On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:00:56 -0500, dkrug  wrote:

> It seems that almost every time a new person asks about
getting a parrot 
> they get replies about mess, noise, expenses and that
parrots are a long 
> time commitment. So how old are everyones' birds? My U2 is going on 
> 17yrs and my Cag will be 7 yrs this year. What is the
oldest bird you 
> know? I met an amazon who had lived with the same people
for 35 yrs. 
> They did not know how old it was when they got it.

Last time I was at the avian vet's office, I was introduced to an
amazon that was something like 42 years old.

In comparison, my cockatoo is a mere child at six years.

Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada


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