Why you DON'T want a pet parrot 🦜
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Having a pet bird is like dealing a toddler for 30-60 years
It's really not though lol. They aren't THAT hard to take care of...
@@Fitz1993 yeah but my comment was an exagerated joke
One that can fly.
A flying 3 year old.
@@Fitz1993I mean they ARE pretty demanding. It’s better people know that they’re hard to take care of so someone doesn’t buy one thinking they’re easy
"Me a bird" imagine not knowing the background of the story and just hearing the female parrot say that in a dark corner 😂
Mia 😂
@@LindaC616 I know... did you not understand my comment?
@@adammcfadyen4708yeah that went whoosh over them. It would be either really freaky or extremely freaky hearing... Mia ( me a) bird from a dark corner
@@LindaC616how'd that woosh of air feel after that flew over ya??? 😂😂😂
@@mjwatson8686 Or the person could actually hear it as it was meant to be. In other words, it wasn't that funny.
Bird induced psychosis is standard for birb ownership
Well teenage boy induced psychosis is far worse. Raising a teenager is like nailing a pan of jello to a tree everyday. 😂😂😂
@@jmdenison Hey at least it changes up. I look forward to having kids, but a bird is like a 3 year old that is 3 for 25 years strait.
@@Hollywoodbearluv lol you are too sweet. My 3 sons were transformed from worms into butterflies and they're all Wonderful to me now. I still don't think it's because of the turmoil to mom during teenage years. But us moms are grateful for any little drop of love.. you know
@@jmdenisonas a retired teenager I can see this yes
@@trentswag9324 I love the retired teenager comment
As she’s explained that they scream all day;
Siren in the background: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” at the top of her lungs 😂
A dog has a tag on its collar or a subcutaneous chip.
Parrot: Here's my phone number.
😂
I have my grey chipped
@@chrismonks5043I'm glad your grey can find their way back to you ^^ Make sure to update the info on the chip just to make sure
Yeah people don't realize you have to play with them, stimulate their minds and socialize with them and dedicate a huge amount of time to them. You can't just stick them in a cage. They will literally get depressed and go insane...
Yeah most types of birds that are kept as pet usually live in flocks. As someone who has owned a few types of these birds my advice to anyone trying to get one is, are you ready to have a toddler for 30 years because that's what it will be like. They are HIGH maintence with a huge capital H, extremely high maintenance pet and since these birds are classified as an exotic pet vet bills will be expensive. No don't feed them seeds that's bad. Etc it is litterally like raising a kid who never gets older than 5-6 for 30 plus years.
She was just saying "Me a bird!" Not "Mia bird".. 😋
Ah yes, zoochosis
A mental disease that's rather common among animals in bad zoos who live lives far too different from their natural ways of living.
Fun fact: the human species might or might not collectively suffer from zoochosis. But it's very hard to tell because it's
A) a mental disease and
B) it's hard to find out how people in different regions could be supposed to live.
People also make the mistake of thinking you can just have one bird. Very few birds are solitary and parrots definitely *aren't* one of them. Even if you have the time and patience, they still need bird companionship to preen/groom, communicate, and sleep with. They should NEVER be alone, and that's impossible as a human to provide.
Even small birds like budgies get extremely depressed if there's only one in a cage, not to mention big birds, sometimes they become cage bound they get extremely depressed and aggressive. I have birds that were like that, nobody wanted to even get near one. For some reason they never attacked me thank god...
Genuinely thank you so much for being honest about what it’s like to have parrots around.
Wish I had learned this stuff as a little kid before my parents let me buy a cockatiel. I was undiagnosed autistic and the constant screaming made me have more frequent panic attacks. Not to mention he needed a lot more attention than I had time to give him, so I eventually told my parents it wasn’t fair to keep him and he was thankfully rehomed. In a way, I’m glad I had that experience because I’m much more informed as an adult (and now know I’m incapable of caring for parrots). But still, knowing what I know now, I feel awful to have had him in a home that wasn’t entirely ideal and didn’t research enough :(
@judo7488, Did you have a cockatiel or a cockatoo?
Cockatoo is the parrot, and can be very loud. Cockatiels are smaller and have bright reddish cheeks, almost like blush. 😂. They can be noisy, but not as bad as a parrot.
Good human 🙏😊
None of that was your fault, and you did all you knew how to do. You gave him up so he’s able to live out his life in a happier home, and that shows true compassion and intelligence.
