RE: Hello everone I am new to the group

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We have a lot, too! We are in cat rescue. I like birds, too. is in love with the Chinchilla at Pet Smart but we have 9 animals right now! I don't think that adding another one is a good idea at this point.

My grandmother used to have parakeets when I was a little girl and I really liked them. likes the big parrots but I really feel funny taking in an animal that will most likely out live us.

But we are putting an addition on our house so you never know what we might add!

Deb

In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:34:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs@... writes:

Hi.

Don't count out a bird. We take in animals others don't want. We have a couple of Green Cheeked Conures - got them separately out of them not being able to breed for their owners. They were constantly in a cage and very afraid...mean.

We immediately let their cage door stay open. We do this for all of our birds (6). They now live outside of their cage. They stay basically on the branches we put on top and will hop from their cage to the other ones. My point is,,,,,,,,my son (actually all of the kids) really love taking the time to just try to get them to take a seed from them. Watching them take their baths (we put bowls on top of their cages), eat their fruit,,,,,even pull their plates of fruit and water bowls OFF the cages with their beaks!!!!

It's crazy here with all the animals......but it's been the best thing for my kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say,,,,,,,any animal is good. Even if it's just watching them.

(We have a fish tank, too, and have gotten those little frogs that live in water all the time. This was an amazing thing for them, too.......to just watch them.)

Robin Suarez <christinesuarez43 > wrote:

Hi , I would love to have a parrot or a cockatoo but I realize they'd out live me and also, with the attention the pugs demand, I wouldn't be able to give the bird the nurturing he'd need. Maybe someday...

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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Hi , I would love to have a parrot or a cockatoo but I realize they'd out live me and also, with the attention the pugs demand, I wouldn't be able to give the bird the nurturing he'd need. Maybe someday...

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in

all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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I don't confide in my friends either for the most part. My oldest friend I've known since high school but she's not an empathetic person and she totally does not get it about my kids. Whenever I say anything I get the critical sounding "hmmmmm" from her that irritates me to no end. I do have sympathetic friends but none with the same issues.

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in

all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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Tristan loves dragons too although it goes hand in hand with the whole fantasy literature stuff he loves. I loves these kind of things too when I was a kid. Actually, I still do.

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone.. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in

all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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Hi

You can make provisions in your will for your pet bird because they can live a very long time.

A nice bird to start with is a Quaker, unless they are banned in your state. I have a Cockatiel and a Love bird ( rescued ) and a Quaker. My Quaker is still very young, not a year yet but he is just a wonderful pet.

Green cheeked Conures are lovely too. The most important thing for anyone buying a pet bird is to go to a breeder who hand feeds them and abundance weans them.

A Cockatoo needs an experienced pet bird owner in my humble opinion :-) but there are the smaller parrots , many more than I just mentioned , lots to choose from and you would still have plenty of time for your puglets :-)

A funny Cockatoo story, true story...Magic belongs to a friend of mine who also has pet dogs......Magic will get my friend's Standard Poodle barking ( my friend didn't realize this at first ) and so my friend would go and get her Poodle and take him to his crate and then one day as she was taking Poet to his crate, she heard Magic the Too , laughing and saying " TO YOUR CRATE, TO YOUR CRATE" !!!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL

Pet Birds can be such great fun !!!!!

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From: christinesuarez43@...Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:33:12 -0800Subject: Re: ( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

Hi , I would love to have a parrot or a cockatoo but I realize they'd out live me and also, with the attention the pugs demand, I wouldn't be able to give the bird the nurturing he'd need. Maybe someday...

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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Deb, you should see us play Harry Potter Scene It.. It can get ugly.

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone.. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in

all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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I know! LOL!! But I believe I am at my limit right now. Unless something happens to the bunnies (God forbid!). They are only 3 and 2. So we should have them for quite a while. Then I would let try a Chinchilla as the next small pet. But by that time, she may be in college (hopefully!).

Deb

In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:59:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs@... writes:

Hee hee. My kids love the chinchilla's too!!! THey really want a couple of ferrets. I'm the only one saying no right now. Ick.

Part of me wants to not get any more,,,,,,,and then the other part of me knows better. Ha.debmetsfanaol wrote:

We have a lot, too! We are in cat rescue. I like birds, too. is in love with the Chinchilla at Pet Smart but we have 9 animals right now! I don't think that adding another one is a good idea at this point.

My grandmother used to have parakeets when I was a little girl and I really liked them. likes the big parrots but I really feel funny taking in an animal that will most likely out live us.

But we are putting an addition on our house so you never know what we might add!

Deb

In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:34:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs writes:

Hi.

Don't count out a bird. We take in animals others don't want. We have a couple of Green Cheeked Conures - got them separately out of them not being able to breed for their owners. They were constantly in a cage and very afraid...mean.

We immediately let their cage door stay open. We do this for all of our birds (6). They now live outside of their cage. They stay basically on the branches we put on top and will hop from their cage to the other ones. My point is,,,,,,,,my son (actually all of the kids) really love taking the time to just try to get them to take a seed from them. Watching them take their baths (we put bowls on top of their cages), eat their fruit,,,,,even pull their plates of fruit and water bowls OFF the cages with their beaks!!!!

It's crazy here with all the animals......but it's been the best thing for my kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say,,,,,,,any animal is good. Even if it's just watching them.

