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Old 11-07-2008, 09:18 PM
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The better socialized your bird is throughout his/her life the easier the transition will be if anything should happen. Sometimes it's not just death, sometimes "life" gets in the way, and as much as we would like to swear that our birds have Forever Home, it's too often not realistic. In either case, your bird should have lots of opportunities to meet new and different kinds of people, see and stay in different places, experience different things... a well socialized bird will better be able to adapt when it comes time to make a change (voluntary or not). A major disruptive change for a bird who is not used to change, on the other hand, could make it difficult for him to cope. So do everything you can now to prepare your bird for anything that might come up in the future.
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