I think you're doing the right thing by wanting to take it away from her. I can COMPLETELY relate.. is it a parrot of some sort? Those smarter birds get tweaked really easily if they're not interacting as a flock. :c
Just, ugh.. I can't stand people like that. ; A; It makes me wonder if they even feel bad at all for seeing their pet in such a messy cage or feeling bad.
Yeah, it's a conure (my favorite type of parrot, ironically). ; -; They're not as big and showy as macaws so I doubt her roommate sees it as anything more than a pretty little thing to keep in a cage. I've always heard that parrots especially are more like children in that they need friendship and interaction to be happy and healthy.
I'm glad you agree that it needs to get out of that house :S Even if it's not with me, the poor thing needs a home where someone will actually pay attention to it and clean its cage. I honestly think this girl is disinterested enough that she probably would say "What are you talking about?" if I asked her why she neglects her bird, why it's so stressed out, or why its cage is filthy. :C Still gonna try though.
Oh nooo.. ;; We've had conures before, so I can only imagine how bad that birdy must be feeling. And they really are a lot like little needy kids. My mom had to have our blue crowned out with her constantly for him to be happy. And when he got up in the years he started to get a little neurotic and seemed to require even MORE attention. I think he needed a change of habit or something, I'm not really sure. But we had to give him to a new home because he was way too needy and stressing everyone out. x.x
Let us know how it goes! Maybe it'll take a few obvious "hints" to get the message across to her.
Thanks :C And yeah, this one seemed to react pretty positively after the initial "Go away, I hate everything" nipping when I very first walked up. I actually had a cockatiel rescue too growing up, and for years it too was pretty stressed and unfriendly. It actually came around though, and towards the end of its life was pretty happy, stopped showing signs of stress, etc. It could just be that cockatiels take longer to readjust, I'm not sure. And it certainly could be the case with this little conure. I was encouraged by the way it reacted to me though, and I really really hope the roommate will give it up or take money for it.
Sean's sister was like "Wow, it's actually letting you pet it. Maybe she'd give it up, she thinks it's just mean." and I'm like ://// Well has she ever TRIED to pet it? Can't begrudge the thing a few nips after the way it's been treated but it cut that out instantly once it realized I was only going to be nice to it.
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Just, ugh.. I can't stand people like that. ; A; It makes me wonder if they even feel bad at all for seeing their pet in such a messy cage or feeling bad.
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I'm glad you agree that it needs to get out of that house :S Even if it's not with me, the poor thing needs a home where someone will actually pay attention to it and clean its cage. I honestly think this girl is disinterested enough that she probably would say "What are you talking about?" if I asked her why she neglects her bird, why it's so stressed out, or why its cage is filthy. :C Still gonna try though.
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Let us know how it goes! Maybe it'll take a few obvious "hints" to get the message across to her.
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Sean's sister was like "Wow, it's actually letting you pet it. Maybe she'd give it up, she thinks it's just mean." and I'm like ://// Well has she ever TRIED to pet it? Can't begrudge the thing a few nips after the way it's been treated but it cut that out instantly once it realized I was only going to be nice to it.
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