Just curious if Im the only one.... find it odd that no one else mentions their cham doing this .

[Peachypink]

Thank you!

Honestly, parrots are just too darn intelligent and demanding to make good pets. Most go insane in captivity. They need to fly. They need to be paired with a friend, and a human just doesn't satisfy them. A human/parrot pair bond is usuallly very unhealthy because few people recognize when it crosses from healthy relationship to unhealthy, frustrating mate bonding. I've watched people sexually arousing their birds and not ever recognizing what they are doing. I believe parrots absolutely need to be kept with other same-species parrots in a big flight. Paired birds are not the needy, mentally ill birds that most people keep. What you saw in a baby bird is not the behavior an adult bird should exhibit. Just a note about the pet shop: Their attitude was wrong. Parrots will form a pair bond with whatever animal or bird is available and by not giving that baby bird the attention it needed as a baby, they hurt it. It is the equivalent of leaving an orphan in a crib alone and crying because the orphanage didn't want to interfere with any bonding of the adoptive parents. I agree with your mother! The way I keep parrots is still not the norm in the US. In Germany, it is illegal to keep a solitary parrot. The US infantantilizes parrots, calling them "fids" (feathered kids) and themelves "parronts" and crippling them by clipping their wings. It diminishes their majesty. Many parrots in captivity live very frustrated and rather horrible lives.

For you, @Peachypink,

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The eclectus wasn't a baby and we all did spend time with him we just weren't allowed to carry him around while we worked like we did with some of the other aminals. We did that with some others to help socialize them but never when we were busy when it would stress them out. And I'm sure they didn't do everything right either but they tried to be educated and make sure we were as well.

I'm not mad at my mom, I'm glad it worked out the way it did, they were a cute pair and it was what was best. I've learned a lot since then. It was a long long time ago(won't share how long or it would give away my age). I've seen way too many captive birds exhibiting distructive behavior because of they way they were being kept. Made me decide that unless I had the space to do a flight cage I would never have another one(or pair as it should be). Which is why I don't have any now and I will just enjoy them from afar and be fascinated.

 

[Peachypink]

I had a big bird once... Annoying fellow, would not ever shut up!
Eventually I got fed up with it and I ended up releasing it to the wild.
Turns out it returned to civilization and found itself a spot on sesame street, now everybody there hate my guts!

Lol....I thought you were serious too till the last sentence. Hilarious.

 

[ZacharyLeesWife]

My boy could sleep through a hurricane and he goes to sleep at the same time every night, no matter what. He was lounging in his free range so the other day and decided that it was time to put his jammies on and sleep.