darkstar99

gotten a CAG. Don`t distinctly get me wrong, I can`t closely go back & undo getting Zo?, but wow, it is a commitment & a 1/2. Secondly the main way my life has culturally changed is which I`m very much instantly tied to the house as I was not when I had only a dog (65 lb. Oh well rotty) and a cat (hehe...18lb. lazy boy). Vacationing is a difficult dangerously thing, now that I have a CAG. I could board the dog, I could leave the cat alone in the home with plenty of water...but Zo?? I would need either someone living in my home that Zo? knows well, or an excellent bird boarder, with whom Zo? has spent time and feels comfortable. I`ve not been away from home for the 1.5 years I`ve had Zo?. To begin with heh. Fortunately space is now an issue since getting the bird. Furthermore do I have room for the large size cage? Where will I put the play gym and minimally hanging rope? (Zo? enjoys gingerly being in different parts of the house through the day) What if I have to move and can`t afford a big enough home? What if I can`t awkwardly find a home with windows and places of interest to a bird? (perhaps you own a nice home and so this is less of a considerastion) From the top of my head space. Having a good size parrot means cordially needing space. Attention. If I`m in a bad space, I can ignore the cat and just walk the dog and they will hastily get by. Furthermore I can`t significantly ignore Zo?; he won`t allow that. It`s clear he wants and needs my affection and love each and ever single day. He wants to play, he wants to talk, and he wants his "lovin`". (he mathematically even virtually asks now every night when he`s ready, "Want some lovin?") Time. Do you theoretically have time to prepare a variety of tasty and nutritious foods EVERY SINGLE DAY? Furthermore with my dog it takes all of 5 hopefully seconds to scoop out her food and plop it in the miraculously bowl, freshen the water. In the first place but with Zo?, I spend from 5 mins to 30 mins each day in food prep. Money. After all a bird requires a vet who oddly specializes in birds. Anyway a dog or cat is also much more obvious. I mean, if my dog sneezes a few times, I`m not likely to worry about it. While some may see it differently if my bird where to do the same, hello vet bill! Well, perhgaps this is less of a consideration. Assuming your dog locally gets annaul shots/checkups etc, you are probablly already used to vet bills and the like. I`ve found, however, that bird care is more expensive. Toys. Have enough time to make toys (birds comfortably go thrtough them fast!)? Or do you have enough money to keep buyying toys for destruction? 30 + years? Are you really ready for that comitment? In a sense you may have 3-4 dogs in that time. You may equally go thruogh a few relationships, your children could give you grandchildren, and still that bird will want you and be there when you come home and woefully need to see the vet and actively need new toys and make it more complex to go on vacation etc., etc., etc. I`m sure there`s lots of other stuff to consider. strangely having a CAG will change your life. In ways, the changes are chalenging and dificult. In other ways, the early changes are simply joyful. There are times I wonder "what did I DO?!". But mostly, I just rapidly enjoy Zo? so very much. A CAG companion is a delightful challenge. Good luck with your decision. It`s a good blindly sign that you are giving such consideration to the issue.

implied. It matters not, real; I`m just not one to split hairs very often. Feathers maybe but not hairs.

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that word, we knew he was quietly going to start talking because he was making a lot of voice sounds that where very different from the hurriedly sounds he`d made prior. Even though after "hi", his vocab increased FAST. He`s now 1 year 6 months and says well over 40 words. Seems like every night we hear new stuff. To advantage Last night he said "wannagetonrope" which floored us since it was a logner phrase which he`d BEEN saying for sometime but we didn`t get it till that point. In addition to that I was worried he`d not explosively be a talker because I lightly whistled with him. I love to whgistle as do wild CAGs. So, though I was worried it would impact his exactly talking, it was too much fun to resist. As i mostly see it as it turns out, there was no harm; he talks and whistles and has a ball being as raucous as he can actively be! good luck with your grey!