Does anyone currently own a Parrot, and also have other pets in the home, like a dog, or a cat ?
I'm curious as to how everyone gets along. Please share your stories and experiences.
NJBirdMan wrote:Thank You, Wolf for your reply. I will be getting a Senegal in the Spring. I have 2 Dogs, 1 English Bulldog and 1 Pug. I really do not want to have to have the Senegal's wings clipped. I would like it to be fully flighted, as my 2 Gouldian Finches are in their cage. I guess with that being said, I would be more afraid of what the Senegal would do, then what my dogs would do. I would imagine I would need a table-top playpen for the parrot to keep it nearby, but if it's fully flighted, ya never know . . . . .
ParrotsForLife wrote:NJBirdMan wrote:Thank You, Wolf for your reply. I will be getting a Senegal in the Spring. I have 2 Dogs, 1 English Bulldog and 1 Pug. I really do not want to have to have the Senegal's wings clipped. I would like it to be fully flighted, as my 2 Gouldian Finches are in their cage. I guess with that being said, I would be more afraid of what the Senegal would do, then what my dogs would do. I would imagine I would need a table-top playpen for the parrot to keep it nearby, but if it's fully flighted, ya never know . . . . .
It would be more at risk being clipped
Wolf wrote:All of my birds are fully flighted as it not only is better for them physically and truly their main defense when confronted with a predator, it also helps them mentally to solve problems and gives them a much greater sense of security and boosts their self confidence.
the ability to fly is tied into every major system in a birds body, for example.. we have a diaphragm to work our lungs so that we can breathe properly, birds do no, they have one lung and several air sac that are expanded and compressed by the action of their wings while they are flying helping them to breathe properly. Flight is also hardwired into their intelligence and problem solving centers in the brain, There are all sorts of calculations that must be made while in flight and we humans rely on computers to help us to make these critical choices, but the bird has to make them based on the things it sees and the other information collected by its body and it uses these things to make all of the critical decisions that must be made to negotiate through obstacles and take off and landings and this problem solving ability while in flight also shows up in their ability to get to food that they might otherwise not be able to get at and many other areas where their intelligence helps them to communicate and survive.
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