Do you like parrots? Would you get any as a pet?

[Marianna546]

Tell me why you like them or why not!

[RavVid]

Well for a start they live a long time whereas dogs & cats are somewhere 10-20 years long life. Sir Winston Churchill's parrot out lived him despite all the passive cigar smoking the poor parrot had to do.

Secondly many come in bright colors and you have to love that.

Apart from being smart if you get them very young they'll sit on your shoulder as you go walking. If you want attention that is the way to go.

A friend has a tropical parrot that loves showering. It is quite heart warming to see him flapping under the shower making happy parrot noises.

A pet parrot is on my agenda. Just not sure which type but I am leaning to ecletus because f the reasons in the para above. Electus parrots love showers

[Marianna546]

Eclectus are very beautiful <3

[RavVid]

And so fun in the shower too. has to be luke warm of course. So you will be cold... a small sacrifice.

[Marianna546]

wow thanks for the advice

[OneManOnly01]

@RavVid Winston Churchill wasn’t a ‘sir’. He was a brutal imperialist.

[TwiNshichamp1]

This guys are cute 😁 maybe I will consider that if I would want to.

[Marianna546]

Yesss the best decision everr!

[TwiNshichamp1]

I like pets so I hope they like me as I do

[Marianna546]

Hmm cool

[RavVid]

Here is an eclectus showering. They like simulated warm tropical rain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN4Ds2foBbM

[TwiNshichamp1]

@marianna546 that mouth can't bite?

[Marianna546]

@RavVid so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Marianna546]

sometimes lol

[TwiNshichamp1]

@RavVid so cute 🥺

[TwiNshichamp1]

@RavVid thanks for sharing

[TwiNshichamp1]

Hehe ever been bitten once? What always can be a problem?

[RavVid]

It is a friendship with a pet. Some people think because they have paid cash money, their pet owes them. Nup. It is a relationship. But as the feeder they will love you.

[TwiNshichamp1]

@RavVid so like giving them food, take them out for sunlight sometimes be closer to the etc? If they out of the cage they can't run away?

[TwiNshichamp1]

@RavVid and is it true that they repeat every word that someone can say?

[RavVid]

Hi TwiNshichamp. Well birds fly away rather than run away. Hopefully they don't get a rush of blood and want to to launch into the wild blue yonder. But there is a simple solution. Clip their wings. All you do is cut the feathers at the end of one of their wings. Doesn't hurt them but unbalances them so they cannot fly like the wind.

In fact I first met Leopold the ecletus parrot because he wanted to try his wings and flew from one apartment block up down to ours. Fortunately it turned out our gardener was a skilled bird whisperer and talked him down from our roof onto his finger and a guy on the board of management had a spare bird cage. We posted posters and within the afternoon Leopold was reunited with parrot mommy. They clipped his right wing.

As Chair I unashamedly took the entire credit for this. There has to be perks in unpaid jobs. To meet an eclectus is to fall in love.

Parrot mommy took to bringing Leopold down to the local cafe and he remembered everyone he met. He had favs of course. I enjoyed sitting on my balcony and listening to Leopold's parrot talk during my morning coffee. I think they moved during covid. I haven't heard him for a while.

I do miss Leopold. Did I say to meet an eclectus is to fall in love?

I have Mr Trex - a tabby cat I love dearly. So it is not possible. I call him Trex because when he gets spoiled with turkey his mouth opens so wide. Just like the dinosaur.

[RavVid]

Well with parrots you have to repeat a lot till they get it. There is another Australian bird called the lyre bird. It only has to hear something once and if it likes it the lyre bird will make it part of it's song. Within my my family a grandfather was putting up a fence. The next day a lyre bird was mimicking the sound of him hammering nails in.

[TwiNshichamp1]

@RavVid ooh what a story thanks for sharing your experience. I really appreciate 👊🏾

[TwiNshichamp1]

@marianna546 I want to ask you something. Kindly text me.

[England4eva]

I hate seeing a bird in a cage. Something so sad about a creature designed to conquer our skies, being degraded to peer out between the bars.

