yes or no?

Question

would you consider getting a parrot if the actual parrot was free?

why or why not?

i hear they are reckless and MEAN.

Does anyone know from experiance?

they dont peck you to death?

Answer 1

It depends.
There's usually more to the commitment of owning a parrot than the initial cost of the bird.
Free birds usually come with issues. Plucking, screaming, aggressiveness, etc. You may have a free bird, but you'll probably have a lot of work ahead of you.
I would only adopt a free bird if I could really provide a good home for it and I could actually pay for the rest of the upkeep it needs.

Answer 2

It would depend on the species, the bad vices the bird had (ie: Biting, screaming, lunging, chasing, plucking, neurotic pacing, etc), and the medical condition of the bird.

Parrots who enter a new home can be quite snappish. But consider it from this POV: take a 2 year old, have them jump from home to home every 3 months until they're three and have them locked in a tiny closet with only french fries and muddy water to drink that entire time. Provide them with no toys (or the same ones they got when they were born) and no time outside the closet. I'd got ballistic, too. I'm sure most of us would, too.

Parrots are often compared to a 3-5 year old with the emotional intellect of a 2 year old. They can be quite bossy and loud, but with firm training and proper care, such as food and play time, a parrot can blossom into a wonderful companion. There's many stories out there of a bird who does terribly in one or two homes, then does well in their fifth. Sometimes a bird outlives their owners and ends up jumping from home to home because the people involved aren't bird people. Then there's birds who really do have problems. I'd expect a new bird to be quite a snot for the first 2-3 months, especially if they're more sensitive species such as the pionus and african greys.

Parrots CAN be rehabilitated if they have behavior problems. There's also a lot of really good, if not outright awesome second hand parrots out there. In my case, I'd definitely take a budgie, cockatiel, any of the small conures and possibly a plucking amazon, African Grey or small macaw. In your case, I'd research the species involved to make sure it's the species you can live with for the next 10-50 years :-) . I would take the species listed above because those are the birds I can fit into my home. They're also species I have researched and species I have seen. I know their moods (even if I've only discussed them with fellow parrot club members) and I feel I could handle these parrots best in my multi pet household. I would have problems with a large screaming parrot as I live in an apartment. I can handle pluckers (I already own 2) and birds who nip regularly. I also don't care if my birds don't want to be handled. I give them a place to play and I let them come and go as they please, as long as the area is monitored. Since I work at home, this isn't a problem :-). I also regularly build cages where the birds can fly and climb at liberty, as many of them would do in the wild. I adopted a budgie I can't handle at all, but she's a delight to have around. She has a large cage to fly in, complete with japanese quail, cockatiels and zebra finches.

I hope I've helped somewhat. Good luck to you!

Answer 3

Here are my answers
1.If you have never had a Parrot and have no idea how to care for it. Then NO do not get the bird.
2. Not all are reckless and mean, some are very loving and caring.
3. Parrots can not peck you to death.


Try educating yourself a bit more to understand what Parrots are about. People who get a pet bird and then have no idea how to care for it end up either letting the bird go free outside to die, or get rid of it.
I have run a rescue for over 10 years and most cases we get are from people who have never educated themselfs about how to care for their bird.

Sapphyre
Certified Avian Specialist
http://www.borrowed-rainbow.com
join our group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BorrowedRainbowAviary/

Answer 4

yes i would get a parrot if it was free but i would be very wary about it. and i would want to know the history of the bird before taking the bird
getting it from a pet shop would be alright .
other than that parrots are very nice birds.

Answer 5

yes I would consider it as I already have 2 parrots and NO they wont peck you to death

Answer 6

Yes, Parrot is a good pet and companion (if you love pet)

Answer 7

YES---they are extremely beautiful---extremely intellegent--and live a long long time
They are a very healthy commitment however--they take a lot of care and attention and demand certain special foods and activities to keep them at their absolute best

Answer 8

yes i like parrots

Answer 9

yea my brother had a parrot i wasnt born yet but all i heard was good things about it.....its name was allen after my brothers middel name

Answer 10

yes if it was dead and ready to eat!

no if it was alive

should stop beeding and capturing birds of any kind and let them be birds.