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From: rdmiller@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ruth D Miller)
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Subject: Re: Indoor: companion for parrot?
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Date: 6 Jun 91 16:41:14 GMT
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I can't speak on introducing birds to dogs (cats are not a good idea)
but I can say that my sister's double-yellow-head Amazon adopted each
of her children (4) in turn and loved to get on the floor and play with
them.  She (?) also became very possessive of them and would attack
my sister if she tried to pick up the baby, to the point where she
became unmanageable.  The bird never hurt any of the children until they
were old enough to do the bird harm (3 or so).

As far as cats, Bonita attacked our Ferocious once when he was innocently
sleeping on his favorite bed (my sister's); the bird grabbed the cat
by the tail.  Cat left in a _great_ hurry and for years after refused
to enter that room even though the parrot moved out a few months later!

Ruth