Do you get alot of panic attack because of autism? I'm so sorry that sucks I get panic attacks for no reason. They just happen and have since I was 10. I'm not autistic but I do get panic attacks and man they suck, and the meds they used to help then for me were worse then the panic attacks.
oh god yeah, my family let my brother get two cockatiels and a few budgies (not all at once) when we were way too young and between my autism with the sound and my executive dysfunction making me forget to feed them more often than id like to admit (they werent starved as they were mainly my brothers responsibility but he wasnt that great to them either) and getting bit and having them poop everywhere made me realize i should not be raising an animal, and birds are not fun to have i cant imagine having a bigger longer lifespan species like a cockatoo i might have gone insane
please everyone research everything before getting a pet, theyre a living animal and they are responsibilities
Imagine constant "AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" for 60 years.
They are fun to talk to, like you won't ever feel alone. They scream when they are alone, so they are not for people who like to spend time outside all the time. I would say it is for blended or big families. Like there needs to be someone at home at all times.
*Jimmy Barnes appears in the sky*
They also often bond with one main person in a family. Parrots don't like being left alone for long periods of time, will get depressed and pluck their feathers. Some have almost plucked almost all of them out.
This is sadly very common. Anxiety plucking and depression are heartbreaking to see.
I adopted a parrot from a lady had her 8 months and had to start working long hours. She plucks when I'm not around makes me super sad
i feel like parrots are good for very specific people. my ex's mom got a parrot when her kids were old enough and her husband left her and they're best friends. they do everything together. like maybe he'll outlive her but they're having a wonderful life together to this day i assume. but yeah unless you're a lonely mentally unstable animal lover, do not get a parrot 😅
Now wait a minute, I have seven parrots and I resemble that comment
@jmdenison as long as you don't start resembling the birds you'll be ok.
There’s this reptile, TH-camr I loveEmily, snake discovery, who has a macaw. And she described it as having a two-year-old for 30 years. I don’t have any birds, but I have watched a lot of videos of other peoples birds and I’d say that’s a fair description. So if you’re not prepared to have two-year-old for 30 years, then strongly reconsider getting a bird.
LOVE snake discovery they’re awesome
You can leave a Macaw alone without supervision you can't do the same with a 2 year old. People who claim it's like living with a toddler for 30years are being overdramatic lol.
@@Fitz1993 they meant in terms of behaviour, not ability to be left alone. it’s like when people say owning a monkey is like having a child that could never grow up. it’s behaviourally. (*intellectually too. both have had their intellects compared to that of a toddler. :) )
In order to give them adequate care, they require as much attention as you’d give a two year old. Otherwise it’s cruel to them. They get depressed and even psychotic. They pull their feathers out, bite, become even more destructive than they would be normally. That’s why there are so many that need rescued. Even if the bird is in a good home with owners who give them the care and live they require, what happens if that owner can no longer give them that care due to health, finances, or death? Parrot owners need god parents fir their bird children.
@@laraemitchell9064 !!
as someone who volunteers at a parrot shelter, i love hearing stuff like this. i still wish every cute parrot video on the internet needs a disclaimer saying that these guys can peel the siding off of your house and scream for fun
My favorite one is someone in Australia built a huge play gym for their children in the backyard. And of course it's in an area where cockatoos live wild. Do you know the little beasties in their backyard completely took that sucker down to the ground and was nothing but toothpicks by the end of summer. Of course I could have told them don't make it out of pine or a soft wood, you got to make it out of an extremely hardwood that is parrot proof. One good thing about parrots is they are extremely experienced product testers
@@jmdenison no surprise at all, we give our guys piles of wood and hemp toys to play with. they've never lasted more than a week, we burn through them shockingly fast.
I have a cockatoo, I will never have a vacation away from home, ever.
Doesn't really seem worth it does it?
I adopted a bird and volunteered at a shelter. It morphed into more. I've spent over $25,000 in 5 years for cages, carriers, adoption fees and vet bills. That doesnt cover a house to accommodate them and us. Nor the destructiveness (ruined clothing, damaged furniture) or the hearing loss and tinnitus. Or how my life revolves around caring for these birds ... forget travel!
I've thought about putting our flock out there to try and dissuade people from getting birds, but all they want to see the good times, not the mess, stress and cost. The scars on my hands, arms and face.
I also don't think it's possible. I listened to cockatoos screaming (Hi Max!) and then I then I went the shelter ... my speakers cant replicate the ringing in my ears or the stress from all the birds flocking calling.
Thank you for talking people out of a commitment they haven’t responsibly considered.
our antique shop that my family owns has a lot of birds and i know that i’m gonna be taking care of them for years cause we have a lot of large birds that are pretty young as far as we know they’re rescues, but hopefully they will all like me by then
Working at a pet store and having to explain this to every person who wants a bird is honestly a pain. I feel like the responsible bird influencers need to show their destructive habits and how loud they can be instead of just how cool they are when doing tricks during training.
