ost of us are well aware of the fact that parrots are intelligent creatures whose needs and emotions are not so different from our own. Parrots don’t like staring at the same boring wall every day. They don’t like a monotonous diet. They don’t like being denied access to rain and to the early morning sun. They don’t like living with a partner with whom they are not compatible. They do like being removed from their breeding cages at the close of each season to fly in a large aviary with the same or related species. They relish a food tray which contains an assortment of items that are varied from day to day. They feel sorrow when they are separated from a much-loved partner; they feel proud and protective when their young ones leave the nest. Birds kept in the home feel jealousy when another is introduced into the household and they grieve at the loss from death of the person to whom they are bonded. Worse still, they suffer when they are moved on because someone has lost interest. When owners sell or give away a companion bird, how deeply do they think about the impact it has on the bird? Many parrots suffer inhumane treatment -- usually not intentional --because the people responsible for them never consider their needs and emotions.
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Most people believe they are caring for their birds to the best of their ability yet, in reality, they have too many birds in their care, and too many species. We tend to treat all members of the same
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