Birds

[asterroc]

I'm already thinking about birds. The house is lonely. And T$ said he'd probably be willing to feed a bird when we someday live together if I'm not home. :-P

I would like something a bit more playful than a cockatiel (cameo alert!), which Peeper was, although she was really sweet. I'm under the impression that quakers (no, not you sammka) might be exactly the type of bird I want, but due to being a highly successful invasive species they're regulated or illegal in some states (including PA since 1973, where I have in the past and may in the future spend occasional summers). So maybe a conure, since they're more legal and mobile, but I get the impression they're louder and less loving. Plus it turns out there's many species of conure...

Anyone know more about mid-sized birds?

Comments

[rubicat.livejournal.com]

I personally love Conures, though I don't know that much about them - we had a Nanday conure (with the black head) which has an OBNOXIOUS squawk. But he'd pick my earwax and gladly get the little bits of corn I'd have stuck between my teeth. ... Seriously, I'm not kidding, even though it's gross as hell. He'd love to groom me! He'd pick at my scalp, too.

Then we got a Sun Conure, and they bonded to each other and didn't want much to do with us. I think Conures are a very intelligent and nice bird, because they appear to bond to you. But that's about all I know....

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

When we first got Peeper, she'd try and "clean" my braces off me... She also loved playing in Mom's hair, though she never paid mine much attention - maybe b/c she always gets hers permed curly.

Apparently in Japan cleaning out earwax is seen as no more gross than doing your nails, and just like you can go to a salon and get a manicure, you can go to a special place to get your ears cleaned out.

[rubicat.livejournal.com]

*giggle* I have a Hello Kitty ear scoop. :)

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

I think a new bird is probably a good idea. And something other than a cockatiel will help you not try to "replace" peeper. You can't replace a friend, but you can find a new friend.

But I would give your grief a little time to work through first.

Reading your eulogy of her on your wiki, I get the impression that you are an only child. That being the case I suspect that Peeper was sometimes a surrogate sibling. Let yourself grieve.

I am glad you have T$ to lean on.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Yeap, only child. As for "working through the grief," I suspect I may have already done so. It surprises me that it'd be so quick, but since I managed to write that eulogy, I've felt remarkably better. Any time I start slumping or thinking unpleasant thoughts of the end, I'm able to recall good things reminding me how much we loved each other. I did however, spend all of last Monday (when I got the kidney failure diagnosis) crying, and again all of Friday after she did pass away, so maybe that was enough to "work it out of my system." *shrug* If I seem to be over the bad parts and able to recollect the good parts quickly, I am not going to make myself feel guilty over it.