11-26-2020, 04:27 PM
Hello! I have been wanting to buy a pet bird for years now! I have several other pets so I have become used to the routine care, time and dedication needed to house any type of pet, and I finally thought that I felt confident and ready enough to start researching and looking for the perfect bird. However, I have instantly become swamped with different opinions and recommendations, from sources that I don’t know enough about to really consider reliable! Before any research was really started I wanted to find a specific type of bird that I wanted, so that I could focus my research to a more specific level of care and housing etc. However I’ve been told to look into so many different types of birds, half of which when I look them up seem to be either a poor fit for me personality-wise, or seem way out of my experience range!
If anyone is able to help out any I would be extremely appreciative!! I have exactly zero experience owning birds, however I have a lot of experience with other animals. I plan to keep the bird in my room, and I want to be able to train them to leave their cage and be able to move freely around my room when I am there. (I don’t have any other pets kept in my room specifically, or with any access to my room unless I choose to let them in, so there shouldn’t be an issue there!) I was originally hoping to find two birds so that they could keep each other company, but I’m not hard set on that. I’m willing to spend a decent amount of money on the bird itself, however I’m looking to hopefully only spend around $250 approximately (I’ve been told that birds can be a bit pricy so I’m not super picky about the cost, as long as it’s not thousands of dollars like some of the birds I was recommended were! I volunteer at a therapeutic Horseback-riding Center, so I’m not home all of the time, but I do spend quite a lot of my time at home for school, research, and work. So I would have time to spend interacting with the bird.
Some of the original birds I was looking at (both from what I’ve heard of before, as well as recommendations from different sites) were parrots, conures, parrotlets, and lovebirds (those were the first that came to mind) however, I’m not experienced with pet birds, and I’ve learned from experience with the other pets i own that a lot of information that you can find online about pets can be misconstrued or is simply just false. A lot of sites only want to convince you to buy the pet, and don’t always share actually helpful information! Since I don’t know yet which sites are reputable and trustworthy, I though it might be a good idea to get some advice from people who already have experience with pet birds!
I would appreciate any advice or information at all! Thanks in advance!
(If I messed anything up with the way I posted this then I apologize, I’ve never used this specific forums before, and all of the other animal forums I use are specific to a certain type of animal, so I couldn’t post this there!!)
If anyone is able to help out any I would be extremely appreciative!! I have exactly zero experience owning birds, however I have a lot of experience with other animals. I plan to keep the bird in my room, and I want to be able to train them to leave their cage and be able to move freely around my room when I am there. (I don’t have any other pets kept in my room specifically, or with any access to my room unless I choose to let them in, so there shouldn’t be an issue there!) I was originally hoping to find two birds so that they could keep each other company, but I’m not hard set on that. I’m willing to spend a decent amount of money on the bird itself, however I’m looking to hopefully only spend around $250 approximately (I’ve been told that birds can be a bit pricy so I’m not super picky about the cost, as long as it’s not thousands of dollars like some of the birds I was recommended were! I volunteer at a therapeutic Horseback-riding Center, so I’m not home all of the time, but I do spend quite a lot of my time at home for school, research, and work. So I would have time to spend interacting with the bird.
Some of the original birds I was looking at (both from what I’ve heard of before, as well as recommendations from different sites) were parrots, conures, parrotlets, and lovebirds (those were the first that came to mind) however, I’m not experienced with pet birds, and I’ve learned from experience with the other pets i own that a lot of information that you can find online about pets can be misconstrued or is simply just false. A lot of sites only want to convince you to buy the pet, and don’t always share actually helpful information! Since I don’t know yet which sites are reputable and trustworthy, I though it might be a good idea to get some advice from people who already have experience with pet birds!
I would appreciate any advice or information at all! Thanks in advance!
(If I messed anything up with the way I posted this then I apologize, I’ve never used this specific forums before, and all of the other animal forums I use are specific to a certain type of animal, so I couldn’t post this there!!)