buurd
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- May 11, 2018
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- 2 Rosy Bourke's parrots
There was a thread a while ago that was about 'Mental Health and Parrot Owning'. I will admit that i suffer from depression from time to time. I havent owned birds before, but have had my two Rosies for a bit over a year. And while I love them greatly, the thought of them never knowing free flight outdoors depresses me.
It feels so unnatural to have a bird in the house.. It's not what they were meant for, or how they were meant to live, at all. They should be free to fly and explore outdoors, and feel the sun on their backs.
I leave their cage door open as much as I can. So literally all the time that we aren't both sleeping, the cage door stays open, for them to choose when to come and go. It depresses me when I close that door. They have free run of their room all the rest of the time.
They aren't handraised, so they don't want to interact with me in any way more than us whistling or singing to one another, so there is no feeling of me hands-on enriching their lives, which might alleviate some of the guilt I have for keeping them. They seem more wild than a hands-on affectionate parrot, that most of you seem to have.
I know this is going to sound like unreasonable guilt to some, but I can't seem to shake it.
It feels so unnatural to have a bird in the house.. It's not what they were meant for, or how they were meant to live, at all. They should be free to fly and explore outdoors, and feel the sun on their backs.
I leave their cage door open as much as I can. So literally all the time that we aren't both sleeping, the cage door stays open, for them to choose when to come and go. It depresses me when I close that door. They have free run of their room all the rest of the time.
They aren't handraised, so they don't want to interact with me in any way more than us whistling or singing to one another, so there is no feeling of me hands-on enriching their lives, which might alleviate some of the guilt I have for keeping them. They seem more wild than a hands-on affectionate parrot, that most of you seem to have.
I know this is going to sound like unreasonable guilt to some, but I can't seem to shake it.
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