Tia, I am sorry you were so offended by my posting, I was not meant that way and I will be sorry to see you go but, if that is what you want, all you have to do is not come back because, as far as I know, membership is only revoked when you break the rules. Not everybody likes our site... we are very science-oriented here and love debates because the truth is that, although we have learned a lot about parrots in the last 20 years, we still don't know anywhere near enough so exchanging opinions and experiences is a way for all of us to learn more. But we are definitely not a place for everybody as there are people who, for whatever reason, don't like debates and prefer belonging to what I call a 'fluff bird site'.
Now, as to the concerns you mention... I actually have a grand total of 34 birds right now since two days ago because my contractor brought me a pair of budgies belonging to his girlfriend because the female has an overgrown beak from a bad diet and I offered to treat her, switch her to a good diet and teach his girlfriend how to continue the 'maintenance treatment' before I return them to her. You are absolutely right that I did not allow enough time between the new caique and the quaker because I got Javi in October and the quaker came a few weeks ago - and I do quarantine birds that I don't have any background on but I've known Javi since he was an unweaned baby [plus, he came with an avian vet's health certificate -for whatever that is worth which is not much] and the quaker is 4 years old and has lived her entire life without contact with another bird. Granted that this doesn't mean that they are not asymptomatic carriers but, if they are, quarantine would not have shown anything that would indicate the danger of contagion either. But, aside from the quarantine issue, I am always telling people to allow enough time between birds so as to give them enough time to find what I call 'their place in the flock' before a new one joins but, sometimes, opportunities come up and we need to make do as best we can. Thankfully, Javi Caique is a very well adjusted bird that got used to me and his new home in record time, and I am happy to report that Keku Quaker is doing wonderfully! In the few days that she has been here, she has eaten raw produce she never ate before and gotten used to eating gloop, her wings have gotten stronger and she has become more daring in her flights [she now flies across the kitchen to the dining room and from the dining room to the other end of the living room
], she doesn't scream at all -which was the main reason why she was rehomed- and is still the sweetest thing -granted that she is still in her honeymoon period but I am keeping my fingers crossed [she is perched on my shoulder right now, preening my hair and repeating "Watchadoing?' every time I ask her
] You are right that birds require personal attention on their own but the dynamics are different when you have one or two birds of completely different species than when you have a number of them interacting with each other - and I do spend almost my entire day with them [7 children are all grown and with families of their own -12 grandkids, I don't work and my husband spends 4 and 5 days a week out of state so my entire life revolves around my birds [and, as soon as I can find a housekeeper who loves animals, I won't even have to clean house - YAAAAYYYYY!
]. So I do have the time for them but, in truth, my birds simply do not need humans as much. They still love us to pieces and have access to as much love and interaction with humans as they want [they are out of cage and flying around from 5:30 am to 2 pm this time of the year] but they have other things going for them because they are not 'single children' and completely dependent on a human for attention and entertainment - plus, they are NEVER overly hormonal [the main reason for birds like toos to cling 24/7/365]. I would also imagine that a breeder's birds would not be able to achieve that kind of interaction so your concern is understandable... My parrots are mostly in pairs [something that I strive to give all of them because I believe that a mate or companion bird of their own species enriches their life in a way that nothing else can] and that helps tremendously. I have two bonded pairs of amazons, a pair of parrotlets, a pair of senegals, a little flock of budgies, a female GCC that is bonded to a male peach front conure, a male cockatoo that loves the female CAG, a male and female ARB which are not yet bonded but for which I still have hope [and they both belong to the 'poi flock' and chill with the senegals], the single caique and the single quaker - and I will, eventually, look for mates for them, too - if I have to. And I say this because I've been noticing that they are both going into each other's cages and sharing produce on top of them so I might end up with another interspecies pair. I know the quaker is female but I still have to DNA the caique which will take some time because I always get extra blood taken for this when they get their physical and he/she had one in October [before he came to me] so it's too soon for another visit to the vet and I am not going to put him/her through any unnecessary stress. The rest of the birds are canaries, finches, button quails and a male red crested cardinal [a highly territorial species so no mate is necessary] which do not require any human interaction at all. People tend to think that a single pet bird is the same as a bird that lives in household with other birds but it's not true.
As a matter of record, I have been handling parrots for longer than the 24 years I've been doing in-depth research on their diets. I was born and raised in a South American country where we have parrots and my grandmother raised babies sold in the farmers market to release back into the wild once grown since I was a baby [I hand-raised my first one when I was ten years old, under her direct supervision, of course] so you could say that I grew up with parrots. And because of this, I thought I knew all there was to know about them, when, in reality, I did not know anything - so I ended up making A LOT of mistakes. These mistakes as well as what I have learned from study and experience is what I share here.
And you say that you raised parrots for 40 years - WOW! That's a lot of years and I would imagine A LOT of birds bred for the pet trade... You also mention a pet goffin and a B&G which, apparently, you no longer have and were kept at different times so it seems to me that your experience is not the same as mine and it's a shame you do not want to come back to compare notes but, it is, of course, your prerogative so, if you don't, I wish you and your new bird the best of luck!