I’d like to be a parrot because I’d retain some intelligence, be able to fly and free-roam a house, have a long lifespan (some large parrots can live over 100 years), and I’d get yummy foods like fruit or cooked vegetables. Preferably, a parrot species that doesn’t get bored easily and with good communication abilities, like a hawk-headed parrot or an eclectus.
Unfortunately, many people get parrots without knowing how time-consuming and expensive they really are so they end up neglected or being cared for improperly ☹️.
That was my step dad, he had a yellow nape parrot he only showed attention to when he had someone to be impressed. Poor bird rarely saw other living things for years
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I’d like to be a parrot because I’d retain some intelligence, be able to fly and free-roam a house, have a long lifespan (some large parrots can live over 100 years), and I’d get yummy foods like fruit or cooked vegetables. Preferably, a parrot species that doesn’t get bored easily and with good communication abilities, like a hawk-headed parrot or an eclectus.
Unfortunately, many people get parrots without knowing how time-consuming and expensive they really are so they end up neglected or being cared for improperly ☹️.
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That was my step dad, he had a yellow nape parrot he only showed attention to when he had someone to be impressed. Poor bird rarely saw other living things for years
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I’ll bet that bird became a screamer, or developed a stress habit like feather plucking or going in circles? Did the parrot end up being rehomed?
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Yeah, screeching, squawking, water splashing, and a little bit of feather plucking
I'm sure he still has the bird, he got pleasure from owning it, not enjoying it (just like his corvette)