Different body shape Blood Parrots

[auratum]

Guys,

I have been noticing quite a bit of variation in the body shape of blood parrots showing up at the local Petsmart. The specific thing I am noticing is the shape of the head. The typical BP shape has the big notch in the forehead or it looks like you look the head of a smaller rounder fish and stuck it on the body of a larger taller body fish. These mutants look to have a much smoother transition from head to body. The shape is more like that of King Kong Parrots, but I would not go so far as to call them that. The mouths also close normally. One of them also had no snout/head at all or it had a very smashed in face - this one in particular was quite interesting. I started seeing them in the larger size BP first and now noticed them in the smaller/cheaper less orange size. These smaller ones though were fully colored bright orange.

So after years of being a Blood Parrot hater I have picked up some of these mutants. They are quite personable and I am able to start to see why they are so popular.

Just wondering if Petsmart is getting a deal on the non-typical mutant BP's that don't conform to the normal body shape? Personally, I prefer these to the standard ones.

Wondering if anyone else has noticed this?

Regards,
Patrick

 

[petspoiler]

can you post pics of yours? I'm not well acquainted with BPs.

 

[gutted]

I think they look better too. I picked one up that looks Kkp-ish and one that looks like a BP but doesn't have a notchy head.

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[fobrinkle]

Did you get those at pestmart?

I think they look better too. I picked one up that looks Kkp-ish and one that looks like a BP but doesn't have a notchy head.

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[gutted]

Yes.

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[petspoiler]

I think they look better too. I picked one up that looks Kkp-ish and one that looks like a BP but doesn't have a notchy head.

that's more appealing to me than a notchy head. but I know nothing ;-)

 

[auratum]

I think they look better too. I picked one up that looks Kkp-ish and one that looks like a BP but doesn't have a notchy head.

Yup - that is exactly what I was trying to describe. The most interesting one I picked up is the short nose/face one where the eye is very far forward and the front profile is very rounded rather than pointy and it looks very high bodied. I don't have any pictures of it yet - I will try to get some tomorrow.

Did you find these in the $8 size or $24 size? The first one I bought was the $24 and the 3 I bought over the weekend were the $8 ones and are only 1.5 to 2" long, but fully orange/red.

 

[loureyes]

its common no two parrots look exactly the same I like the no notch look too but they are able to do more damage

 

[gutted]

The $8 size. I tried hitting a few other Petsmarts trying to find more but no luck.

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[auratum]

ok - got some crappy cell phone pics of the short nose BP. Hopefully they are clear enough to show what I was talking about.