Is it cruel to keep a bird as a pet?

[Passerby]

Birds are meant to fly and be free?

 

[Koko]

Well,I think animals that live in nature can’t be used as a pet.
Bi

 

[Sagebee]

Hmm I guess compared to other pets that's more effed up only if you have it caged all the time

 

[salamander uchiha]

I've been trying to get a falcon so I would say no.

 

[HowDidIGetPrem]

When I think about it, you're right. Their cages are like the equivalent of a dog cage but I've always thought of them as more of a fish tank. It is pretty cruel to keep them locked up as it would be for a dog, but I don't think birds have to constantly fly. Bird food is so light that people use it as an idiom to describe what may as well be an empty plate. I doubt it takes much to avoid health issues.

 

[BanGinji]

I suppose it's not that bad if you have a large aviary enclosure or green house... But a small cage is kinda messed up.

 

[Hei]

I wouldn't say 'cruel' ,birds are less adaptive compared to other pets like dogs or cats.The things is....such creatures won't feel comfortable ,no matter how much time they have spend in a cage (ofc there may be exceptions)

 

[chopstickchakra]

Well,I think animals that live in nature can’t be used as a pet.
Bi

That's all animals, why not just say I don't think you should keep animals as pets?

 

[Koko]

That's all animals, why not just say I don't think you should keep animals as pets?

Well, I want a dog that's why lol.