scoobie57
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Hello,
Well, this is my 2nd post. And we are so glad to have found this forum.
We are finally retired and have time to do what we want. We have 2 budgies that are not social and they are 5 years old. We realize as they are older to just let them enjoy their huge cage and take great care of them. They don't want to come out BUT are very happy, they sing, play, eat, sleep & have a great life. We recently saw a cockatiel, and it was a hand-fed baby we love how nice it seemed. Then we saw this little lovebird, a yellow peach faced baby. It too was friendly, nice and hand-fed. We would, of course, have a separate cage for whatever we get.
We are so undecided I wonder which makes a better pet?
What we would like is a bird that is friendly, easy-going and likes attention and also not inherently a biting bird. We will only accept a hand-fed baby this way it can get used to us and hopefully not become mean. We will have a few hours most every day for the bird to be with us and out of the cage. There will be days though that we won't be able to spend "hours" with it, but daily it will have interaction, clean water, food and be very well cared for.
The thing we want is a bird that is not so LOUD like a sun conure and also not aggressive and not so clingy that IF we have to leave for a day that we won’t worry about the bird. We are home most days a lot so most of the time the bird will have time with us.
We know it is a bird, it will be loud sometimes, cranky sometimes and not always "fun" and won’t do everything we want! We just want a nice friendly bird to give attention to and not have to worry if we need to go away for a few hours. The new bird will have a nice cage & all the things it needs. Lastly, we worry if we did get bit that it could really hurt! their beaks look STRONG. I sure would hate to have a love bird on my shoulder and all the sudden he gets mad and bites my ear and then I need stitches. Can they bite that hard?? the biting issue is one reason we want a just weaned baby so it will think we are its flock and will have a lesser chance to get bitten.
Again, we know it is a bird, we may get bit, and it may be loud (sometimes) we also know the joy they can bring
We are debating, do we get a love bird? or a cockatiel? any advice would be appreciated.
Well, this is my 2nd post. And we are so glad to have found this forum.
We are finally retired and have time to do what we want. We have 2 budgies that are not social and they are 5 years old. We realize as they are older to just let them enjoy their huge cage and take great care of them. They don't want to come out BUT are very happy, they sing, play, eat, sleep & have a great life. We recently saw a cockatiel, and it was a hand-fed baby we love how nice it seemed. Then we saw this little lovebird, a yellow peach faced baby. It too was friendly, nice and hand-fed. We would, of course, have a separate cage for whatever we get.
We are so undecided I wonder which makes a better pet?
What we would like is a bird that is friendly, easy-going and likes attention and also not inherently a biting bird. We will only accept a hand-fed baby this way it can get used to us and hopefully not become mean. We will have a few hours most every day for the bird to be with us and out of the cage. There will be days though that we won't be able to spend "hours" with it, but daily it will have interaction, clean water, food and be very well cared for.
The thing we want is a bird that is not so LOUD like a sun conure and also not aggressive and not so clingy that IF we have to leave for a day that we won’t worry about the bird. We are home most days a lot so most of the time the bird will have time with us.
We know it is a bird, it will be loud sometimes, cranky sometimes and not always "fun" and won’t do everything we want! We just want a nice friendly bird to give attention to and not have to worry if we need to go away for a few hours. The new bird will have a nice cage & all the things it needs. Lastly, we worry if we did get bit that it could really hurt! their beaks look STRONG. I sure would hate to have a love bird on my shoulder and all the sudden he gets mad and bites my ear and then I need stitches. Can they bite that hard?? the biting issue is one reason we want a just weaned baby so it will think we are its flock and will have a lesser chance to get bitten.
Again, we know it is a bird, we may get bit, and it may be loud (sometimes) we also know the joy they can bring
We are debating, do we get a love bird? or a cockatiel? any advice would be appreciated.