Not their job to remind people of being responsible but most parrot related channel mention the downsides. Also it’s good not to generalise and remember that each animal behave in its own way
@@FlymanMSif someone has a large enough following they are literally responsible for not pushing bad ideas onto others because they will take what they say to heart. Especially if it's an education based influencer.
It's sad how people dont realize the commitment it takes for this kind of pet relationship. Demand is only high because people are generally stupid, and or selfish, and don't understand the depth of this kind of responsibility.
I disagree I'm a bird person and I now belong to community of bird people and they all love their birds to death. So it's not true for everyone. And that's the reason why they're in demand they're absolutely wonderful pets despite the fact that they all think they're running toothpick factories we still love them and it's really kind of a fun challenge to figure out how to protect your furniture
@@jmdenison
Sadly, not everyone's the bird person they think they are.
@@sjenkins91812 yeah I'd bet money that if we look at all animals people own that the vast majority are being either abused or ignorantly neglected and I don't think the few people that know what they are doing outweighs the ones that don't. Personally I don't think anyone should have pets or at the very least make it way harder and prove you're physically and mentally capable. What gets me is the amount of people that think owning animals is a god given right when that couldn't be further from the truth.
I keep telling people that although they think the want one...they really don't.
My grandparents had an old parrot they got when a close friend passed away suddenly. This was around 2001, and the parrot was apparently close to being 70 years old. I was 5 at the time, but I vividly remember the parrot constantly singing, Ike for President, Ike for President, you like ike we like Ike for President, over and over. The parrots original name was looney but because of the singing everyone called him Eisenhower
I love your honesty. These birda are for specific types of people only, otherwise you too will slip into psychosis.
My sister has half a dozen exotic birds. As soon as the sun comes up they begin to celebrate the day L O U D L Y ‼️
Don't get me wrong I love those birds. But I know not to get too close to the cage of the blue & gold macaw. He's sweet to folks he loves ... but I'm not one of them. 😂 Seriously I love the African grey most of all, he will sing with me at the drop of a hat. His laugh is my laugh. 😊
Imagine dealing with a toddler for 60 years, one who can scream louder than an airplane taking off, can bite, draw blood, can and will destroy anything within beak distance. That is being a parrot parent.
Hey have a macaw that can rip out flesh. He's such a cute sweetie though
Named himself 😂
My conure screams for hours but I love the guy so much he’s so cuddly
You nailed it. Thank you!
I been doing bird/house/dog sitting for my sister's boss for years and usually it's when they go on vacation so I'll crash at their place for a couple days sometimes weeks and bird induced psychosis is 100% real 😂 They have a big ol Cockatoo and man she's got an attitude if you don't shower her in attention. I get home after bird sitting and it takes a couple days for the squawking to go away in my head lol
Birthday!
Ana de Armas lookalike contest winner. Cute AF
She learned her owner’s phone number that’s so cool 😭
I love my African grey thinks she's a dog 😂 walks around with them and barks when they bark I love her 😂❤
as a parrot owner, there are quieter species like the green cheek conure, but you have to still be prepared to care for them for 10-30 years. it’s best if you have a friend that can keep the bird incase.
Our red-lored amazon parrot just passed away at 65. Every piece of wood in our house has chunks taken out of it and I cherish them a little more for it now that he's gone.
red loreds are angels bitey screamy angels
A bird naming themself is crazy though 😂😂
My ex’s parents had a African Grey.
I miss that little guy. He loved to watch tv and memorized every drug commercial song. They’re always catchy.
He’s basically the worlds greatest pharmaceutical rep.
Places that legally sell pets should be required to tell you the lifespan and negatives of owning it. When I was 10 I went to petsmart and bought a ball python no questions asked, didn't know they had a 20+ year lifespan until 5 years later.
I now have two favorite bird rescue channels.
Pebble the Cockatoo and yours.
We had one when i was young. He would grab onto my Mum's belt loop and just stay there while she was getting ready. He would climb into my backpack, thank goodness they are loud or he would have been to school.He would sit on our shoulders and take our earrings and hair ties out. He even figured out how to open his cage door and we would find him in the cupboards tucked inside pasta boxes.
Parrots need constant affection, stimulation and face time. The issue is most people get pets to make them happy rather than realizing its another member of your family that needs to be loved. Having a parrot is one of the best things that could ever happen to you if you are actually a decent human being and realize that shown affection and making your bird feel special is what you should always do.
