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Ever heard the saying “I hope one day my life is as awesome as I pretend it is on Facebook”?
The trouble with social media is that all too often, only things that will get “likes” or “thumbs up” ever get shown.
Nobody ever posts the whole story.
If all anyone ever sees on my channel are my parrots talking cute and being sweet loving little feathered babies, I’m going to have a very popular channel. We all love cute animal videos!! But what if I showed two hours nonstop...of me scrubbing poop? Cleaning up thrown food against my walls? Vacuuming chewed up toy splinters and seed hulls? Not so many likes going to be given there. And yet, that’s a good chunk of bird responsibilities.
It’s like the Christmas Card Photos we send every year! Everyone looks their best in nice outfits, makeup perfect and not a hair out of place! But what about the day before those pics were taken? 100% I was in yoga pants and my hair in a messy bun no makeup to be found.
And on any given day? I’m more likely to look like the yoga pants vs the Christmas dress.
The point is, what’s the most true about owning a small parrot isn’t found on Social Media. It’s found in the tried and true daily life of a bird. I encourage you to do what others have suggested and peruse this forum to get a better whole understanding of birds and their care.
Or, volunteer at the closest bird rescue to you! Go help an exhausted foster home clean cage pans, maybe meet and interact with some parrots! You’ll get a better view of real life birds than what you watch on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
The trouble with social media is that all too often, only things that will get “likes” or “thumbs up” ever get shown.
Nobody ever posts the whole story.
If all anyone ever sees on my channel are my parrots talking cute and being sweet loving little feathered babies, I’m going to have a very popular channel. We all love cute animal videos!! But what if I showed two hours nonstop...of me scrubbing poop? Cleaning up thrown food against my walls? Vacuuming chewed up toy splinters and seed hulls? Not so many likes going to be given there. And yet, that’s a good chunk of bird responsibilities.
It’s like the Christmas Card Photos we send every year! Everyone looks their best in nice outfits, makeup perfect and not a hair out of place! But what about the day before those pics were taken? 100% I was in yoga pants and my hair in a messy bun no makeup to be found.
And on any given day? I’m more likely to look like the yoga pants vs the Christmas dress.
The point is, what’s the most true about owning a small parrot isn’t found on Social Media. It’s found in the tried and true daily life of a bird. I encourage you to do what others have suggested and peruse this forum to get a better whole understanding of birds and their care.
Or, volunteer at the closest bird rescue to you! Go help an exhausted foster home clean cage pans, maybe meet and interact with some parrots! You’ll get a better view of real life birds than what you watch on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.