I want to ask but can't..

[Mare]

Obviously, I did,,, but feel like maybe I shouldn't have..how many of you have ever brought home a bird and wished you hadn't?

[Mare]

Ok, I will get this started. I have approximately,,2. Yes, two cockatoos that, today, I wished I had not brought home. Some days I actually LOVE them, today was not one of them. Many days are not one of them, either. I'm seriously stuck with them because I don't know anyone else that could give them a better home. The good days with them, makes up ten times worth of the bad days. I love them and just thank God everyday that Chip, the cockatiel, can redeem the cockatoo name!

[Turquoise]

Mare I bet more of us than would like to admit to it. :) But yes I have those moments as well about each and every one of my birds at one time or another from the beginning of bringing them home to present days when I almost feel I can't cope with them. I do have to say it is other things going on in my life at times that brings out the feelings that their noise, mess, attitude or something about them triggers. Let them do something cute, say something adoring or just plain show me they love me more than life itself and my feeling of wishing I'd never brought them home disappears in a millisecond.

[Blancaej]

I agree with both of you! I think many of us have these feeling about our fids. Let's face it, they are not an easy "pet" to keep. That is why so many of them get rehomed. The difference between us and so many others, is we get over it, move on and continue to love them, good and bad! I don't know how many times I said in my 13 years of owning Quincy, I was going to rehome him. But have I? Will I? No, of course not. Like you Mare, I wouldn't be able to find a home for him that would pass my standards. Besides, I love the little booger to death and would miss him like hell! :th_wink:

My first week after bringing Coqui home, I was starting to think I was over my head with her. But she finally settled in nicely. Now that I'm taking her to the store, she is acting up a bit. When I have those hard days I just try to stop and look at things through their eyes and it always helps me feel better.

And I think De'Andrea is right. When we have other things going on in our life, sometimes there just isn't room to deal with all the stresses and feel good at the end of the day. I know especially when I'm PMSing! LOL :th_wink: So it get's too us more on those days.

Savannah, even though a sweet heart, can try my patience some days, too! So she is not off the hook! But again, I couldn't imagine life without my fids. And I bet everyone else here, feels the same way. :)

[Debra]

Lucy is my main one I think this way about. Her incessant urge to find a dark corner to stay in and tear up the woodwork plus the days she attacks my feet seriously make me wonder why we brought her home. Then to see the look in her eye when she's around my hubby, well that just melts it all away. The quakers get to me when they decide to see who can be the loudest, but then they come up with something cute to say. Like ya'll, I couldn't rehome them as I don't think I could find someone who would meet my standards.

[Mare]

Some days, my level of calmness is not so high. I think when I least like my cockatoos is when they are destructive to the house (Amigo) and when Sassy feels she needs to attack me because I walk into the room that she is hanging out in, with my hubby. Yes, I'm a jealous woman! :). These two things happened on the same day, hence, this thread!

I would never re-home my birds, they are family and in this case, I had a choice and will forever stand by it :)

[Blancaej]

I agree with you Mare! My fids ARE my kids, too. I wouldn't rehome my children! LOL! So why would I do that to my birds!

[Pinkbirdy]

When I first started getting birds [I might have felt that way in the beginning]. I think it was more my expectations [and thinking I was doing something wrong.Now Ive learned so much about them Ive taken a step back. I know problems can be figured out . I have so many I let them decide if they want to see me [so theirs no pressure] . I always remember they live in a cage [and its up to me to do everything I can for them.Dont worry they have chewed my mantle ,window frames ,cords and put a hole in my new couch :)