Greetings all,
I decided to register on the forum and start this thread to get as much information as possible on the topic described below.
As first thing, please, excuse my poor English. I am not native speaker and some parts of the text might be incomprehensible due to bad grammar.
For quite a long time, I have been thinking about purchasing a parrot. My long term dream, of course, is blue and gold macaw. After many consultations with people who own macaws, I decided to give up purchasing this bird for now and rather start with some smaller parrot. Reason is simple - lack of time. That is probably the only limit I have (besides the time issue maybe also having not so loud parrot is another objective, but this issue could be dealt with), but it is a big one.
Currently, I am leaving home around 8:15 am (waking up around 7:00 am) and coming back after 6:30 pm (sometimes later). In the morning during breakfast and in the evening after I return, I am capable of taking care of the bird and play with it. I live alone in bigger flat with large rooms.
The reason I want to own a parrot is to have a smart and funny companion which will bond to me. I definitely do not want to have new part of furniture (i.e. smaller parrot which is supposed to be rather observed than interacted with). That is the reason why I would like to have mid-sized or bigger parrot, which is clever, might learn to speak, learn tricks, like to cuddle, etc. Of course, I realize that bigger and smarter the parrot is, more time demands it has. But that is my situation I want the bird to be happy in the first place. In the childhood, I had some parakeets, then a dog for more than 13 years. I think I can say I am hypersensitive about animals and cannot stand if anything bad happens to them, no matter if I own them or just see them in the street.
Besides macaws, I feel a bit fascinated about amazons, Senegal parrots and maybe conures (although I have some doubts about their intelligence - owners of the conures, please, donāt hurt me ).
I know my situation is far from ideal, maybe even hopeless. However, I believe I could provide good home to a bird, should I find proper one. I would be glad for any advice you can give me.
I decided to register on the forum and start this thread to get as much information as possible on the topic described below.
As first thing, please, excuse my poor English. I am not native speaker and some parts of the text might be incomprehensible due to bad grammar.
For quite a long time, I have been thinking about purchasing a parrot. My long term dream, of course, is blue and gold macaw. After many consultations with people who own macaws, I decided to give up purchasing this bird for now and rather start with some smaller parrot. Reason is simple - lack of time. That is probably the only limit I have (besides the time issue maybe also having not so loud parrot is another objective, but this issue could be dealt with), but it is a big one.
Currently, I am leaving home around 8:15 am (waking up around 7:00 am) and coming back after 6:30 pm (sometimes later). In the morning during breakfast and in the evening after I return, I am capable of taking care of the bird and play with it. I live alone in bigger flat with large rooms.
The reason I want to own a parrot is to have a smart and funny companion which will bond to me. I definitely do not want to have new part of furniture (i.e. smaller parrot which is supposed to be rather observed than interacted with). That is the reason why I would like to have mid-sized or bigger parrot, which is clever, might learn to speak, learn tricks, like to cuddle, etc. Of course, I realize that bigger and smarter the parrot is, more time demands it has. But that is my situation I want the bird to be happy in the first place. In the childhood, I had some parakeets, then a dog for more than 13 years. I think I can say I am hypersensitive about animals and cannot stand if anything bad happens to them, no matter if I own them or just see them in the street.
Besides macaws, I feel a bit fascinated about amazons, Senegal parrots and maybe conures (although I have some doubts about their intelligence - owners of the conures, please, donāt hurt me ).
I know my situation is far from ideal, maybe even hopeless. However, I believe I could provide good home to a bird, should I find proper one. I would be glad for any advice you can give me.
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