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.
> Debbie

The oldest bird I ever had was a 14 year-old parakeet and I'm not really
sure how old he was when I got him.  He was a foundling who got lost outside
somehow.  I fondly remember cuddling Buddie to my breast to warm and calm
him (he was scared to death from his adventure in the great OUTDOORS) before
putting him in a large cage with a couple of other parakeets.  He quickly
became king of that roost; he was a tail-puller (BUDDIE, NO!)

Buddie was the best little 'keet ever - open the cage door and he would fly
to my shoulder, nibble gently on my earrings, necklace or my hair; climb on
my head and preen me.  He was a great little pal.  I was 14 when I found him
and 28 when he died.

I have to keep reminding myself my lovebird, Peaches, is still a 'baby' at
1-1/2 years of age.

Jill




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