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My mother has a caique. He likes to play "jokes" that are really only funny to him. These include biting the web between your fingers hard enough that it hurt
by logfromblammo 9y ago
My mother has a caique. He likes to play "jokes" that are really only funny to him. These include biting the web between your fingers hard enough that it hurts, but not hard enough to make you bleed; and pooping hard at an angle, so that it clears the newspapers and metal barrier and hits the floor. Then he laughs.
He basically gets an unending series of toys specifically designed to be destroyed by parrots, and they get swapped out whenever they deteriorate enough to be dangerous.
In contrast, I have a terrapin, who still hasn't finished chewing through her first cuttlebone, and who couldn't care less if you left her alone with her ceramic heater for weeks on end. The worst thing she does is to poop in her walk-in water dish.
Imagine having a roommate that's perfectly quiet, keeps all their stuff tidy, and is generally almost unnoticeable every day for 80 years, except they sometimes poop in the sink or vanish for weeks on end during the winter because they're sleeping in their own refrigerator. Oh, and they don't pay rent. Now imagine having a roommate that does stuff like grab the sandwich out of your hand as you are eating it, take a big bite as you watch, and throw the rest on the floor. And they don't pay rent. Seems like an easy choice, right? But you're never going to tell any fun stories about the first roommate.
- ams6110 9y ago> Imagine having a roommate that's perfectly quiet, keeps all their stuff tidy, and is generally almost unnoticeable every day for 80 years What's the point of a pet like that? I really don't understand keeping fish, reptiles, or rodents. Pets are a major hassle, though for some the companionship is worth it. But fish and lizards don't really provide companionship.
- logfromblammo 9y agoVarious combinations of allergies among members of my household preclude dogs, cats, and mammalian exotics. The choice is therefore reptile, bird, or no pets at all. A terrapin isn't any worse than a cat, really. They'll interact with you when they feel like it, and do their own thing when they don't. But they won't go around destroying things when they get bored. It's not a dog, but it won't be killing anyone with dander, either--salmonellosis, maybe, but not allergens. Fish are mostly just decoration. If you're going to have an aquarium anyway, you might as well put an aquatic reptile in it. They'll at least acknowledge your existence as foodgiver.
- lbotos 9y agoFish tanks can have a calming effect: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/07/30/feeling-stressed-try-an-aquarium/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.65a9f240815f https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/0...