Pet Bird
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- sea_sea0
Alex the talking parrot... this is pretty amazing..
- My buddy, Brian, had these growing up. Their voices were SO REAL it was insane. They would call for us.monospaced
- CGN0
- ceiling_cat0
"it happened again, my hi fin shark decided to eat my other hi fin shark, after they lived together for a few months harmoniously together... sigh.... "
- ceiling_cat0
Pet Shark
- I also had a pet shark. They are damn easy to kill.ninjasavant
- nikdaum0
My mother's green parrot from when she was a kid is still alive. It must be about 45 years old now. Some birds can live a long time if cared for properly, and they'll demand attention that whole time.
The creepy part is that it mimics the voices of relatives that have died. It's like it's possessed.
- penelope0
Birds are a lot of work to take care of, are annoying, and aren't always nice. I have two parrotlets and they're sweet when they want to be but are cage aggressive and feeding time is a battle. Make sure you research what goes into taking care of a bird and the type of bird you're considering. And whatever you do, don't buy one from a breeder or pet store. If you really want a conure you won't have any trouble finding one to adopt/rescue.
- ceiling_cat0
I can't seem to find the perfect pet.
- girls make good petsscarabin
- what he saidbenfal99
- but of courseceiling_cat
- ninjasavant0
I had 2 finches for a while, they were cute. Males have better songs.
Then I got 2 cats.
Now I don't have finches anymore.
- lambsy0
only like seriously crazy people own birds.
- ceiling_cat0
How many hours a day do you have to play with them? Is just evenings ok? I don't want them going nuts during the day.
- nicole_marie0
I always hate it when my neighbors have birds... so fucking loud
- ceiling_cat0
Are conures loud? I don't want to annoy my neighbors, I live in a apt building. I also don't want it to keep me up at nights.
- i remember them squawking loudly sometimesbulletfactory
- Make sure you do your research, conures are known for screaming.penelope
- yes they are loud as crap.Frosty_spl
- bulletfactory0
I used to have 2 Cuban Conures
Cool birds, but they really like to stretch their wings (we soon had paintings on our walls with bird-droppings dripping down them) - Kind of loud sometimes, but not annoying, nice pets, and we loved feeding them apples watching them play.
We thought they were both males for a few years, but after we gave them away to a friend, we later found them to be opposite sex.
We had one of the offspring for a while, that I donated to my school science class. That bird had a great life with all the other animals and lived a long time.
- CALLES0
i hated my family's macaw. we just didn't get along. i lived in a corner house and my friends would walk by and shout out my name so i would go out and play and shit... well the friggin bird learned how to imitated them exactly and i would go out ready to play and all along it was the damned bird
- ilovesamwich0
I grew up with a lotta birds in the house--Parakeets, Scarlet Macaw, African Grey, Cockatiel and Sun Conure (Dad owned a pet store--Mom fell in love and couldn't resist keeping 'em).
Toby is our Sun Conure. He was always kind of a dick, still is (likes to bite.) He ended up pulling a lot of his feathers out. Make sure you pay attention to it and love it a lot or else they end up like Toby.
Oh yeah and soooo true ---> "be aware that some species live for a very long time. " My sister and I are nervous about which one of us is going to end up with the Macaw. Don't do that to your children.
- ive heard conures are usually dicks. really skittish and high strung,baseline_shift