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From: trish@trantor.harris-atd.com (Trish Stuckey)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Re: INDOOR: Parrots, Which ones?
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Date: 4 Oct 90 14:12:11 GMT
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    In article <9720015@hpfcso.HP.COM>, ron@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ron Miller) writes:
|> Re: New (pet) bird
|> 
|> 
|> If you plan to go back to work later, I think a cockatoo is not a good
|> choice. Cockatoos want LOTS of attention and generally don't accomodate
|> themselves to being alone for most of the day.
|> 
|> Amazons, while being generally less cuddlable, don't feather pick or
|> get excessively neurotic if the humans aren't instantly available 
|> all day long. 
|> 
|> We have a hand fed yellow nape who we bottle-fed 4 times a day for
|> 4 months. She's a good pet who can handle being alone some of the time.
|> For an amazon, she's pretty nice and can be scratched quite often. (That's
|> cuddly for an amazon)
|> 
|> I don't know about African types.
|> 
|> 
|> Just some opinions,
|> 
|> Ron

     Thanks for the info.  I've really been looking into this alot.
I`ve found your right about a cockatoo.  I've thought about an 
Amazon (I've been going and holding this Lilac Crown Amazon, its about
5 months old),  but I've been told that they are not even tempered,
they're unpredictable birds.

     So now I'm starting to look into the Macaws,  I've heard that
they are very affectionate and loving birds, they don't talk but
can handle being left alone.
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   Trish Stuckey	
   E-Mail:trish@trantor.harris-atd.com