FEATURE W
hen I first kept parrots as pets there was not the amount of
choice that exists today. If you were lucky you might be able to find a young bird that had been bred by a UK breeder but it would be parent reared as hand rearing was still infrequent and it was very hard to find a hand reared young parrot and if you were lucky, it would usually be expensive.
These days we are spoilt by the ease with which we can obtain young hand reared birds and comparing the prices with previous decades a hand reared bird is very good value for money if you buy directly from a breeder. Does buying a hand reared parrot guarantee that you will have a wonderful pet? In most cases, the answer is yes but if you think it will automatically be very well behaved and constantly affectionate towards you and always stay the same in personality as it grows up you can be disappointed. When you become a parrot owner you have to be prepared to invest time and effort in training, you may have had experience with cats and/or dogs but when you buy a parrot you have to think more in terms of bringing up a child and one that will never grow up! This is the way to tackle training and nurturing a parrot unless you are
When you become a parrot owner you have to be prepared to invest time and effort in training, you may have had experience with cats and/or dogs but when you buy a parrot you have to think more in terms of bringing up a child and one that will never grow up!
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