Hi! I'm a married stay home mommy of four. I'm Also an animal lover. I grew up with birds, my mom has a Scarlet Macaw named Ziggy that she got and handfed when i was a teen. We always had birds! Cocktails and budgies and of course Ziggy. There was also a stream of cats, dogs, bunnies, hamsters, guinea pig and even a Chinese water dragon. I grew up and moved on to human children. Which is great but i find myself wanting another baby every three years or so lol. I think my maternal instincts have no limit, overdrive. So, hubby is allowing me to have pets so I'll refrain from babies. We have two shih tzu, an Indian Ringneck parrot (she started off being adopted by my mom. My hubby was the one who held her on the car ride from her old home to my mom's. It was hopeless, mom never could bond with her. She tried for about a year. The only time the bird was ever active and singing was when we came to mom's to visit And she saw hubby. She finally called and told hubby to come get his bird lol. She wants nothing to do with anyone but him), kids have three hamsters and two guinea pigs, and i just got a baby Quaker about four weeks ago. I am handfeeding him, still three times a day. He eats EVERYTHING, on his own, but he's so smart! He manipulates me into giving him formula anyway. He's about ten weeks old now and extremely intelligent! Besides being talented enough to totally wrap me around his little claw, he's already laughing when we laugh and muttering when talk. Smartest baby ever! Yes, I'm in LOVE. I even bought him a little travel cage so he can go everywhere i go, he's truly a family member already. Anyways, thought I'd introduce myself and my little love (he's had fifteen different names so far,none fit. He's starting to answer to Baby and if something doesn't come along soon that'll stick). I'm so excited to have found a forum dedicated to my obsession. Thanks for reading i hope to speak with you all soon!