-=> Quoting Kathy Johnson to Pete Hopping <=-
 PH>the Keas in the show, of course...), etc...and then there's that
 PH>statistic that indicates most owners get rid of their parrots and
 PH>don't keep them. What was it? Five percent keep the bird? That has to be
 PH>based on owners not knowing what they were getting into when they bought
 PH>their parrot.  Of course, buying the parrot book with the bird is
 PH>buying the book too late...
 KJ> I hadn't heard that statistic before it was mentioned out here
 KJ> recently. I wonder where it came from? If it's true, it is surely
 KJ> because of owner ignorance. I can't imagine that 95% of the birds sold
 KJ> in the US are THAT bad that nobody wants them!
I thought I saw that statistic in here in a message that someone had
sent to me, but maybe I read it someplace else, I dunno...and I'm
agreeing with you that it's owner ignorance and not the bird.
Had I not started reading about parrots and talking to folks like
you, I wouldn't have known zip about parrots and some of their
normal behavior would have caused me to think that I had a problem
bird on my hands had I bought one without researching first.
 KJ> I like your last sentence, about the book and the bird. That's TOO
 KJ> true!
Heh...thanks.
... I am Peggy of Borg. Assimilate me, Al. NOW!  
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