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We had a parrot, too, an Amazon. He was in the family before me, so my arrival was bewildering to one who used to be the baby of the family. My brother was the last straw and he went off all children and me after that. Full of personality, very possessive of my dad in that unfortunate parrot way. Bitey. God I loved him. He died suddenly from no discernible cause possibly a virus.
Anyway, all my horrible experiences with pet birds has made me want one of my own more than anything. After all the practice with goldfish and hamsters, birds are the endgame of pets as far as I'm concerned. Especially parrots, which are intelligent and inquisitive enough to be inconvenient and can outlive their owners if nothing goes wrong.
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Did you or your parents have non-stick/teflon cookware? I've read online that when heated/used for cooking, teflon is horribly toxic to birds.
As far as owning a bird goes, probably won't happen for me as much as I like them. Dorian doesn't like birds. Well, she appreciates their intelligence/charm and beauty, but dislikes the mess and noise they have the potential to make.
However I've been interested in Falconry since I was fairly young, and seem to have stirred an interest in her as well. Obtaining the required permits and licenses is a difficult and long process [two years at least], but it's something I'd like to do at some point in my life. I'm pretty much in love with the idea that your Raptor can just up and leave during a hunt/free flight at any point in its life should it so choose, and is really more of a partner/companion than a 'pet'.