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Post by hps on Aug 18, 2009 14:32:30 GMT 12
What joy could you possibly get out of having a caged bird as a pet? I have to ask because the thought of having a caged bird in my home makes me feel sick.
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Post by kokonutwoman on Aug 18, 2009 17:33:28 GMT 12
Birds being my ultimate fear dead or alive I'd prefer they were flying around preferably far away from me
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Post by bottlecar on Aug 19, 2009 0:07:59 GMT 12
Well I used to share your view  - we have never had caged birds ... until we started babysitting a budgie for a relative who had moved out of their house for a while. Patrick has his own personality, talks (a lot), loves attention lavished on him, has somehow missed picking up my bad language and instead has kept his talking to mainly civilised discussions. We have grown incredibly fond of him and although I agree that caged birds is an oxymoron I've come to think that for birds that are raised tame it would be impossible to 'set them free'. The relatives have left Patrick with us realising that he was part of our family. When he dies I don't think we will replace him with another budgie but will just enjoy the free birds that live around us. |
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Post by maire on Aug 19, 2009 6:33:17 GMT 12
Budgies bring back good and bad memories for me. We had a budgie who spent more time out of his cage than in it. Dad taught him to whistle a number of tunes and he was dads best mate. One day we thought we had lost him, he flew out the kitchen door, but instead of flying off, he went around the house and back in through an open window in the kitchen. He did come to an awful end sometime after that, he was on the floor and I didn't see him and I trod on him  ... I still feel guilty about that even after about 45 years and have never wanted to own a bird because of that. |
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Post by misilon on Aug 19, 2009 10:11:27 GMT 12
I use to keep canaries havent done for yrs now
it sings so beautiful gave me so much pleasure
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- we have never had caged birds ... until we started babysitting a budgie for a relative who had moved out of their house for a while. Patrick has his own personality, talks (a lot), loves attention lavished on him, has somehow missed picking up my bad language and instead has kept his talking to mainly civilised discussions. We have grown incredibly fond of him and although I agree that caged birds is an oxymoron I've come to think that for birds that are raised tame it would be impossible to 'set them free'. The relatives have left Patrick with us realising that he was part of our family. When he dies I don't think we will replace him with another budgie but will just enjoy the free birds that live around us. 
