myths about parrots, "Birds"

Question:
 It seems more people than not have common misconceptions about parrot friends, "birds" Some of them are: 1. Birds make great pets. Counter: It takes, time, energy, lots of love, and being able to handle being bit by our wild friends occassionally. 2. Birds make good comodities, and will make you rich by buying and selling them. Counter: Birds suffer! Passing them around for profit, or because of lifestyle changes sets them up to be abused, neglected, unloved, and unwanted. 3. Birds can play with jewlery without consequences. Most jewlery is made up of compounds that "Kill birds, "Lead poisoning is brutal and painful. Recovery is almost zero. 4. Birds are meant to be left in cages as living decour. "Who's kidding who? How would you like being locked in your bedroom day in and day out? These are living feeling creatures. 5. Birds are dumb: Sorry, birds are some of the most intellegent creatures on earth. They do not give you their trust easily. You must earn it, and keep it. 6. Birds are lovable and quiet: Birds can and usually are lovable, but quiet? If you've ever been in a classroom filled with children all shouting or talking at once, a few notches higher in volume and my dear friends, you are hearing the call of the wild from our bird friends. Birds are great first pets for teenagers. No, no. Birds only make good pets for teens with experience, and only as a "Family effort. and not one person. If you are unwilling to participate in your teenager's ownership of a parrot, stick with finches, and maybe parakeets, but conure size up and bigger are out of the question. There's much more to cover, but this is it for now. Birds are wonderful awsome creatures, and their lives bless us all. May birds always fill our skies.
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 This would be the first time I've heard these myths. No one I've ever known & know today would believe them either. I guess it is good for those starting with birds for the first time...however my birds are pets & yes mine are good pets. I think 'making a good pet' is a figure of speech that can be taken in different forms. Because a good pet, doesn't mean the person hasn't taken the time or energy with it. I believe mine are good pets & that is because I have taken the time & energy to be with them daily, give them the right foods, toys, tame & train them. All this makes a good pet. Well that's only what I think, we all have our own beliefs.
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 kimsforester, the truth is, you are a bird person. Unfortunately, not many people are. If you've ever seen the movie Paulie, many people get the ideas that birds can play with jewelery, many people, at least state side, and believe me I'm not saying everyone, view birds as an ornament, a decoration of sorts and that could even be a handful, but I've seen people literally who treat their feathered pets this way. They've never been out of the cage, and the only time they get is a cage clean up and seed and water tray stocked back up each day. My point is not everyone is cut out to handle or have parrots and the numbers of homeless birds, is very disconcerting. Have you studied the sanctuaries? It is my hope that my post might get people to thinking, oh wait aminute, research really is required before just jumping in and thinking they can own a big fella like a cockatoo without any experience whatsoever, and or avoid the tragedy of, Oh the bird bites so he's got to go business. We're on the same page most of the time, but there are some differences. It just breaks my heart see so many birds get passed around, and or lose their lives because not enough or no research ever happened. Very much like the 14 year old wanting a quieter, but bigger bird. To me, this sounds like tragedy in the making especially if he/she has stopped reading the threads. Even though we cannot make a difference in a majority of the birds' lives, we might at least save a few from tragic endings.it is m