cheebamaster wrote:If you do your research, if you are truly responsible and you know what you're getting into, I'm sure you'd find one of these little guys a great companion.
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ps...am I the only one who finds it sad that she needed to put a disclaimer so that people didn't yell at her? Step off your pedestals ladies and gentlemen
I agree with you actually, we were actually looking for a Meyers, had done tons of research on them, but when we got to the breeder to look at his breeding pair, there was this adorable little white fronted amazon there, who had just weaned. Initially we wanted an amazon, but decided they were too big, but the white fronts are only around 190grams, and 25cm. We had completely missed that species of amazon, and we did our research and decided to get him.
It has been a great ride so far, just because he is small doesnt mean he doesnt pack the whole amazon package, so we've had a few speed bumps. Thing is though, we are dedicated to overcoming them, and try to continually do our best for our birds.
I am sure this is the case with you too, and it seems its working out so far =)!
The problem, which I assume many users here are absolutely dead tired of, is that not everyone thinks things through or have the motivation to keep going. A LOT of birds end up in rescues, or are put down, because their owners cant handle their parrot. This is why some bashing sometimes follows post such as: I want a 'too!
However, this forum is a lot nicer than many others, which I think you will find if you browse around a little which is why I disagree with this:
DISCLAIMER: (Because I just know that some people are going to get on here and yell at me) Before typing out an angry and disgruntled reply (which I have found is frequent on this forum...)
I reckon this forum to be all nice and helpful considered to many of the alternatives out there.
That doesnt mean that there isnt room for improvement on how we all phrase our replies towards each other, and especially when its a new user that asks for help! That they've actually come here to ask is a great way for everyone to be able to help, explain and educate that some choices of parrots might be harder to care for than others.