omg if only....

[lexx510]

Ohio has quite a temperature range. It can get very cold and it can get very hot. It does have 4 seasons though, and it's on one of the Great Lakes if you like water activities. It is the 7th most populated state, so even though people from New York City make fun of it ans say it's nothing but corn fields, it really isn't that bad, lol! It does have some cool attractions like The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Pro Football Hall of Fame, Cedar Point (huge amusement park), The American Motorcyclist's Association Museum and a world reknowned medical facility in the Cleveland Clinic

Ok, enough about Ohio. It is not great but it is not awful. The best weather is in California, but it's expensive to live there.

Unfortunately, I know this all too well, lol.

 

[Janedeaux]

The thing that absolutely broke my heart is one of my coworkers heard me and another lady chatting about our birds (She has a cocatiel) and my coworker pipes up with "I have a sun conure. Its like 15 years old and refuses to die. We've been feeding it froot loops for the past 2 years. All it does is sit there and scream." I was in shock.

:52:

One of my coworkers told me about one of his friends trying to kill his macaw by putting it in a plastic bag and attaching it to the car exhaust. Everyone was laughing about it except me. I said I would take the bird, but they wouldn't give it to me. Ok, it's ok for you to torture it and try to kill it, but not to give it to someone who would take care of it

 

[Effervescency]

hey at least the pet shop gives them toys. sigh. you really don't want me to start taking
photos of the bird shops here and how they treat the birds.. ;[

If you do put a warning in the title so I don't look :-(

One of my coworkers told me about one of his friends trying to kill his macaw by putting it in a plastic bag and attaching it to the car exhaust. Everyone was laughing about it except me. I said I would take the bird, but they wouldn't give it to me. Ok, it's ok for you to torture it and try to kill it, but not to give it to someone who would take care of it

Oh...so many words come to mind when I hear of people like this. SO, so many words. Terrible. My heart aches.

 

[Effervescency]

I made the mistake of looking on Craigslist yesterday. Now I remember why I don't go there; I counted 4 Goffin's, 2 CAG's, 6 Parakeets/Budgies, 2 Quakers, 4 Tiels, and a U2, just in the last 3 days. Not to mention the 4 bearded dragons and about 5 snakes, 3 Russian tortoises.

That's not even the cats, dogs and numerous other furry people

I just can't imagine someone doing that to a Macaw, or complaining that a Sun wont die at 15 years when they live an average of 30!!! People's ignorance infuriates me >:-(

So you're obviously not alone Joey. Just take extra care of your babies when you start to think about it all. It's what I do.

Ugh. "$175 cage. Oh, and a free (insert bird) named (insert name here) comes with it." Wonderful. Just wonderful. Idiots. We all have to try so hard to not become "that animal lady."