Well said Leigh.

Dom, in the next few yrs. your life is going to change a whole lot, becoming a woman and etc. (like Leigh brought up). Best not to tie yourself down any further now or later with any more birds, even though you do love them so much (IMO) and best that Kiwi does not have to be re-homed yet again in a few yrs......... Now if Kiwi was a male and he got along with your Ekkie, then I would have a different feeling and you could keep them in the same hopefully spacious cage/flight. They would be company for each other and hardly any additional work for you. Another female however, I think is just not a good idea. JMO.

Hopefully the current owners, who profess to love Kiwi so much will consider all the factors that are best for her in her future and only allow her to go to the home that will most likely keep her "forever". Please don't take that comment the wrong way.

I also agree with Bea of course.

what an absolutely beautiful bird!!! Stunning to say the least. Those pictures are "WOW"
How much does she weigh? I think I'm leaning something here as I thought Grands look like mini Vosmaries.

Ok, I see it. lol The lines between the purple and red on her breast doesn't slowly blend as much as some of the pictures I have seen. Did I say "WOW" yet?

My goodness, you are only 15. I thought you were in college or graduate school! You sound more grown up than any of my sons (ages 18-25) but of course, you are a girl, so that may be the secret (sorry, guys, I am not a sexist, but there have been studies that show that men's brains don't complete maturation until @ 28 years of age) Well, I think 3 birds are already quite a lot of responsibility. I saw that Land of Oz movie, and I met Bea's female ekkie... quite a character. Female eclectus do not enjoy a reputation as the easiest birds. Adding another female eclectus to the mix may prove quite unsettling to your current flock.

And of course (if that is true) it is because you females are the cause of this - since y'all are always bent on providing "distractions" to our field of "vision" which thus impairs our mind's speedy & complete development.

Btw, another study that was done shows that the logic center in male brains is fully developed by the same age of 28 while the female logic center never fully develops because the blood supply to it it is squeezed/almost shut off by the female emotional center and the shopping drive (lol).

I apologize for leading this thread off topic: I think I overstated the age, it's said the adolescent brain, specifically the frontal lobes responsible for among other things understanding repercussions of decisions (or lack thereof), are not fully matured until well into the twenties, and that the actual grey matter in the frontal lobe does not stop growing until @ 10 years for girls and @12 years for boys. Any further discussion of this issue, Joe, should be conducted outside of the room (so to speak Let it be said, I love and admire all my menfolk and believe in the dual principle. We all grow at different rates anyway.

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so true............... so true............

Actually, I also thought you were older. At 15, your life hasn't even started yet, please don't make a comittment that, statistically speaking, you won't be able to fulfill. I know you love your birds and have the best of intentions but your life will change so very much in the next ten, twenty and thirty years... how would you manage to go to college, get a degree, find a full time job, move to an apartment on your own, get a boyfriend, marry him and have kids without the birds suffering in the process? Life is very uncertain and you will be going into your adulthood very soon. A new life that will have a lot of demands on your time. There are only so many hours in the day and large birds all need one on one attention and that means several hours a day.

When I was your age, I thought I would live all my life in my country, with my family, become a veterinarian, marry my boyfriend and have six children. I did marry my boyfriend but I am now on my third husband, living in the USA and separated from all my family, had only one child I had to raise on my own while going to school at night and never did become a vet (although I still have hopes of doing this one day). Parrots that are been rehomed need forever homes. I don't think you are really in a position to offer one as much as you would like to.

Dom, just remember that your book of life will take on many different chapters, and consider that difficult choices will have to be made with a bird family. As others have said here in this thread, there will be many loveable birds out there waiting for a great home.