(We have a fish tank, too, and have gotten those little frogs that live in water all the time. This was an amazing thing for them, too.......to just watch them.)

Robin Suarez <christinesuarez43 > wrote:

Hi , I would love to have a parrot or a cockatoo but I realize they'd out live me and also, with the attention the pugs demand, I wouldn't be able to give the bird the nurturing he'd need. Maybe someday...

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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Hee hee. My kids love the chinchilla's too!!! THey really want a couple of ferrets. I'm the only one saying no right now. Ick. Part of me wants to not get any more,,,,,,,and then the other part of me knows better. Ha.debmetsfan@... wrote: We have a lot, too! We are in cat rescue. I like birds, too. is in love with the Chinchilla at Pet Smart but we have 9 animals right now! I don't think that adding

another one is a good idea at this point. My grandmother used to have parakeets when I was a little girl and I really liked them. likes the big parrots but I really feel funny taking in an animal that will most likely out live us. But we are putting an addition on our house so you never know what we might add! Deb In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:34:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs writes: Hi. Don't count out a bird. We take in animals others don't want. We have a couple of Green Cheeked Conures - got them separately out of them not being able to breed for

their owners. They were constantly in a cage and very afraid...mean. We immediately let their cage door stay open. We do this for all of our birds (6). They now live outside of their cage. They stay basically on the branches we put on top and will hop from their cage to the other ones. My point is,,,,,,,,my son (actually all of the kids) really love taking the time to just try to get them to take a seed from them. Watching them take their baths (we put bowls on top of their cages), eat their fruit,,,,,even pull their plates of fruit and water bowls OFF the cages with their beaks!!!! It's crazy here with all the animals......but it's been the best thing for my kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say,,,,,,,any animal is good. Even if it's just watching them. (We have a fish tank, too, and have gotten those little frogs that live in water all the time. This was an amazing thing for

them, too.......to just watch them.) Robin Suarez <christinesuarez43 > wrote: Hi , I would love to have a parrot or a cockatoo but I realize they'd out live me and also, with the attention the pugs demand, I wouldn't be able to give the bird the nurturing he'd need. Maybe someday... ( ) Hello everone I am new to the group • I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He

is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do. Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. HO HO HO, if you've been naughty this year, email Santa! Visit asksanta.ca to learn more! Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now.. Discover a magical Christmas destination. Visit asksanta.ca today! Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Discover a magical Christmas destination. Visit asksanta.ca today! Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Debbie SalernoMaine Coon RescueBoard MemberDNA ManagerEastern Regional DirectorVice Presidentwww.mainecoonrescue.net See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter.

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That sounds great! We've had guinea pigs, before the rabbits. And we had fancy goldfish for quite a while.

I love all of them, too!

Deb

In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:49:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs@... writes:

More power to ya, with getting a big parrot!!!!If we had the room, I'd keep taking them in. We've got hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits, lizards, crabs (my hubby likes to admit that we "have crabs", fish, turtle, cat, dog, and birds..............

We didnt' go out and get any except the fish, crabs and lizard. Hee hee.

I love them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!debmetsfanaol wrote:

We have a lot, too! We are in cat rescue. I like birds, too. is in love with the Chinchilla at Pet Smart but we have 9 animals right now! I don't think that adding another one is a good idea at this point.

My grandmother used to have parakeets when I was a little girl and I really liked them. likes the big parrots but I really feel funny taking in an animal that will most likely out live us.

But we are putting an addition on our house so you never know what we might add!

Deb

In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:34:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs writes:

Hi.

Don't count out a bird. We take in animals others don't want. We have a couple of Green Cheeked Conures - got them separately out of them not being able to breed for their owners. They were constantly in a cage and very afraid...mean.

We immediately let their cage door stay open. We do this for all of our birds (6). They now live outside of their cage. They stay basically on the branches we put on top and will hop from their cage to the other ones. My point is,,,,,,,,my son (actually all of the kids) really love taking the time to just try to get them to take a seed from them. Watching them take their baths (we put bowls on top of their cages), eat their fruit,,,,,even pull their plates of fruit and water bowls OFF the cages with their beaks!!!!

It's crazy here with all the animals......but it's been the best thing for my kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say,,,,,,,any animal is good. Even if it's just watching them.

(We have a fish tank, too, and have gotten those little frogs that live in water all the time. This was an amazing thing for them, too.......to just watch them.)

Robin Suarez <christinesuarez43 > wrote:

Hi , I would love to have a parrot or a cockatoo but I realize they'd out live me and also, with the attention the pugs demand, I wouldn't be able to give the bird the nurturing he'd need. Maybe someday...

( ) Hello everone I am new to the group

• I just wanted to start by saying this is great. My son was just diagnosed with Aspergers/NLD (non verbal learning disability). He is 12 years old and I have been fighting to find a reason for the way my son was. Everyone said kids are quirky and that he would grow out of it, but he has never had a friend and I couldn't see him hurt anymore so we finally went outside of the pediatrician and got a diagnoses why he is the way he is which I find great. He is a loving and very smart kid but when he turns 18 will he still want his mom to be his only friend. Well he is a great kid and sometimes talks to much (which I thought was normal) until he wouldn't stop even when people would walk away. He wouldn't even notice that they had gone. He has a very large vocabulary and loves comic books and drawing he is smaller then most kids his age and he doesn't have the muscle mass most kids should have. All in all I was hoping to maybe find some people that go through the same things as we do.

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