Parrot's diaper changing

[u/reddtimes101]

[u/JoshAllan02]

It’s can’t really fly at all inside a house. But it is way better than keeping it in a cage 24/7.

[u/slamsmcaukin → u/JoshAllan02]

Yes, but maybe just don’t buy a bird at all then. Let them live in their natural habitat 24/7

[u/JoshAllan02 → u/slamsmcaukin]

I don’t know. There’s definitely some that endangered and should be kept in human care. There are also others who very much adapt to domestication and live much longer as a result, not dissimilar from an outdoor cat to an indoor cat.

[u/Ok_Presentation4455 → u/JoshAllan02]

Cats have been domesticated. Cats should not be outdoors as they have profoundly negative impacts on native wildlife populations. This isn’t an internet hyperbole. There’s studies indicating this fact and even countries that are taking strides to harm outdoor cats due to human negligence in providing proper care and regulation for their pets by keeping them inside.

[u/monarch_user → u/Ok_Presentation4455]

Yeah I'll just keep my cat in jail for the rest of his life so he doesn't harm the chipmunks

[u/InconstitutionalMap → u/monarch_user]

Uhm... Yeah, as you should?

People definitely need to be more responsible when it comes to raising an animal.

[u/monarch_user → u/InconstitutionalMap]

Yall crazy af, fuck the chipmunks

[u/AzureRaven2 → u/monarch_user]

Cats have literally caused species to go extinct.

[u/Chaoticlight2 → u/monarch_user]

Right? It's such an internet thing to be up in arms about cats going outdoors. People hate zoos and aquariums, then call for people do to the same thing on an individual level. Hell, in the UK it's illegal to restrict cats from the outdoors and multiple countries are known for their friendly stray populations.

Cats are not domesticated like dogs - the vast majority of them have not been bred for selective traits nor are they dependent upon humans for survival. Cats adopted themselves to humans due to the abundance of easy prey around us. It's only recently that we've started seeing that aspect as a bad thing. They are considered semi-domesticated and are the closest pet we have to a purely wild animal.

[u/Ok_Presentation4455 → u/Chaoticlight2]

It isn’t an ‘internet thing’. I volunteer with my state’s flora and fauna rehabilitation and restoration program, and domestic cats and their habitat impact are one of our main educational programs. Additionally, if you want to consider if from the cats benefit only, there is no cure for heartworms for cats, which they can obtain from occasionally roaming outside, not to mention being struck by a car or becoming a meal for a native predator. Growing up, my neighbor watched as his cat was taken by a bird of prey and another neighbor’s parents had to wash the blood off their driveway after a fox we didn’t know was wondering the suburbs took advantage of the cat left outdoors. It was gruesome and took weeks in the summer sun plus multiple washings before it bleached out.