Life in rural south Louisiana has always included pets and farm animals.
Animals are a big part of family life here.
Life with the birds began sometime in the mid 1980 s, following the purchase of a single, hand-fed, lutino cockatiel. That initial purchase of one lutino cockatiel was the beginning of an interesting journey into the world of aviculture. At that time there was very little reliable information available on breeding birds or, hand-feeding their young. The field of avian pediatrics was unheard of. Hand rearing proved to be a trial and error undertaking filled with mistakes and heartbreak.