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Still chillin' with my peeps
My first true parrot was a conure. Fiesty as he** and I love her for it.
I wish I had done much more research before getting my pair of moluccans. I have let them breed and I've sold the eggs and I'm definitely not proud of it. I no longer let them breed and keep them separated. My first chick from them does pick but we think it's from being moved out of the house into the bird house. We realize that she may stop picking and she may not but either way we'll love her with or without the picking. Neither of her parents pick though the male is a serious wife beater. They have huge flights and can see each other from just a few feet away but I can't keep them together. It's sad but it's become something that I'm responsible for and I wouldn't feel right by dumping the responsibility into the hands of someone who might be tempted to breed for money. They'll live with me until I'm gone or can no longer care for them.
THIS is what taking responsibility means. Would I send my cockatiels who happen to pick their mates to someone else who may breed a whole new generation of feather pickers? Absolutely not. I feel the same way about all my feathered kids -- "they'll live with me until I'm gone or can no longer care for them." I wish more bird (and other animal guardians) felt the same way. Unless you have extreme circumstances that absolutely WILL NOT enable you to keep your animals in your care, when you take them on, you take on the responsibility for their health and well-being until they are gone. I know there can be some exceptions where the family dynamic just doesn't work for some reason, but too many are too quick to call it quits and shift the animal (and / or the problem) onto someone else, or for the sake of convenience. (Like the total moron I'd love to strangle that had redecorated her home and brought her calico cat in to the shelter because "it no longer fits my decor"...)
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P.S. As for the Zupreem, my birds have been very happy on it. I tried many varieties and textures of the Harrison's, and NONE of my birds would eat it, even when I tried to gradually introduce it. I would rather have them on the Zupreem natural and know they're getting a balance of vitamins and minerals than to have them starve themselves. Also, regardless of what kind of main food your birds eat, they should still have a variety of fruits, veggies, grains, and "interest" or "play" foods for satisfying the foraging and "work for your food" needs.
I wish I had done much more research before getting my pair of moluccans. I have let them breed and I've sold the eggs and I'm definitely not proud of it. I no longer let them breed and keep them separated. My first chick from them does pick but we think it's from being moved out of the house into the bird house. We realize that she may stop picking and she may not but either way we'll love her with or without the picking. Neither of her parents pick though the male is a serious wife beater. They have huge flights and can see each other from just a few feet away but I can't keep them together. It's sad but it's become something that I'm responsible for and I wouldn't feel right by dumping the responsibility into the hands of someone who might be tempted to breed for money. They'll live with me until I'm gone or can no longer care for them.
THIS is what taking responsibility means. Would I send my cockatiels who happen to pick their mates to someone else who may breed a whole new generation of feather pickers? Absolutely not. I feel the same way about all my feathered kids -- "they'll live with me until I'm gone or can no longer care for them." I wish more bird (and other animal guardians) felt the same way. Unless you have extreme circumstances that absolutely WILL NOT enable you to keep your animals in your care, when you take them on, you take on the responsibility for their health and well-being until they are gone. I know there can be some exceptions where the family dynamic just doesn't work for some reason, but too many are too quick to call it quits and shift the animal (and / or the problem) onto someone else, or for the sake of convenience. (Like the total moron I'd love to strangle that had redecorated her home and brought her calico cat in to the shelter because "it no longer fits my decor"...)
un
P.S. As for the Zupreem, my birds have been very happy on it. I tried many varieties and textures of the Harrison's, and NONE of my birds would eat it, even when I tried to gradually introduce it. I would rather have them on the Zupreem natural and know they're getting a balance of vitamins and minerals than to have them starve themselves. Also, regardless of what kind of main food your birds eat, they should still have a variety of fruits, veggies, grains, and "interest" or "play" foods for satisfying the foraging and "work for your food" needs.
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