I had temporary shepherdship of a green cheeked conure for a while and taught it how to talk he had a real mean streak once he hit maturity and would chomp you out of the blue without any good reason I miss my little buddy so much :(
My kid wants a pigeon, after I told her we’ll never ever get a long-lived bird. She does the research and apparently pigeons and doves make good pets. She’s trying to wear us down on this. It did give me the opportunity to discover that people make dove diapers, which never fails to make me laugh.
I’d sort of hoped this was going to turn into the story about how the poor woman had finally been released from her living hell one, one way or the other..
Can confirm Those birds are smart and emotional and if you don't nurture that.... You get an ass biting grumpy bird who demands everything Had a neighbor with one He was a grumpy old man who liked to yell at kids. The bird only liked him and would go after everyone else. It was his attack bird...
Now I empathize more with the family the next house over with the loud-as-fuck cockatiel.
Why I've never had a bird bigger or longer-lived than a green-cheeked conure.
my favorite stories are the ones where a bird owner dies and is outlived by the bird and the bird just absolutely and irretrievably hates the shit out of its new owners, who it also outlives
My daughter had one. When he died in an accident, I was secretly relieved. Even better, it happened when I was out of town so I had a solid alibi. I have PTSD from that bird.
I'd find a poduck zoo to take his ass so fast.
I think of her regularly and fondly