Both of these parakeets where found at different pet stores, we viewed them over a periods of time (6-8 months) and there seemed not interest in them. They looked lonely and almost abandoned (in the darkest corners of the stores) so we decided to take them on. Jill was first and then Jack a year later.

They hit it off straight away and in the next season started to breed. We kept an eye on them and noticed in the first season that they were not surviving, we think they were not feeding them enough. So in the next season we watched and when the first passed we decided to take them out and hand rear. We re-homed most of them and kept a few, but these parakeets are not for the faint hearted. They like human interaction but no affection, they will sit with you but do not like to be touched. This works for some people but not all.