As someone who shares her home with our 6 yorkies and 7 parrot type birds, I can say they all get along just fine. Our birds are allowed out of their cages every evening while I tend to the cages. They all have large cages for their size and lots of toys, get fed bird food along with lots of fresh fruit and veggies. All our birds are over 10 yrs. now the oldest is our macaw, Bristol, he will be 20 in sept. that is still young for his species, he's been with us since he was 11 mos. old, besides Bris, we have 2 congo African greys, an indian ringneck parrot (the dogs are all scared of her, she will bite them) a green cheek conure (such a sweetie) and 2 little bitty parrotlets. Because of the dogs, we do not clip the wings, so they can fly, although Bristol doesn't. A while back the Petco store near me had the cutest little blue quaker parrot, he was very tame and I came close to bringing home another bird, luckily my hubby was with me and quickly got me out of there, whew. I think birds make wonderful pets, but they are messy and can be loud, it I had it to do over I might not have gotten the macaw as he can be a screamer, but my grandkids love to face time, not with me but the birds, ha. |