Dgirard
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- Danielle
Hi everyone!
I just found this forum and I love it! So much information and cute stories!
So I have a question for all of you. Just want some input on what to do.
But first here is a little info on my experience with lovies. I have had two peach faced lovebirds in the past (at different times). The first one, Cupid, was given to my family when I was little and he died of old age with us. He was the perfect little pet, and even rode on the vacuum cleaner. The second one, Byrdie, was my first real bird. I got him (I'm assuming it was a him based on behavior) in middle school and he was my best little buddy for several years. One time I was sick for 3 days, so I basically slept on the couch the whole time. Byrdie crawled onto my chest and slept there with me until I was better. It was such a sweet thing to do. I loved that little bird to pieces. Unfortunately, a few years ago there was an accident involving my dog at the time and Byrdie. My grandma (who was not all there mentally) let Byrdie out of the cage and then let the dog into the house. I was away at college so I didn't know what had happened until a couple of weeks later because my mom couldn't bear to tell me.
So, it's been about 4 years since Byrdie passed away. I've grieved. And now I have the lovebird bug again. I've always known that I wanted to get another lovebird, and possibly a larger bird later on, but over the last month I've been fairly obsessive. I've located a great breeder and visited, bought the cage, gotten lots of perches and toys. I almost bought pellets, but I stopped myself. I would have already gotten a lovie if it weren't for the protests of one of my roommates. I am currently in my last semester of college, and living in a house with 3 other people. All of the roommates except one are very excited about getting a bird. The one (let's call her roomie #3) that doesn't want the bird protests on the basis of smell, mess, and noise. Now this girl rides horses and was raised on a farm. You would think she would be ok with one little bird.
She has never been around birds of any sort, so she doesn't really have any experience to base her protests on. She also lives on a different floor of the house, and is almost never here.
My family and friends have all told me to go ahead and get the bird despite her protests (due to how she has treated me in the past). My question for you is, should I wait until I move out in 4 months (which seems like an eternity to me), or should I go ahead and get the bird? What would you all do in this situation? I have tried talking to her about it and telling her why it is so important to me, but she wasn't even open to discussion. Also, as a backup plan, I could keep the bird at my mom's place nearby if things didn't workout here. I would just much rather have it with me.
Sorry for the dissertation, but this is something that has been occupying my mind a lot recently. Any advice would be appreciated.
I just found this forum and I love it! So much information and cute stories!
So I have a question for all of you. Just want some input on what to do.
But first here is a little info on my experience with lovies. I have had two peach faced lovebirds in the past (at different times). The first one, Cupid, was given to my family when I was little and he died of old age with us. He was the perfect little pet, and even rode on the vacuum cleaner. The second one, Byrdie, was my first real bird. I got him (I'm assuming it was a him based on behavior) in middle school and he was my best little buddy for several years. One time I was sick for 3 days, so I basically slept on the couch the whole time. Byrdie crawled onto my chest and slept there with me until I was better. It was such a sweet thing to do. I loved that little bird to pieces. Unfortunately, a few years ago there was an accident involving my dog at the time and Byrdie. My grandma (who was not all there mentally) let Byrdie out of the cage and then let the dog into the house. I was away at college so I didn't know what had happened until a couple of weeks later because my mom couldn't bear to tell me.
So, it's been about 4 years since Byrdie passed away. I've grieved. And now I have the lovebird bug again. I've always known that I wanted to get another lovebird, and possibly a larger bird later on, but over the last month I've been fairly obsessive. I've located a great breeder and visited, bought the cage, gotten lots of perches and toys. I almost bought pellets, but I stopped myself. I would have already gotten a lovie if it weren't for the protests of one of my roommates. I am currently in my last semester of college, and living in a house with 3 other people. All of the roommates except one are very excited about getting a bird. The one (let's call her roomie #3) that doesn't want the bird protests on the basis of smell, mess, and noise. Now this girl rides horses and was raised on a farm. You would think she would be ok with one little bird.
She has never been around birds of any sort, so she doesn't really have any experience to base her protests on. She also lives on a different floor of the house, and is almost never here.
My family and friends have all told me to go ahead and get the bird despite her protests (due to how she has treated me in the past). My question for you is, should I wait until I move out in 4 months (which seems like an eternity to me), or should I go ahead and get the bird? What would you all do in this situation? I have tried talking to her about it and telling her why it is so important to me, but she wasn't even open to discussion. Also, as a backup plan, I could keep the bird at my mom's place nearby if things didn't workout here. I would just much rather have it with me.
Sorry for the dissertation, but this is something that has been occupying my mind a lot recently. Any advice would be appreciated.