When i was younger i wanted a pet parrot, now that im 23 im glad i stuck with the classic dog and cat combo, they make such good cuddle buddies and i dont think i could handle screaming for hours on end
Every couple months I babysit my friends parrot. And I have for over four years. Yes she’s bitten but not usually very hard. Until this last visit. She bit completely through my cheek. I had to go get a few stitches in order to hold water in my mouth lol. She has always been a screamer but it really does start to wear on your soul. I’m a sucker for animals so I’m glad I babysat someone else’s parrot and realized they are absolutely NOT the pet for me. I’ll still babysit but far more cautiously
its always lovely to see what a parrot will pick up and use. mine would try to get your attention by being bratty and if you ignored him he would go "well freak you then" and go talk to his mirror for an hour.
I love our African Grey. But, he can be very loud. He scares guests sometimes which is pretty funny
I had an African grey named Smokey that recently passed. She is absolutely correct, they NEVER EVER stop squeaking and screaming unless they’re asleep. He had loads of bells and perches to move to so he would just go around banging on everything he could. As annoying as he was sometimes, I still loved him with all my heart and was so sad when he died. We hung his favorite little bell over where his cage used to be and I can still hear him ringing it whenever I walk by.
I took care of my friends birds for a while while she was away on a work trip, and it isn't until having to live with these animals that I realized how loud they are ALL. THE. TIME.
The constant screaming is insane.
My favorite parrot video is the one where the guy is smashing it's cage and the parrot is saying. "Fuck! What the fuck man!?!?!" 😂. Quality content
Big birds like parrots need constant attention. They’re very loud, but they can be incredible companions. Growing up, in my animal science class in middle school, I was the only one aloud to hold the parrot. A girl got jealous and decided to put the bird on her shoulder, that Macaw bit through her ear.
I love parrots! Its a pet id love to have but i know i most likely will never be able to handle one mentally but theyre always nice to watch from afar :]
I have 2 birds and after a while, not hearing screaming in the house is the true anxiety.
It's the screaming. At genuinely ear damaging decibels. For hours.
As someone who owned parakeets for years, yes this is absolutely true.
“WHY DID THE PARROTS SCREAM CLARIS?”
As someone with a green cheek conure, yeah parrots are cute but also a lot of work. I'm lucky enough that my bird is relatively calm and quiet
I was at a wildlife rehab sanctuary in Africa. There was a parrot that used to socialise with the volunteers while his cage was being cleaned.
I watched one day as he decided to bite through someone’s lip, and that ended that tradition.
I had a couple of birds in my life. They can be a handful for sure.
Loved the African grey we had he use to cuss all the time and even got us in trouble because he said “oh fuck, he’s coming.” And my dad thought he learnt it from us (he didn’t). The bite part is no joke these mfs can bite hard.
Neighbor had one. Wold scream "help me. "
All day long.
Died under mysterious circumstances.
She learned the phone number so that she could get back home after her vacations 🤔😂. These birds are smarter than us.
As a bird mom, birds are very much a lifestyle.
This is the type of animal where you have to put in your will where they go to after you pass
love Siren's glitch song in the background
I know what the parrots were singing:
YOU CANT STOP THE MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC.
YOU CANT STOP THE- YOU CANT STOP THE- YOU CANT STOP THE MUSIC!
Having a pet isnt just a commitment to yourself, its also one for your children
Parrots are fun to babysit. Much less when you have to deal with it 24/7. The vet bills are terrible when they come up. The space they need, the destruction a bored parrot can cause is amazing in a not so good way. Not to mention stress can cause all kinds of issues. It's like owning a psychotic toddler who watches until you aren't quite paying attention before doing something heart stopping...except it never ends.
Also, a lot of parrots get surrendered because they often outlive their owners as many people buying them are adults. They are also really hard to rehome.
I raised a Raven last summer. She chose to stay around and is never caged, clipped or tethered. She started talking. "Don't bite the dogs" But with the passing of my Dogo Argentino and adding a malinois things have changed. She is not talking anymore. She is more aloof now. Before it was non stop destruction, and picking on the dogs.
She has found a boyfriend. Still roosts on the porch at night. I posted some interactions if interested. Experience and Blessing of my lifetime!!!
I liked to see what you posted
So factual. Even really great birds kinda need to drive their captors insane.
Cute and funny parrots 😭
I love parrots but I don't think I would ever get one for a variety of reasons. If I ever get a bird I would probably get finches with medical or behavioural issues that mean they can't survive in the wild. Thank you for spreading awareness about this because a lot of thought and care needs to go into taking care of parrots.