Maybe consider getting a rescue, instead of going to a breeder? I’m sure you love your animals, otherwise you wouldn’t want a parrot in the first place. So if you do get one please make sure you let your bird stretch his wings often, as I’ve seen so many stuck in one spot all day 💔

[Marianna546]

He always flies dont worry

[England4eva]

That’s good. I wish more people were kind to their birds as you. For some reason it’s taboo to not walk a dog, but keeping a bird hunched up all day gets no complaints? Bizarre society we living in.

[Iwant2kno]

I don’t like birds in general. My neighbor has them and they are loud. I hate arriving home and hearing them, I feel like I’ve arrived at a jungle. And parrots, they get this people complex that they start talking and behaving like they are humans 😄. They are snitches too. Just not my pet kind. 😅

[Marianna546]

Well to me they are the cutest creatures

[Iwant2kno]

That is perfectly fine. For me a turtle or fish are the cutest. We all have different preferences, but we do have the same love for pets in the end 😊

[Marianna546]

Yeah turtles and fish... i used to have three fish and 4 turtles

[Iwant2kno]

Nice, but what happen, you don’t have them anymore?

[Marianna546]

Nope.. unfortunately

[Sonorous]

Oh yeah, then thangs cute af. But I'd have to see how my ears/brain responds to them. I have hyperacusis so it's painful being around something too loud or high pitched. But maybe I'd just have to look for mute pets 💀

[Th3ft]

I have never had a pet bird. They always seemed weird to me. But that sounds fun! I mean I always thought it sounded cool to have nice birds and the look of a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder always seemed cool. But I have never thought I would actually get one.

[Marianna546]

why are they weird
?

[Th3ft]

Well no I meant just birds in general. And not weird but like I have never seen birds as being a particularly friendly pet… so that way weird. If that makes sense. But i think no parrots would he pretty cool. You said you have one?

[Marianna546]

Hhhaha i thought they are weird to you appearance wise hehe

[Th3ft]

Lol! No no! I think they look cool! Their colors alone make me want one. But then they are so smart and I have seen some pin movies with crazy personality.

[Marianna546]

Hhaha true

[RavVid]

Well Th3ft I think that if you are walking along the street with a parrot on your shoulder you will get girls stopping you and wanting to talk to you. And probably hanging on you asking for her number.

Ditto for girls with a parrot on their shoulder.

I did quite well with walking my girlfriend's dog. His high point was picking up a TV starlet. He really liked cute girls and cute girls really liked him. Of course it was totally immoral for me to use my girlfriend's dog to pick up other girls so I never did. But I sort of think I could have.

[Staximus]

Parrots are crazy. About 24 years ago I was walking around this big corporate pet store (Petco). The was a giant blue and gold macaw sitting out on an open perch. I started moving my hand towards his foot and he held one foot up, which means he wants to be picked up. I picked him up and he just sat there on my hand, so I walked around with him while looking at all the fish tanks. When I was done looking I set him back down on the perch, and the bastard got pissed and tried to bite my hand. His beak was big enough to easily bite the end of a finger off. A great pet to have if you want to spend 30-50 years being scared for your fingers haha

[BHooper]

I LOVE all birds. I've had many birds as pets over the years. My absolute favourite bird to have as a pet is the rainbow lorikeet. They're very placid and intelligent birds that make a great companion. And they have their own personalities. One of mine use to snuggle up under my chin and go to sleep when I was laying in bed watching a movie or something.

[Marianna546]

AWWWW my parrot is also very cuddly i love him!!!

[RavVid]

One of the few redeemable sides of humans is that we can make friendships with other species. We are not as bad as we think we are.

[Kaneki05]

They are cute and yes. But I do somewhat disagree with pet birds, if you've trained a eagle and have a proper facility/area to give it enough room to fly around and feel free that I have no problem with.
But a bird just in a cage nah. Birds need to fly and be free.
Same reason I disagree with indoor cats.

[jazque]

I love all animals. And parrots are highly intellegent and loving. However think it is beyond cruel to cage a animal, let alone one that has the ability to fly.

