I have owned a cockatiel and a conure. Often times conures turn out to be a one person bird. Mine was awesome. Rode around on my shoulder all the time.
I've also owned a bunch of different finches. Those are cool birds....
My friend married a gal who had a blue and gold maccaw. That thing talked up a storm and cussed. It was 58 years old and had been in her family since she was a little girl. It would bite the shiit out of you. I never knew they lived that long. She said it has never been sick. When you knocked on the outside door, it said come on in. You would swear it was a person talking. It had a huge cage and they let it fly around the house most of the time.
Many. Blue and Gold, Scarlet and Harlequin Macaws Timneh African grey Eclectus
And literally hundreds of neophemas and long tailed parakeets. Actually made a significant profit raising the neophemas. But they made it VERY hard to travel. I raised Gouldian finches as well.
How was the Eclectus? I always thought of getting one but didn't know how it would get along with my Conure.
I've had a number of different finches but never did get into Gouldians. I raised and sold Strawberry finches for a few years.
What a great concept. Own a nice house and keep it in decent shape. Then one day you wake up and think I need a bird to fly around the house so they can crap on everything. Owning an indoor cat follows the same idea.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
The summer I was in 8th grade I hand a Quaker from hatchling. I earned him by cleaning cages and aquariums the whole summer.
He was a really fun pet but birds are filthy. He flew away after I’d neglected trimming his wings and he escaped his cage while I was moving out of my first apartment after college.
I miss him. He was cool.
Eric, that happened to our last Quaker- my fault. It landed on a rooftop a street over and I couldn't talk it down. We recently bought another but couldn't warm up to it so we exchanged it for one from the same breeder in Houston. This one is super sweet with a great little personality. Had it for 3-4 months now. Will immediately answer my call and is learning to talk. It mimics my wife when she talks to it. People would be surprised at how amiable they are.
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