Kimba, I am pretty sure there is no such thing as Vasa overload. Thank goodness I am first on the waiting list in Spring, or these guys might all be snagged from all the Vasa love going on here!!
MORE PICTURES! MORE PICTURES! (thats me with my coffee in the morning very jealous of the Vasas in here.)
There is absolutely nothing bad that I can say about these guys. If you google them, eventually you'll get to a site with testimonials. When I read them, I thought, "Geez, these birds sound too good to be true." They are everything and more. Murphy is my doll baby. Tomorrow his brother and sister, from this year's clutch, will be joining us. Although amazons are great fun, have lots of personality, Vasas are the BEST companion bird around. Vasas are not one person birds, aren't particularly loud, not aggressive, very inquisitive, love to play, love to yak, (sometimes in sounds that you can understand, sometimes in some sort of Vasa language), love to EAT, will take a water bath, followed by a sunbath, followed by a dirt bath. I have found that Murphy, and his siblings, (I spent 2 days with them in July), are very quick on the uptake. They learn easily. The only things is that they are incredible fliers. Even when severely clipped, they can go.....after yet another adventure, this time inside a large warehouse, I am going to harness train Murphy.....
I am committed to their continued presence in the world. Less than 3% of their native habitat in Madagascar is intact. Hence his brother and sister. Next year I shall aquire an unrelated female. When they are of breeding age, we shall.......soon, when the babies are here, I'll take some pics and send them.
I'm not an afficianado of Vasas. Didn't even know they were from Madagascar.
That poor island has suffered the worst assault on its natural environs...I don't even know where to start! 80% destroyed with less than 5% of original habitat remaining anywhere.
Props to you Vasa lovers for helping to maintain a species that would otherwise go extinct. And I mean that; I don't expect there to be any wild-hatched Vasas in the next 10-15 yrs. Y'all take good care of them funky chikkens, ya hear?
Now, why you all want a bird that so resembles a buzzard or vulture is beyond me. However, I'll admit I have been interested in the Bald Parrot Bald Parrot - Pionopsitta aurantiocephala on account there is no aviculture info. I like me a frontier to explore. So, I really can't begrudge you Vasa peeps your obsession on any front.
Thanks for learning me some about these critters. Vasas do seem a bit of an odd duck for what I grew up witnessing; Everybody wants teh purdy birdies--Salmon crested cockatoos, some kind of macaw, a flashy conure, etc. Here you folks are espousing the virtues of a bird that looks like what you'd find hoovering a dead skunk on the highway.
'Course, mine passes for what amounts to an army worm in India, so who am I to criticize?
I agree with both of you. Madagascar has, because of vasa's, become an important issue to me. Greater vasa's for the most part are highly adaptable and should do ok in time. The biggest threat to them however is hunting. People like to eat them! But on the whole while there number do dwindle, they are not so bad off as the lesser vasa's. Which is actually a completely different species with much of the same traits. There are also vasa colonies set up in the canary islands, (loro park) to help preserve the species. My dream being to one day go there. Every four years they have an open to the public parrot symposium. You get to hear about all the latest research, see the breeding facilities of birds like the spix's macaw, golden conures........Can I say drool? I must say, however that I am happy that vasa's are not so mainstream. I would hate to see vasa's, like so many other species end up in rescues and in the whole become over populated as unwanted pets.
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