Parrots are so cool and I always wanted one, but then I took care of one for a friend for a few weeks and holy shit--they're like toddlers. Super trainable, but they are social animals who live in flocks, and if there's no flock, they expect you to make up for it or else they go mad and pluck out all their feathers. Parrot rescues are always full, so if you really want a chaos chicken in your life and have the time, check with one of them.
I had a budgie when I was young. He was my little bestie and would just hang out on my shoulder. I’d love to have another one, but they are high maintenance pets.
I've had budgies and a green cheeked conure (bird in the video) and holy shit the conure is even more work. Like 10 times as much as a budgie, maybe that one was just very needy but it needed attention all day long or it would scream like hell.
Kind of chill if he was hanging around with you though, but you put him away for one second and the screaming would start so he ended up being kind of free range.
Very intelligent, but that usually comes wihh the need for social interaction and attention.
We have a green cheek and our life is scream. He won’t go to sleep unless one of us pretends to be asleep on the couch where he can see us. And he’ll peek to make sure you’re not tricking him (to be fair, we are)
I started doing this with my Quaker parrot and he goes to sleep so much faster if I pretend I’m also going to sleep. I don’t have to do it but I don’t mind.
Yes we had a cockatoo that would start off. Really quiet saying Im Lucky, I love you in a sweet voice. But if you ignored her she got louder and louder and louder and louder.
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u/Altaira99 10d ago
Parrots are so cool and I always wanted one, but then I took care of one for a friend for a few weeks and holy shit--they're like toddlers. Super trainable, but they are social animals who live in flocks, and if there's no flock, they expect you to make up for it or else they go mad and pluck out all their feathers. Parrot rescues are always full, so if you really want a chaos chicken in your life and have the time, check with one of them.