JP> Messy and quite the handful. However, if you get a cage with an apron on 
it
JP> and teach them to mind they are wonderful pets. They do tend to destroy 
thi
JP> just for the sport of it. :( Both are quite the escape artists once they
JP> figured out the latches on the cages. Now we have locks on all doors. We 
ha
I kinda figured out the messy part..:)  We had a conure for a while when we 
were first married, and she was rather messy at times. Feathers and seeds all 
over the floor..:)  And talk about noisy!  I thought to myself that if all of 
them are that loud, I'd rather not have one.  Looking back now, I can see 
hat
we probably didn't spend quite enough time with her, as both of us were 
working at the time, and both of our kids were in school all day, so she was 
basically by herself for most of the day.  We finally found another home for 
her with some acquaintances who had a male conure.  From what we heard a 
hort
time later, she had settled down quite a bit.  That was about 5 years ago, 
though.
JP> had macaws for about three years now, started out with a mean green wing 
(w
JP> is now in Florida as a stud) and went on to a blue and gold (ding bat in
JP> nature), sulfer crested cocatoo (too noisy) to a military (clean bird). 
The
JP> blue and gold and military get along quite well though they spend most of 
t
JP> day telling each other "whats up" and "shut up"   
Is the blue and gold still a ding bat?  Sounds like some of the pets we used 
to have, only they weren't birds...:)  A couple of them were rats and another 
one was a dog.  The two birds talking to each other sound a lot like the 
conure that I was telling you about.  She used to squawk and say some of the 
awfullest things just at the wrong time...:)  But then, isn't that just like 

bird, or a kid for that matter.  Always saying the wrong thing at the wrong 
time...:)
Teresa
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