Things that make my blood boil!

[SilverSage]

Things that make my blood boil!

1) people who breed without any regard for the lives their birds will live!

2) people who suggest that CHILDREN should breed birds!

3) people who offer to TRADE BIRDS when they get tired of the ones they have and want something more exciting!


Craigslist makes me cry.

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[Kentuckienne]

I have to confess, I can relate to that last item. We've had Gus for a few months now, and he's great, but he's not an Amazon. J still misses the Amazon vibe in the house, but it's difficult to contemplate adding another bird to the house given the space and attention needs, plus what if they didn't get along? Sometimes I secretly wish I would meet a person who can't relate to their Amazon's feisty personality because what they really want is a weird B&G macaw, and trade. We won't do it! Gus was adopted as a forever fid, and he has a home here forever, but I understand the impulse.

 

[itzjbean]

4) People who don't listen to the advice given by several other members.

5) People that 'accidently' lets their birds have babies. You don't accidently let parents sit on eggs for 20+ days and NOT notice that....

The list goes on....

 

[SilverSage]

I understand what you are saying kentuckienne, but you missing a certain personality isn't quite the same thing that I witness a lot here with people trading off all the time as a status symbol. I'll just sit here and wait for an Amazon to pop into your life when the time is right

Itzjbean, I tend to need moderator intervention on the "accidental baby" posts. It's happened.

As for ignoring members, it really frustrates me as well. I've been on forums that were full of the dumbest advice EVER and have ignored advice given there (my conure does not need a millet spray in her cage at all times. I promise), but the members here are pretty knowledgeable and it's heartbreaking when we all get involved and still can't save the birds.


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[GaleriaGila]

Yes, indeed, agreeing all around.

About that Craig's List thing...
Yeah, great way for kids to learn.
About irresponsibility, detachment from animals' rights, and being amused by their abuse.

 

[Kentuckienne]

I understand what you are saying kentuckienne, but you missing a certain personality isn't quite the same thing that I witness a lot here with people trading off all the time as a status symbol. I'll just sit here and wait for an Amazon to pop into your life when the time is right :;

Yes, the future is mysterious, and you're right - when it's right it will happen. Gus needed somebody who doesn't mind a hunchback little dwarf of a macaw, so we were probably right for him. I always feel that I should confess my evil thoughts, because there are probably others with the same ideas who are afraid of censure - and if there ever was a safe place to work through psychological parrot problems, this is it.

 

[GaleriaGila]

I once had a wise old parrot owner tell me something long, log ago, and it stuck with me.

I had had the Rickeybird for a few years and... I was young(er) and impatient and overwhelmed by his antics and constantly looking at other peoples' wonderful, smart, sweet, cooperative birds, and... you know... getting ideas.

The monthy parrot club meetings (these are common out West) involved 30 or more people getting together with their parrots (there was little concern about contagion... everybody had birds and everybody took them everywhere... yeah, I know... dumb). The meetings were fun, but the Rickeybird was of course HIMSELF. Everybody groaned when we showed up. He was the loudest, flappiest, rudest bird... disrupted everything. I had to bring drinks and snacks so people wouldn't throw us out. They were also not-so-secretly gratified at how great their birds were next to MINE.

This wil remind Al of how the Rb lit up Salty's birthday party.

So I confided in a few people how I was thinking about "upgrading".

One lady took me aside and said, essentially this...
'There's always a "better" bird out there, just like maybe there's a better mate... friend... boss. And it's good to look around, sure. But at some point it's the right thing to do to make a committment. I have found no peace in moving up or moving along. That left me in constant dissatisfaction and aggravation. That bird is YOURS. And you're his. And you know it.'

And I guess I did.

And that was that.

Gah!

 

[SilverSage]

I love that! Great advice in all of life!


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[wrench13]

First thing I thought of when I read the topic...."What did I do now???"
Glad it's not my turn in the barrel, Sage.

re: Rickey Bird & the 'tele'-birthday party - Honest Gal, we did not think Rb was all that disruptive, our Maxie (RIP) had a high pitched, loud, squark he would emit every minute or so. We got so used to it, we never even noticed it.

The grass is always greener on the other side. Wrong, it ain't.

 

[SailBoat]

When you're a bottom feeder, i.e. what shows-up on your door step is other human's- yesterday's garbage. You are faced with a very clear choice, allow that Amazon to die or except that what you have is a Parrot that has no honest reason to ever trust a human again and the first months with you are filled with happy medication moments that will assure that 'need not trust' is supported.

Gail, provided words that had been passed to her: 'There's always a "better" bird out there, just like maybe there's a better mate... friend... boss. And it's good to look around, sure. But at some point it's the right thing to do to make a commitment. I have found no peace in moving up or moving along. That left me in constant dissatisfaction and aggravation. That bird is YOURS. And you're his. And you know it.'

And, that is so very true. If we are blessed with enough time and the successful intervention of our CAV, moments begin to gather and one day commonly three or more years later, a show of trust. A slow building of comfort with being part of our flock. The Love of an Amazon that has lost all want is a reward beyond the 'better' bird!

The Blood Boiling: The fact that the available masses, never seem to diminish.

 

[LeaKP]

Makes my blood boil...all of it.

If you don't have it in you to commit, don't have a bird or any kind of pet. They take time, patience, and lots of work.

But in our day and age where everything is instant and microwave, how can we expect to get people willing to be in it for the long haul?

 

[chris-md]

K, I feel you completely and harbor similar sentiments. I adore the hell out of Parker, and he lines up identically with everything I was looking for in a bird: quiet, handled by almost anyone, and most importantly not super clingy.

But I come from conure land full of cuddles, which Parker is not. I can't pet him, no head scratches, typical ekkie. And he mostly just wants to relax...MELLOW. Not generally a curious investigator, not a destructo machine. Low energy. You'd think he was a pot head!

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I got a mini macaw instead (I was torn between ekkie and illigers macaw when I got Parker). I would love to have the cuddles, a little more playful, all that. But be careful what you wish for. If I got a macaw, I'd probably be quickly burnt out by the attention needs, by the constant getting into things they shouldn't.

As Gail said, Grass is always greener on the other side until it isn't. I have the bird I wanted, and perhaps more importantly, the bird that exactly fits my needs and my pet ownership style. You (general you, not you you) just have to learn to appreciate what you have, and not worry about what you don't have.