[Marianna546]

Hmm i dont cage it most of the time he is outside flying around the house and on our balcony hehe

[hypojoe]

I love umbrella cockatoo, check out pebble on youtube what a awesome bird they live very long time so if you do plan on them living 15 to 20 years or longer and i think they make great pets

[Marianna546]

okay thanks!

[RavVid]

Yeah Cockatoos. Noisy buggars. After dusk they fly around being noisy as they can over my balcony. But you have to admire their attitude. I planted some seeds in pots on my balcony and after i got home I saw this cockatoo eating the sprouts. He looked at me and said 'These are mine. Rack off!'. Well I shoused him off of course but he got every sprout.

For some reason they like windscreen wipers. Maybe a taste for rubber. And you don't want to use pine if you are in a cockatoo area. They use it to sharpen their beaks, Little buggars.

What do you mean by umbrella cockatoos by the way. We would say say sulphur crested cockatoos. A yellow crest on a white body. There are black cockatoos. Rare but they look very smart. Still a sulphar crest

[Blueeyes81]

Nope. I had a roommate years ago that had two parrots. The quit one flew into the ceiling fan and was no more. The second would never shut the fuck up and was mean. I don't know when that bird slept because it was making noise 24/7. I wasn't sad when it died.

[Luopio27]

I used to have an electus parrot. They need so much attention, space to fly and what not.


They are good for those stay at home housewives who take care of the children.

[Marianna546]

yeah eclectus <3

[Luopio27]

There are really good videos from professional bird trainers on youtube. They give great advice for first timers.

[Marianna546]

Okay then... But i have had many parrots hahah i am not a first timer!! My parrot is 4 years with me now

[ChrisMaster69]

A friend has a Cockatoo (really tempting to make a joke lol).

anyhow it’s really gobby and never shuts up.

the other thing is how long they live.

that and I have my neighbours cat, not sure it would get on with feathered fun.

[ShadezMcgee]

Don't mind them. Grew up with a couple as pets. Seem to do better if paired with another. Funnily enough they seem to be very selective of who they like, in my case it was my mom and me that the parrots liked.

[bones_20]

I love parrots and have 2. it’s so adorable when they talk 😍

[Marianna546]

Do you have Budgerigars? (budgies)

[bones_20]

Currently just one, unfortunately his pal passed away.
Birds are a really nice pet to have 🦜 🦜

[Marianna546]

Yeah budgies are very cute!! I have a peach- faced lovevird :3

[Marianna546]

lovebird*

[bones_20]

Aww adorable!

[Marianna546]

yess hahah

[AviatorTom]

Parrots are very intelligent and interesting birds. I would not get one as a pet though... they deserve to stay in the wild, not cooped up in some cage.

[NathanDavis]

hmm... no

all my life, wherever I lived as many times as I moved to different places, I've always had neighbours with parrots...

so in a way, I've always had them... lol

[Deathraider]

They’re cute little birbs. Maybe I’ll get them, but I do prefer just having birds that coming to my house and hanging about.

[Marianna546]

cool !!

[Chazmatazz269]

Nope. Some breeds live to be like 80. I’m too old for that. I probably could though cuz i have one niece who luvs birds and she’d probably adopt mine when i die.

[collie22]

i love seeing the birds there super cool. I see them outside around our house , in the bird bath and feeder chirping and stuff i don't think i would like it so much in the house in a cage. cause they can't fly or do anything in a cage like outside.

[soe11]

I have already lovely sexy parrot (my girlfriend)
I don't want second one 😀

[Marianna546]

why u call her a parrot?

[soe11]

Because she is attractive and beautiful and talkative.
It is in positive way.

[RavVid]

And colorful? I get it.

[Wsx2wsx2ws]

I petted a pirate's parrot as it perched peaceful.
I pondered purchasing a pet parrot and promptly procrastinated.

[Wild_princess]

I like parrots but i am strictly against keeping birds as pet. they are made to fly in the sky not to keep as pets in cages.