Originally Posted by
PeachyDoll
If I knew she would be safe, I would let her go. It would break my heart to let her so but knowing that she was free and be how she was meant to be (flying and uncaged) that would mean everything. Realistically though we know that this cannot happen, once you made a human imprint on a exotic bird you are their flock. If I knew she would fly away free and healthy and wouldn't wonder where we were and was happy to be with her own kind that would be ideal. I would do it if I could. We adopted Rosie last year just before her 30th birthday. I am fortunate to know her original owner of 25 years I did ask him recently if she was born in California. He said yes. So while she was not trapped/captured I know that her parents were and just a few years before the ban on Moluccans in the USA. That is incredibly sad and while we didn't seek out to buy a bird what do we do as bird lovers when there are huge amounts of older birds that people have given up on? Adopt and love them. I've often thought about this question Dianne. It's made we wonder how our Rosie came all this way to us. The answer to my question didn't make things any better, she was still taken from her parents but our job is to make the best life possible for them while they are here with us.