each...

04/06/2025

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A little peek into the brooders to see the babies in handfeeding, in the grow up cages, and available now! Things are definitely gearing down, not many babies left! Coming up soon are crimson bellied conures and cockatiels, with a pineapple, a crimson bellied and suncheeks available now.

A little peek into the brooders and the grow up cages of the baby parrots in handfeeding or available now. Wonderful little birds, right after a feeding, one...