loyallyroyal

Ekkies (eclectus) would make a great first bird, the males more than the females, the females are sweet but you have to know how to handle the hormonal behavior. Plus you have a pretty good choice in size, solomon island being the smallest, redsided in the middle, and vosmaeri being the largest. They are not one person birds, they love absolutely everybody. So you dont have to worry about it bonding just to you. They are not cuddly like a cockatoo (have her read mytoos.com she will change her mind FAST) but love to be held and petted. I have a male eclectus, and he is the sweetest ball of green feathers, never bitten anybody. But if you decide on an ekkie dont get one from a bird store. How an eclectus is raised has a lot of influence on it later in life, they need more interaction that formula plugged down and stuck back in a bin. Here is a great place to have her research ekkies: http://www.landofvos.com/eclectus.html (Let me know if you want some breeders names) You might also want to look into Caiques, they are smaller and less intimidating. Conures too. Here is my redsided: Post edited by: loyallyroyal, at: 2008/08/30 00:06<br><br>Post edited by: loyallyroyal, at: 2008/08/30 00:08

I had to disagree with this: "You don't get rid of the other child when a baby comes so why get rid of the parrot when the baby comes." Umm people do it all the time! Ive known lots of people who have gotten rid of their kids, say if they get remarried and have kids with someone else. I have a friend in boarding school, she was shipped off the day her stepbrother was born. It happens all the time. Kids, dogs, birds, cats, rabbits, ect. When something new comes along that interests the person more then they get rid the things they are bored with. Fact of life. now birds I might be able to see re-homing with a kid, they are not domestic but wild animals. But dogs, cats, and rabbits, there is no earthly excuse. They are domesticated, and very easy to train. All of those animals are used to living in large family groups. They might not initially like the new intruder as they see it but they can be trained to respect the baby and eventually enjoy the new member of their household. For aggressive responses to the baby, the only reason a dog would act aggressive to a child/baby is because you let it. I would suggest getting a trainer that could show you how to handle your dog prior to the birth/incoming of a new baby/child.<br><br>Post edited by: loyallyroyal, at: 2008/08/29 23:48