CR> I have parrots, boy! do I have parrots!  Roll call!  There is Baby the 
CR> Goffin's Cockatoo, Jack the Orange-Winged Amazon, The Parakeets Sweetie,
CR> BlueSky (Blue-Blue for short), Rover, Little John, and Demetry, The 
Cockati
CR> George, Connie, Lucky, Mr. Spradles, Mic, and finnaly Tony.
Guess I asked a loaded question, didn't I?    Sounds almost like us with 
our pet rats, although we don't have nearly as many as what we had at one 
time.  We only had 5 at one time, until one of our males got hold of the only 
2 females that we had.  Need I say any more?  We did make a couple of trips 
o
the pet store and now we're down to 8. One of them is dying from old age, 
though.  But back to the subject at hand.
CR> Your choice of parrot is really up to you.  I don't think any one is 
better
CR> than another and it depends on the owners personal taste.  Mine is "Its a
CR> parrot?  I'll take it!"  I do have a favorite thoogh, I want a Hyacinth 
CR> Macaw.
A Hyacinth Macaw, is that the solid blue one or the red one?  If it's the 
blue one, I agree with you.  It is a beautiful bird.  I've also heard that 
parrots have a rather long lifespan.  I don't know who I'd get to take the 
bird after I died.  I suppose they do get rather attached to their owners.
CR> Go to the library to seek the knowledge.  Learn first so you have as 
little
CR> mishaps as possible, (I've been down that street!).  I have a few tips:
I will take your advice and check out what the library has.  I think the best 
thing right now would be for us to wait until our rats have all passed on 
before we try to get a bird...:)
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