Feathered Family Inc.

The quaker parakeet just doesn't get the respect it deserves these days. Loveable little birds, who hide a full size parrot in those tiny bodies. Known to be excellent talkers, and fun gymnasts its easy to see why they are popular companion parrots. At first glance many people chose to pass up a quaker because of its diminutive size and green and grey coloring, not taking a moment to find out what excellent companions they can be. Many quakers learn their first words at well under a year of age, and some of them have excellent vocabularies, rivaling those of Amazons and Greys!

Native to South America, the Quakers are so good at adapting to their environment that they have been outlawed in some states. Wyoming, Hawaii, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennesee are among the states where it is illegal to keep these wonderful parrots. Sometimes known for being territorial it has been said that one should never clean a quakers cage with the parrot inside. These are intelligent little parrots, who will readily learn tricks and sounds to make their companion people laugh. One must not overlook the cost of these little guys, sometimes being available for as little as $300.00, they are a great bargain. Usually, well socialized quakers are not noisy birds, being busy playing with their toys or vocalizing in pleasing manners. Don't take that to mean that they cannot be noisy, those little lungs pack a lot of punch!