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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 13:38:49 GMT
It is difficult to re-home birds, the normal public out their seem to go for the little puppies, kittens etc, they take them home and the largest expense is food, or the vet bill With birds they have to supply the cage etc (which we do, at a cost) Re-homing the larger parrots is totally different, people see these brilliantly coloured beautiful birds and think they can just take them home and have a chatty pet, if they are such a good pet,,, why do we have 86 of them The owners have paid sometimes thousands of pounds for one to find out that they are noisy and can be very destructive birds then give up on them and we get the job to sort the poor bird out.
So congratulations to lemonade for fostering Stanley,,, Amazons are the noisiest of the parrots, lemonade is doing a grand job keeping his mind alive and curbing the screams, big ear defenders is a must
Our bird section is not full, but we are slowly reaching this point, come on all you out their that do not own birds, they are the perfect pets, suitable for 10-110 year olds
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 15, 2015 13:53:24 GMT
They are great pets @shewbert, but great pets need great and responsible owners!
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Post by milliej on Dec 15, 2015 16:25:13 GMT
Nooo Marianne don't be tempted seriously it's great that people take on birds as well as dogs, cats and other animals but......what a commitment! Well done lemonade, keep an eye on your furnishing though, those beaks!
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 15, 2015 16:53:28 GMT
milliej seriously I couldn't even if I wanted too. My flat isn't big enough.
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Post by lemonade on Dec 15, 2015 17:12:36 GMT
You are right shewbert, too many people get a parrot expecting it to talk and do tricks and be happy in a cage all day with little interaction. We all know how intelligent our feathered friends are and they need love, enrichment and lots of attention and stimulation. Its really rewarding when you see them gain confidence, trust and personality through proper love and care.
Milliej dont tell me about my furnishings!! He has already been at my sofa and curtains! Oh and my skirting boards and cornicing. And cushions! But thats mainly whe I start running out of his shredding and chewing toys and cardboard boxes!
He loves Peachy. I have brought Peachy in a few times as I felt confident enough it would be ok. And Stan loves him but Peach couldn't care less ... just stares at him!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 17:36:57 GMT
I've had Hurricane just over 25 years now, he is a blue and yellow Macaw, he was around 10 when I was given him from the Zoo I worked for, he was totally unsuitable for public aviaries because of his atrocious swearing.
Over the years I have managed to stop a lot of it.
Even after 25 years I still have to have eyes in the back of my head or something somewhere will be shredded. Just like kids,,, things go quiet something is going on
But we would never even think of getting rid of him, he is part of the family
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