[Discussion] Parrot Advice

[Frois]

I was wondering if anyone here had any tips on a good parrot for beginners.

 

[Frois]

Just realized this wasn't the right forum for this

 

[Kingu]

It depends tbh.

 

[Punk Hazard]

I was wondering if anyone here had any tips on a good parrot for beginners.

Just realized this wasn't the right forum for this

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[Оdin]

African Grey parrot.

 

[Deadlift]

My friend loves nymphs

 

[Calpal]

African Grey parrot.

this^

beautiful, smart, and most relatively low maintenance

 

[Pumpkin Ninja]

African Grey parrot.

F*ck no. Those things latch on to one person and plot to kill everyone else. Mine can barely tolerate anyone but my mom and has some sort of beef with me specifically.

OT: If you can think you can spend a lot of time with a parrot so it doesn't commit suicide because of depression via feather plucking (an actual thing), and get it not to bite you, then go for it. Otherwise, you got an enemy for life. Maybe I'm just generalizing a whole species based on one bird though, lol. I have an African Grey but I know for a fact if you buy it as a newborn baby, it will love you for life.

 

[LustyLover]

You should probably not get the larger types if you're a beginner. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of a pissed off Macaw.

 

[Avani]

F*ck no. Those things latch on to one person and plot to kill everyone else. Mine can barely tolerate anyone but my mom and has some sort of beef with me specifically.

OT: If you can think you can spend a lot of time with a parrot so it doesn't commit suicide because of depression via feather plucking (an actual thing), and get it not to bite you, then go for it. Otherwise, you got an enemy for life. Maybe I'm just generalizing a whole species based on one bird though, lol. I have an African Grey but I know for a fact if you buy it as a newborn baby, it will love you for life.

@ bold: O_0

Sounds more like an advice against caging birds as pets...

 

[Queen of Bananas]

parrots can be of an infinite possibility of random schwazbuckling and gobblefunking.

what...?

 

[Cruciatus]

African Greys are amazingly intelligent birds, but I wouldn't recommend one as your first parrot. They're quite expensive and they're on the larger side.

Maybe a cockatoo or a sun conure. They're both beautiful, charming birds and it shouldn't take very long to bond with them (maybe three weeks at most). Plus, the sun conures and cockatoos I've known have been able to bond with multiple people and so they're generally friendly birds.

I think the problem with birds like Macaws, African Greys, and even Amazons is that often they'll only bond with one person and won't be friendly to strangers.

 

[Punk Hazard]

I had one of these things as a kid(or it might have been a macaw). I ****ing loved it.

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[LustyLover]

I had one of these things as a kid(or it might have been a macaw). I ****ing loved it.

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Those beaks scary asf ?

 

[Jazzy Stardust]

F*ck no. Those things latch on to one person and plot to kill everyone else. Mine can barely tolerate anyone but my mom and has some sort of beef with me specifically.

that was a joy to read lolxD what does the parrot do to you pumpkin? does it like talk shit about you when you walk pass it? thats what im picturing lol

@ bold: O_0

Sounds more like an advice against caging birds as pets...

true that

 

[Frois]

African Greys are amazingly intelligent birds, but I wouldn't recommend one as your first parrot. They're quite expensive and they're on the larger side.

Maybe a cockatoo or a sun conure. They're both beautiful, charming birds and it shouldn't take very long to bond with them (maybe three weeks at most). Plus, the sun conures and cockatoos I've known have been able to bond with multiple people and so they're generally friendly birds.

I think the problem with birds like Macaws, African Greys, and even Amazons is that often they'll only bond with one person and won't be friendly to strangers.

I heard Cockatoos have a lot of emotional outbursts, but I will take your advice on Sun Conures

 

[Cruciatus]

I had one of these things as a kid(or it might have been a macaw). I ****ing loved it.

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This looks like an Amazon or a Blue Crowned Conure. About how big was it?

I heard Cockatoos have a lot of emotional outbursts, but I will take your advice on Sun Conures

Could be true. I have an uncle who owns a bird store, so all of the Cockatoos I've met have been handled by him. After many years of being in that business, he really has a grasp of how to approach each species, which is probably why I know them to be relatively pleasant. I'll admit that I've never been around Cockatoos for long enough to really observe their behavior, but I have another family member who has had a cockatoo for many years and loves him dearly.

I actually do have a Sun Conure, though, and he is quite a spectacle. The males have gorgeous rainbow plumage. He's very friendly if you take the time to bond with him and because it's a smaller species of parrot, he isn't overly loud. And if you take the time to teach them, they can develop quite a vocabulary. : )

 

[Punk Hazard]

This looks like an Amazon or a Blue Crowned Conure. About how big was it?



Could be true. I have an uncle who owns a bird store, so all of the Cockatoos I've met have been handled by him. After many years of being in that business, he really has a grasp of how to approach each species, which is probably why I know them to be relatively pleasant. I'll admit that I've never been around Cockatoos for long enough to really observe their behavior, but I have another family member who has had a cockatoo for many years and loves him dearly.

I actually do have a Sun Conure, though, and he is quite a spectacle. The males have gorgeous rainbow plumage. He's very friendly if you take the time to bond with him and because it's a smaller species of parrot, he isn't overly loud. And if you take the time to teach them, they can develop quite a vocabulary. : )

1. Go to sleep

2. Uhh if I remember right, pretty big. Like, a foot and a half tall maybe? I don't remember much of him quite honestly.

 

[Оdin]

I heard Cockatoos have a lot of emotional outbursts, but I will take your advice on Sun Conures

Definitely don't go for a Cockatoo. I had one a couple of years ago and it was the moodiest bird I've ever owned (Sun Conure and African Grey being the least moody), and coupled with the fact that it's a really ****ing loud bird that can be heard five blocks down... it makes for some bad experiences, but their beauty and intelligence made it all worth it though.