Pheasants?

[furryscaly]

Hey all. I know when you think pet birds, pheasants aren't usually the first ones to come to mind, but since I have one, and I'm fairly new here, I was wondering if anyone else kept pheasants or similar birds. My guy's a male himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impeyanus). He's actually an indoor pheasant and has free roam of my room. He also get taken out for walks and gets time to relax in the backyard. Here's some pics of Rupert at various stages as he grew:











Thats pretty much what he looks like now, although I hear his face is starting to bald some more (I haven't been home in a few months). He's maturing now, so in a few months hopefully he'll look like this:

http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/monal.html

[Padfoot]

Hey!

It's been some time since I saw pics of Rupert! I can't wait to see him as an adult! Well, you know I kept pet geese, ducks, chickens and turkeys a long time ago, but they where outside birds. LOL. (and I think you are the only crazy person that takes a pet pheasant for a walk! LOL).

You should post more about your other pets too, you have some interesting ones (and there are a couple of rat fans around... talk about your girls and post pics!)

[lixx]

How beautiful! I have always liked pheasants! I also want an Emu

[furryscaly]

I'll have to get around to posting some rat pics sometime.

lol, a pheasant is enough for now. I don't think I need any emus :p

[Brittney]

Quote: Originally Posted by lixx How beautiful! I have always liked pheasants! I also want an Emu

A farm by me has an Emu

That's cool to have a pheasant. I've never known anyone to own one. Sadly, the only one I have is dead.

[periberry7]

hey you keep your pheasent in your room? do you have carpeting or is he potty trained? can they do that? theres no info on pets like quails and pheasents just hunting info [eep]. what do you feed him? is he social? do they follow you around [i heard imprinted button quails do that] i have alot of questions sorry. also did you hatch him out from an egg or what. what does he eat too

[thegreengardian]

Do you use a lead to take him for walks because i want to take my turkey when it hatches out for walks around the road and i want to know i would use a dog lead or not ?

[Doubledime]

Thats Neat-o

[Ravnos]

I keep quail... exceptionally messy little birds. I couldn't imagine having them free roaming around the house, even a single room.