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liquid-leaf
at Mon Jul 9 06:59:04 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by liquid-leaf ]
If you like birds, all the power to you!
Everyone brought up a lot of good points.
For me, I'd never be able to own a bird (especially a larger parrot) because of the time needed to spend with them. I handle each of my snakes about once a week.
Birds, however, must be socialized. Then, after raising a bird, or getting attached to it, you must pay attention to it or it will develop behavior disorders.
I have a friend who has had a blue and gold macaw for years. Beautiful bird, but she hardly ever goes on vacation, and only one or two of her relatives can watch the bird if she does go away, because it is like taking care of a toddler.
Since I'm fairly busy, my snakes are good pets to me! They interact with me (even if they don't "love" me), and I don't have to trim feathers or claws or beaks. I've tried keeping a lot of different pets - ferrets, rabbits, an iguana... and snakes seemed to 'fit' best with my lifestyle.
Though it'd be cool if I could get one of my boas to repeat something I said... 
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- Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - ma12cus504, Sun Jul 8 23:19:37 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - Andy__G, Sun Jul 8 23:33:24 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - bthacker, Sun Jul 8 23:40:17 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - TimS, Mon Jul 9 00:41:28 2007
 RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - liquid-leaf, Mon Jul 9 06:59:04 2007- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - ajfreptiles, Mon Jul 9 07:42:31 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - vcaruso15, Mon Jul 9 08:13:29 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - Jeff Clark, Mon Jul 9 11:04:39 2007
- LOL!! n/p - AbsoluteApril, Tue Jul 10 18:35:31 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot - obz, Mon Jul 9 11:06:41 2007
- To Each His Own. n/p - Reinert, Mon Jul 9 11:31:28 2007
- Comparing Apples to Oranges - spenden, Mon Jul 9 12:13:24 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - Tibor, Mon Jul 9 12:53:01 2007
- Don't forget the POOP... - snakesbydesign, Mon Jul 9 18:26:26 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - jimmyC, Mon Jul 9 20:21:05 2007
- did you know . . . - Slithering_Serpents, Mon Jul 9 21:49:32 2007
- problem solved - tex959, Tue Jul 10 05:07:24 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - LordDreyfus, Tue Jul 10 06:52:28 2007
- RE: Getting Rid of ALL Boas for a Parrot? - JordanNRussell, Tue Jul 10 22:23:18 2007
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