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Post by twizle on Mar 23, 2009 0:41:43 GMT
 hi, i am Twizle, married with 5 grown-up children and have just been made a grandma and proud! i have bred budgies and canaries in the past.and have always wanted an African grey parrot. but my husband wont let me. i have a few pets- -penny my dog and 11 chickens. my daughter had a budgie, but it died of a brain tumor bout 5 months ago and we miss him very much. i have been thinking about buying my daughter a parrot for her birthday as a surprise as she still misses her budgie very much. my husband and i are going to Dorset next week-coming home the day before her birthday, so i may look there for one-if i can persuade my hubby.  hope to talk to some of you on here in the future as this looks to be a forum with lots of friendly advice.
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Post by moni on Mar 23, 2009 2:44:43 GMT
Welcome to the forum twizle...I am sure she will love it what ever kind you decide on and gl with convincing the hubby...I am lucky mine loves all our fids.
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Post by twizle on Mar 23, 2009 3:06:52 GMT
thanks moni, my hubby loves birds to, but has seen me go from a couple of chickens to hatching and rearing some last year and is worried i will be the same if i get more birds. lol  probably right, after reading some stories on here, i wouldn't know which variety to get, may need therapy.  |
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Post by Berserka on Mar 23, 2009 3:29:28 GMT
Welcome to Bird Crazy Twizle! You will soon find that there is an infection running through the forum called MBS (Multiple Bird Syndrome) and I am afraid there is no known cure. We believe it may be spread via posts into people's eyes and straight to the brain where the compulsion to get 1 more bird becomes so irresistable that the longer you put it off the more the symptoms present. Symptoms include: * drooling over pictures of other peoples' fids * dreaming about the fid you want * waking up in the middle of the night crying out the name of your longed for fid, and the worst symptom: * absent mindedly feeding your family a bowl of seed instead of breakfast cereal. If any of these symptoms (there are others I haven't named) occur, you must immediately get onto a parrot breeder and purchase said bird. Then the symptoms completely disappear and you are back to "normal". 
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Post by twizle on Mar 23, 2009 4:15:38 GMT
thanks Karen, i feel better now. i defiantly have at least 2 of the above and woke up calling strange names--so my husband says--saying who's a pretty boy then--with no memory of it when i wake--cane put my husbands mind at rest. will tell him the only cure is to let me have a bird! thanks he! he! |
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Post by debra on Mar 23, 2009 15:01:05 GMT
Then the symptoms completely disappear and you are back to "normal". Ummmm, this period of "normalness" usually only lasts a short while then MBS usually rears its glorious head again. Only time will tell when it's going to hit. BTW -- Welcome to our family! |
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Post by SARAH on Mar 23, 2009 21:32:15 GMT
hi & welcome to birdcrazy,hope you enjoy this site,i used to live in northampton,now isle of wight
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Post by phill on Mar 23, 2009 22:27:57 GMT
Hi and welcome to BirdCrazy
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Post by tasha on Mar 25, 2009 4:01:19 GMT
Hi twizle. I would love an African Grey to. I will get one oneday. Just gotta 1) save money, 2) learn more about them, 3) save money. LOL Sorry about your poor budgie.  I am sure you will have no trouble finding another feathery friend to welcome into your family. It's funny how when least expected, one just "jumps right out at you and steals your heart".  |
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