I love my 'toos..why?

[Mare]

They can have hard core, intense, unrelenting personalities that you cannot ignore. The other side of them is just the most opposite of intense. Over the past several months, life with my birds has come into focus, finally. Sure took a long time but we seem to now be harmonious. Chip, the cockatiel has added much to Sassy's outlook, believe it or not! Amigo isn't looking for a mate, at the moment, I'm sure the harmony will hit a sour note fairly soon, just hoping, not too soon! For now, I'm enjoying my 'toos :)

[ShellyBorg]

Life is good when the birds are happy!

[Mare]

Yes, it is, Shelly! Over the span that my husband and I have had Amigo in our lives, we've had major bumps and moments of huge doubt about "why are we doing this, why are we allowing our lives to be so disrupted?" I now know why and so does my hubby. All the pain and agony was worth it :). It just took a while, ugh..

[ShellyBorg]

Its kind of amazing that we willingly and sometimes even pay huge sums of money to enter into a relationship with a highly intelligent alien brain in a feather body with a wicked hook bill. That can and will bite us and abuse us regularly. That will and can panic us as only our own children should be able to do. Who we spend sleepless night worrying about and many hours cleaning up after and to top it all off it is comin to have multiples of these little feathered monsters!

[Mare]

Right?! So true! I never thought about having one before Amigo was laid in my lap. They are definitely like having a child that you have to feel responsible for, take care with and love. If for no other reason, their well being. Super important!

[coltfire]

and we wouldn't have it any other way, no matter how frustrated i get with them it only takes a cuddle a kiss or even a hello and they have me right were they want me and they know it smart bum birds

[Turquoise]

It takes a special person to continue to be a parront for the duration of their lives. Not always the duration of our feathered kid's life as we all know they can & often do outlive us, but the duration of your own life!:th_hug8:

On the rare occasions I manage to get to my front door in the mornings coming in from work & I don't hear a peep from my birds, I am hurrying to get the door open to make sure all are well & safe in their homes. Most mornings I hear their screams of joy upon my returning from foraging all night while I am in my driveway and I wouldn't have it any other way.:th_heart:

[Mare]

De', I totally agree! It's kind of freaky how we bond with these guys. I love all my animals, I have dogs that are my children and they think they are my right arm, but my birds are different. There is something more going on with the bird connection.

[Rescued]

The bond and dedication we share with these guys is very different. Perhaps because they love so long we are more conscious of our responsibility. I love my dogs, all of them, but I know that they will only be around at best 10-14 years and many quite less because I frequently take in older dogs. I bond with them and love them, but I know that I will eventually lose them. With my birds it is a good chance that I will have them for the next 40-60 years. Thats a huge commitment, one that many people don't even keep with another human, when we share our lives like that with an animal that is so brilliant we are destined to be irrevocably changed. Some days I want to scream my head off, but it's true one soft "I love you" or hello, or a cuddle and I am a different person.

[coltfire]

well im glad im not the only one that there birds have wrapped around there finger,and as Elizabeth said they are around with us for a long time , mine have been through , well now 3 relationships with me and you know in the end they are all i care about that come with me, they are my family as i am there's and no one will every break that bond between me and any of my fids, and im sure i will out live them and thats where Gemini (Amanda comes in):th_hehe: or the two youngest, are older enough to take them, as maxx and lexxy were brought for them as babies i just get to care and look after them until that day comes, but i have to give it to my two youngest daughters when they need something :eg. new laptop new motorbike, any high end stuff they always say but dad can't we just sell our baby eckkies and use that money, they are never mine when the girls want something new, you just look after them dad.funny how they always need some thing when the babies hatch lol, and like a silly dad i give in to not just those two but all of them.

[Blancaej]

What a great thread! I truly feel my fids are a part of my family. I wouldn't have it any other way. Even with all the things we go through, they give us soooo much more back. It's hard to express in words. But I love my fids dearly and wouldn't change them for the world! :th_biggrin:

[Minamommy]

I love this thread. I have a little over a a year old U2. I have been bit many many times 3 times pretty bad. But would I ever hold that against her? Not a chance. I love her to distraction and spoil her constantly but try to keep my sweet girl independent. So even though I want to be in her room cuddling her or being with her I have to remind myself not to all the time. It's hard lol. She is a challenge. Getting her to eat good things. Dodging her mood swings. At the end of it I'm not sure I would change any of it because it makes her who she is. The other night when I went to sleep in her room just to make sure it was warm enough. In the total silence she said I love you. That made everything all day all worth while. Even though she probably didn't understand what she was saying. I'm going to pretend she did. 😊


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[Mare]

Hi Minamommy! Welcome! Sounds like you have a lucky little girl U2! Yes, these white demons are special, indeed! How long have you had her and what is her name? Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures of "Life with 'too!" All our birds give us angst on occasion, for sure! :th_biggrin:

[Minamommy]

My little girls name is Mina. I have had her for a year and 2 months. I look forward to hearing everyone's story's and learning from them. Mina and I thank you for the welcome.


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