bug_n_flock
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- Jan 2, 2018
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- Parrots
- B&G Macaw, Galah, 5 cockatiels, 50 billion and a half budgies. We breed and do rescue. Too many to list each individual's name and age etc, but they are each individuals and loved dearly.
I love birds. All birds. Wild birds, "aggressive" birds, friendly birds, smelly birds, ugly birds, I love um all. Alex, however, unquestionably owns my heart. Everyone else just rents space in it from him. We have been together for 15 years. That may not seem like super long to old hat keepers, but that is my entire adult life and then some; I am only 26(soon to be 27). All birds are family, but Alex is something else in my mind. He has been such a big part of my life for so long that I almost feel like I am missing a part of myself when he isn't around.
My "inner voice" at this point is basically just a poor substitute for talking to my bird.
He is genuinely and completely, 100% unquestionably my best friend on this entire planet of Earth, even when he is being a grumpy snot or shrieking at the sunrise.
Alex has had some grand adventures and has made many friends over the years. Some of my jobs working with animals allowed me to bring him along, so Alex has even "worked" a job or two (hee hee). He has made friends with rats, remote control toys, stuffed animals, feet, random people young and old, and more. He has helped several people reduce the intensity of their bird phobias (actually a thing, those poor people are missing out on so much). Alex even has friends in other countries(friends he knows, not internet bird friends who have not met him in person)! He is *way* more popular than I am.
He doesn't play as much as he used to, and I have noticed I think his hearing isn't as sharp as when he was younger(used to be I'd start going deaf from him a bit before I could hear a siren, now I can hear the siren for a moment or two before it gets loud enough that he thinks it is a loudness challenge). I know he isn't by any means old, but I also know he isn't a baby bord anymore. Any secret tips to help keep a bird young (or alive forever? Can I somehow turn him into a critter with a 70 year lifespan? Please?)?
Here is a link to a G+ collection I set up for him so I can share all his epic cuteness here in visual form since I am still trying to figure out a better way to put videos and photos here.
https://plus.google.com/collection/8EKmLE
Sent from phone
My "inner voice" at this point is basically just a poor substitute for talking to my bird.
He is genuinely and completely, 100% unquestionably my best friend on this entire planet of Earth, even when he is being a grumpy snot or shrieking at the sunrise.
Alex has had some grand adventures and has made many friends over the years. Some of my jobs working with animals allowed me to bring him along, so Alex has even "worked" a job or two (hee hee). He has made friends with rats, remote control toys, stuffed animals, feet, random people young and old, and more. He has helped several people reduce the intensity of their bird phobias (actually a thing, those poor people are missing out on so much). Alex even has friends in other countries(friends he knows, not internet bird friends who have not met him in person)! He is *way* more popular than I am.
He doesn't play as much as he used to, and I have noticed I think his hearing isn't as sharp as when he was younger(used to be I'd start going deaf from him a bit before I could hear a siren, now I can hear the siren for a moment or two before it gets loud enough that he thinks it is a loudness challenge). I know he isn't by any means old, but I also know he isn't a baby bord anymore. Any secret tips to help keep a bird young (or alive forever? Can I somehow turn him into a critter with a 70 year lifespan? Please?)?
Here is a link to a G+ collection I set up for him so I can share all his epic cuteness here in visual form since I am still trying to figure out a better way to put videos and photos here.
https://plus.google.com/collection/8EKmLE
Sent from phone
