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Lodestar

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6. Agreed, though I understand why people enjoy them as pets.

Reply to Politicalboi (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 05:12 PM

Apr 2016

However, I think MANY parrot pet owners also end up having to
give their birds up to a rescue organizations for a variety of reasons.
They are smart and complex creatures and probably not well suited
to live in a home on a perch or in a cage.

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