I agree with you on not giving up any sort of "kid" without a fight. It's a
bit off-topic, but I feel the need to say we spent $300 nearly 20 years
ago
on a goose (given to us for free) who had been attacked by a dog. She
hadn't
been terribly tame before that, but was smart enough to realize that we'd
saved her life, and became an actual pet afterwards, waddling up to get
her
long neck stroked, etc. Birds in general are pretty neat, if you ask me.
As a side note, goldfish DO have personalities; not as vivid as those of
budgies, but they are there, nonetheless. I know 'cause I kept goldfish
for
many years. I will easily admit that budgies are more fun, not to mention
more cuddly.
"Troy & Vicky Jollimore" <tjollimore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Well, when you think about it, it is a bit crazy to spend potentially
> hundreds of dollars on a pet worth $40 new, or even my $7 Siamese
Fighting
> Fish...
>
> But once you get around them (heck, even these types of fish have
> personalities, not like goldfish) I wouldn't dream of letting one go
> without
> a fight.
>
> "senn" <trichoglesus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> yeh more responders would be good.
>>
>> and nan youre right about changes in longevity.
>>
>> when i was a child the budgie breeders health approach was this.
>>
>> if it puffs up its going to die. if its laying on the cage floor with
its
>> feet up then it has died.
>>
>> otherwise not much to worry about.
>>
>> i still come aqcross the occassional vets assistant who thinks birds
just
>> die.
>>
>> "NanK" <anps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:nsbze.1977$S17.383610@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > You are probably right -- my uncle who bred budgies for 25 years --
>> > always said it was harder to tame multiple birds than a single one,
and
>> > that some will never tame completely.
>> >
>> > As I child, we always kept just one at a time as my uncle kept all
>> > family members supplied, and it was tamed within 2 weeks. As I got
>> > older I kept some small groups (not expecting to tame them) and
single
>> > birds as well. Since I started with one bird, my others follow the
>> > first tamed one. And I also have cockatiels and they are so sweet,
>> > they
>> > tame readily and it doesn't matter if or when you add others.
>> >
>> > I wish someone who has a lot of experience keeping multiple birds and
>> > letting them out regularly would respond. I'll bet there are also
>> > taming issues if there is more than one *** budgie!
>> >
>> > By the way, 50 years ago, my family's budgies lived for 5-6 years.
My
>> > current birds are more than 12 years old!
>> >
>> > n
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