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Alika
Thank you for at least being civil to me. My son's lizards are bearded dragons.
My biggest issue with the money is, (number one money does not equate love and devotion and attention). How do you know people arent out there buying a bird from a private owner for $500 or $600 and then turning around and selling it for $1000 or more? Not to mention that the vet we have is wonderful (Dr. Giddings in CT, one of the top Avian Vets around) and if we can not afford a vet bill all at once he allows us to make payments until we can.
My husband is more concerned about the money than I am. Not for vet bills because he is a big softy and cant stand to see an animal suffer, but does not feel that if you have to finance an animal just to buy it you should have it. He misses Jojo as well and to be honest, even though I am the one that hand-fed and weaned Jojo, he seemed to be alot closer to my husband. He seemed to prefer men, but that never turned me off from him nor did it prevent me from spoiling him. It was just his nature and my husband loved it. I can wait the 12 months or whatever it takes to save up enough money from my checks for caring for the little girl to make enough to buy a parrot from a pet store or a breeder, but my husband would probably feel the same way. However, once we owned the bird, he would never, ever argue a vet bill. He is just scared about money because 18 years ago he was layed off for 6 months and it really made him insecure so he is really picky about what he will spend money on. I know I probably am not making my case any better but in my husbands eyes there is a difference between the cost of buying an animal and paying for its care and vet bills. I dont understand it, but that is how he is, again, going back to when he was laid off. I have known him since the 6th grade and he is one of the most loving people I know and loves his children (even his animal ones) dearly.
I understand where you are all coming from but please do not think that just because I cant afford $1500 (and I dont think I ever said free in my ad) does not mean that I can not care for and love, and protect, a bird. Yes, the ferrets are natural predators which is why they have their own room, and are only allowed out of their cage when I can supervise them (which is most of the day unless I have to run errands, and when I go to bed). They are still in their ferret room (which was actually my dining room until I got carried away with spoiling them) when they are not in their cage, unless we take them out and chase them around our living room for awhile to give them more exercise (again totally supervised). I would not just do this for the Parrots sake but because ferrets get into so much trouble that I do this to protect them from getting into anything that could hurt them that I may have not forseen (like when one of them managed to get underneath and behind my dishwasher). God, you should have seen me tearing that thing apart to get her out and she walked right out on her own through the same hole she climbed in and seemed to laugh at me.
I apologize if I offended any of you, but if you did a search under my name and you actually read any of those posts that I made you would see that I am not making any of this up, nor am I making up the amount of love and devotion I have for my animal children.
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