Birds as pets?

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I found her as a nestling on the ground after heavy wind and her moving towards me while chirping loudly signaled that the parents weren't coming back so I took her in. Don't recommend it tho.
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SoggyToeHolster said:
I found her as a nestling on the ground after heavy wind and her moving towards me while chirping loudly signaled that the parents weren't coming back so I took her in. Don't recommend it tho.
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man she looks giant
does she protect your village or do you have to make regular ritualistic sacrifices so she doesn't destroy it
 
The Feline Solution said:
I wasn't aware of this (:_(There have been a lot of cases of people hoarding birds over the years around here that i am aware of but it was like 100's of budgies in a 1-bedroom apartment flying free, shitting everywhere. The smell and sound must've been maddening. Animal hoarding is such a weird phenomenon.
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I wouldn't say it's extraordinarily common, but I've seen it happen. You see those hardcore gun collectors who have an entire wall dedicated to their gun display? Now replace guns with birdcages. I have a neighbor who has a pile of rusty cages right outside her house and they're stuffed with pigeons, finches and small parrots. The budgie cage in particular doesn't close properly so every once in a while a couple of them escape. It's a grim thing.

smallface said:
The messed up thing about owning a parrot is that parrots will often perceive their selected person as their mate. It's not like with other pets like dogs and cats. This type of attachment exacerbate hormonal issues and since birds can’t really be spayed or neutered, there are limited ways to deal with them. Parrots who treat their owners as a mate can make others in their life difficult due to jealousy and even become more aggressive towards their owners.
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This is another thing many parrot owners don't know about but definitely should. Like for example, you should only pet your parrots in the head, petting them anywhere else is the bird equivalent of foreplay and it can lead to all those problems you mentioned. It's a mess, and once it starts, it's very hard to correct. This is one of the reasons why you should always keep at least two parrots of the same species, it helps prevent them from seeing their owner as a mate.
 
My family has a green-wing macaw. He normally stays outside of his cage, but we do put him back when there's no one to supervise him. In the cage he has plenty of toys and a foraging box to keep him busy and entertained. One of the problems with people leaving their birds in their cages all day is that they often don't have enough toys to provide enrichment which results in the bird getting bored and start plucking their feathers. Our macaw also isn't clipped so he can fly around the house whenever he's out.
 
I own at least more than 10 pigeons on the patio, and I fed them on a daily basis. Josh may feel a bit nostalgic about it.
My favorite pigeon out of them is Fuzzylegs, an English fantail pigeon. Her full-grown babies also inherited her feathered feet. I still love my birds, regardless of their colors or their breed. Though, another one of my personal favorite was two king pigeons that still stay with me; I name them Amako and Hatogi. They were foraging for food on my balcony, which my wife call it "pigeon town". They managed to escape from being butchered for meat and land on my balcony and since trusted me and my family and would let me lending a hand to perch and pet them.
Pigeons are cute and intelligent birds, you just cannot hate them; unlike retards out there that treats pigeon like nothing.
 
Occasionally you see a video (or irl behavior) that shows how members of some species almost seem to come close to personhood.
 
I could never see myself getting attached to a bird, I do love my dog. I used to access to private land where I'd shoot legal game birds "Varminting". For all who don't know it's typically taking a long range rifle in a smaller caliber .17-.224 and shooting something very far away 100-200 yards. I think my best ever was about 175 yards for a bird.
 
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