Imagine a bird ringing you in the middle of the night cause it remembered your number
I love my African gray. Birds aren't for everyone but they are great for ppl who have the time and discipline for the challenges of owning a bird
Okay but why is she so gorgeous tho
I would never get a pet bird but I would love the hang out with them
But my bird has taught me patience
If you ever get to see and hear flocks of hundreds of these wonderfully communicative intelligent birds in the wild, it's absolutely heart-breaking to think of them alone or in tiny numbers shut up in a human box
I fostered a macaw for a few years. The original owner was living out of country and couldn't take him. He was really attached to me, but scared everyone else in the house. He was a lot of work and a fair bit of trouble, like having a destructive toddler. Even after all that trouble, we cried when I had to give him back to the owner. It was like losing a family member and the house was way too quiet afterwards.
My grandmother kept birds, the one thing it did successfully was cure me of any desire to ever have a bird. The noise NEVER STOPS, even when you’d call her on the phone you’d be deafened by the piercing shrieks
Yup, my mrs has one that she took on after her aunt died. It never shuts tf up. They get jealous too and violent. Im thinking about having it for xmas dinner tbh
I have a good friend who's had a macaw for over 30 years, and I always wanted one but couldn't bring myself to get one because id feel bad creating a bond with something that would outlive me
Yep a mum of 4 parrots.Love thrm😊
I have a pet parrot I hatched and hand raised when I was 15. I’m coming up 50 now and Buster will be 35 his next hatch day. I’ve had to find somewhere for him to go when I die because I think he will out live me. Anyone serious about getting a parrot should realise it’s a lifelong pet if not longer than your life. My boy is in excellent health (he gets a check up at the vet twice a year) and I fly him at my local park everyday if the weather isn’t to cold or wet so he’s also fit.
Yooo that beak huuuuurts I mistakenly tried hand feeding my Gmaw's parrot and the darn thing quickly chewed a circle out of my finger
Parrot induced psychosis lmao
Ppl need to be educated about parrots.. I've known a few African Grey parrots. Loved them both. Amazing birds.
Bird Psycosis is crazy
Living in Australia we have wild clocks of parrots flying around. Yes they’re noisy as hell & we love them & that noise. I guess the noise is only bad if you’ve not grown up with it
I’ve had budgies and right now we have chickens.
The budgies were the most intelligent pets we’d ever had. I don’t want to ever have a bigger bird because I could not cope with the stress or give it a good life.
Chickens are much easier. Ours are rescues, and the most trouble they cause is getting into my garden. They’re very cute and sweet, and they entertain themselves in summer. We will have to get them toys in the winter, but I’m okay with that.
we raised parrots when i was a kid, yes they can be very noise. once you mate them though they tend to chill out
In high-school I had a boyfriend who's mom gad an African grey. Of the things we would hear ALL DAY was both the doorbell and land line phone, both dogs barks perfected and my boyfriends name being called in his mothers voice. It was indistinguishable from the real sounds!
In the background 'mom, mom,mom, mom' I swear. Was it a bird or a child?!😂
The second i learned that larger parrots would be dealing with a toddler for 70+ years i immediately dropped it lmao
Im more than happy with cute little songbirds like finches and canaries
You could always rescue, they're are so many old parrots in need of a home.
People need to realize that this is the kind of pet that will be with you a long time.
Hahahahahahahahaha that last part resonated with me so much! Living with parrots will drive you to an insane asylum! 😂
Love my Quaker but she's a little escape artist so we had to put an outside lock on the window in her room as well as get a round door knob she couldn't open 🦜
African grey has always been my dream bird. One day I will have one. 🖤😍
When my family brought the home i grew up in we had a lot of the previous renters items for a few months because they couldn't get it out in time so we just lived with their stuff until they had the time to move it all, we looked after his Sulphur-crested cockatoo for about a week. As a 3 yearold that bird taught me most of the swear words i know to this day. Have the bird go oy come here then when you walk over go fk off ya lil sh*t then go nah come here
We had an African Gray like Mia. Her name was Toby, and she learned how to replicate a smoke alarm. And *oh, did she sound the alarm.*
two of my biggest regrets in life are getting my wife 2 parrots. Trust me, you don't want them.
Remember they can live 50-60 years. You'll deal with them for the rest of your life pretty much. Think about that.
The fact that certain birds and reptiles can live as long or longer than humans is crazy .
Certain Turtles could be passed down like family heirlooms .
That's nuts .
Just wanted to thank you for this, I worked in sanctuaries and in pet stores in the pre-CITES era, knew a good deal and still had it rough the first few years with my macaw - and he was hand-raised and relatively good-tempered. Steep learning curve. Had him 31 years now, and he may very well outlive me.