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I have 2 lovebirds, both peach-faced. I also now have added a 7th kitty to the house. We are moving next month and I am worried about the move for the birds, mainly because I know how they can be tempermental about their living conditions. I would attach some pictures but I am not good at that so I will have my husband attach some later. ALL the birds so far have been adorable, I am not sure if mine will compete with yours!
 

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Everyone's birds are lovely. I would love to get a couple of birds, but I have serious issues about the whole cage thing - keeping them confined etc. I just cannot agree with pets in cages. Could someone explain to me the pros and cons? Because honestly, I just love them, and would love some more birdies in my life.
 
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If you get a good size cage with lots of room to move around and plenty of fun toys to keep them busy and have them out for enough time every day theres really not a problem with it. Its kind of like their bedroom. They have to go in there when you are not around or sleeping to keep them safe. If you left them out to roam around the house 24/7 like a cat they could get into alot of trouble and might get hurt. If I let Charlie (macaw) out 24/7 he would eat everything in sight and chew through everything (and probably chase the kitties around the house scaring them
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I have 5 cockateils 2 macaws. 2 peached face love birds and an umbrella cockatoo
i rescue birds lol
 

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I have 12 parrots. 3 african grays, 1 amazon, 4 senegals, 5 cockatiels & 2 parrotlets. I would love to post pictures, but don't know how. Can anyone explain to how I do that?
 

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Originally Posted by KitEKats4Eva!

Everyone's birds are lovely. I would love to get a couple of birds, but I have serious issues about the whole cage thing - keeping them confined etc. I just cannot agree with pets in cages. Could someone explain to me the pros and cons? Because honestly, I just love them, and would love some more birdies in my life.
I agree, the key is a large cage. I had to keep some of mine in smaller cages at first for quarantine and such, but now they are a big happy family of species. Two conures in one macaw cage, and two cockatiels in one macaw cage, and six budgies in one macaw cage. If they are trained right and you spend quality time with them every day, they don't get either cage-bound or psychotic from wanting out of their cage because they know they can count on you. They are really smart, if you ask me.
You have to change up their toys about once a month too, and feed them lots of veggies and good food. They know when they are being taken care of.
 

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Godiva, you are correct about the advice on cages & food. I only have one parrot who is in her cage most of the time. She wants to kill all the other birds. She see's them as competition for my attention, so only under my suppervion does she come out.
Otis, Nelson & Shadow go lots of places. Because I'm in California there are street fairs & outside events all year round. We went to a christmas crafts fair just this last weekend. They get real excited about see new people.
 

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In addition to my four kitties, I have a cockatoo named Bee-Bop. She's actually the oldest of all of them (and has been in my family since she was hatched) but I've only had her in my house for 6 years. My two eldest cats, (along with my angel Jasmine) could care less about her and pretty much ignore her. The two youngest, who came in after her, are another story. They are always aware of her and watching and harassing her. They don't harm her, and she doesn't attack them, but they have gone "nose to beak" before they back down. Hubby calls them "the guards" because they do come a running if she attempts to get off the cage and wander along on the floor.

Here's a pic of Bee-Bop: http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...sco/beebop.jpg
 
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Bee-Bop is so pretty. I love their big long crests.
 

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Aw! Bee-bop is pretty. My older cats don't mind the birds, but Tobie is fascinated with the conures. We've had to let Odo and Tommy teach him a lesson a few times (letting the conures bite his foot)... we hope it sticks, but we don't take too many chances.
 

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Bee-bop is gorgeous! Wouldn't get a 'too myself, they are a lot more work than a Senegal! Beautiful birds though, if you have the time to dedicate to them


Radar is way too interested in Jasper and climbs all over his cage on the rare occasions when he gets into Jasper's room. Jasper does the whole parrot 'if I ignore you then you no longer exist' thing, but I'm not taking any chances
 

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I have 6 cockatiels. 5 boys and 1 girl. They are all rescues except for my little girl Coconut. She has her own cage.

Here is Coconut, she is only 7 months old. I've had her since the 4th of July





Drama: Soanna likes Coconut...Coconut doesnt like Soanna...Wesley likes no one except Buttercup. Luckily, Buttercup also likes Wesley. Dixie and Soanna have a love/hate relationship. Cochise hangs alone.

The picture is too big and i'm lazy right now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rds/birds4.jpg
 

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I used to have a bird named Chickalet but I couldn't keep him because he started crowing at 4 AM and woke up the whole neighborhood.
 
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Awww she is pretty.
Love her name too.
 

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What beautiful birds you all have! I especially love the cockatiels, I've had several birds through the years including four 'tiels, a dove, and a few budgies but when our first child was born I went into over-protective paranoid mother mode and we found new homes for the ones we still had. Thankfully, I don't suffer from that problem anymore.
We now have chickens, which we just got two days ago! (See the post titled "chickens" for pictures.) Does that count?
 

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His name is BB (short for Blue Bird) and he is a blue mutation Pacific Parrotlet (think Amazon parrot shrunk down to parakeet size).

He is a bit independent and nippy, but he loves to snugggle under my hair and he knows "step-up". I've owned friendlier ones in the past,but I love him dearly no matter what he thinks of me.








A rather fat and disheveled looking me with BB and T.C the Guinea Pig. I work two jobs (substitute teacher and retail worker) and take care of all my critters without much help from hubby (although he feeds the kitties and does litterboxes on ocassion).
 

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BB is too cute! I hear that parrotlets are as much of a handful as a big parrot... minus the size of course.
 
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