1<br > WHY DO YOU WANT A PARROT?<br >Parrots have a special appeal: they are popular creatures Whose personalities<br >endear them to the human race. For this reason they may be the subject of impulse<br >buying - impulses which can have unfortunate consequences for the bird whose<br >new owner is not fully prepared for the responsibility of Ownership.<br >gOULD YOU MAKE A SUITABLE OWNER?<br >iefore buying a Parrot， Macaw， Cockatoo， Cockatiel， a pair of Lovebirds or<br >arrakeets， or even an inexpensive Budger gar consider the following points:<br > Is ) our interest in new projects short-I ved~ If a pet parrot or a pair of parrots in<br > aviary is like/} t(i be a source of wonder for a brief period and then neglected，<br >ok elsewtlere for ，our next diversion. Members of the parrot family are sensitive<br >eatures， responsible to tbeir keeper ; the}， do not appreciate changing hands like<br >much merchandise，<br >Can you make satisfactory arrangements for the care of your bird/birds when<br >u are away from home? Remember that a parrot is not in the class of pets which<br >i be left in an enlpty house and administered to by Someone who appears daily<br >5 minutes. Pa "rots iced constant companionship， either of their own<br > ~ kind or of<br >nan beings Neither can those in aviaries be left unattended for long periods，<br > reason being that these days they are highly vulnerable to theft.<br >Will the noisy shrieks which most parrots emit disturb neighbours or even<br >nbers of your OWn household?<br >San you ， . .<br > pro~ Jde suitable accommodation for members of the parrot family)<br >tries and cages are expensive to b " -<br >t of the house? This " ，l~，-._ ~. ulld or obtain. Can you ocate aviaries<br > Is ~lraole b ~ - "- within<br > o. o~，~urlty reasons.<br > ~ ~a~b r~cbetdl edmg ，purposes， do you have the necessary<br > rger parrots plus th-~ ~ xpenslve species? The cost of even "<br >. It Is therefore foolish， .C Suostant，ally built aviary needed to ~)~ne Pa!r<br >Unter~l ~ .，， to oegm with ~，，~h r. _.， ~ . -vuse them， is<br >，.， . ~ m managing and r. ~-，， uHtas. ~xperlence of the robl<br >u with in~- utceoln~ memh...， c ~ p eros<br >at "~"pensive and eas" - ~ .，.o~，~ o~ the parrot famil should<br > lels uy-nred birds s--，t- ~ - . ~ be<br > -~， as t~uogertgars， Lovebirds and<br >ame bird should not have to COmpete t~)r attention with other ta<br >heady hate~~.ne.tame.parrot do not buy another Man afro s me birds. If<br >nStrating thew lntel<br >se any ~，~ ~ gence and -~ - . ~ Y P t， are capable of<br > " "~unt:mi ---r- - ，，-cxpressngemotion n a way that would<br > --~ s，， Im them Not least of the emotions common to them<br > 9<br >