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| 710.1 | My opinion | GERBIL::MAGEE | | Fri Jul 17 1992 19:25 | 42 |
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Well I think I have two primary thoughts here.
1- We should be careful not to make judgements
about why the bird is going. Obviously there
could be other factors involved eg: medical
reasons, bad advice, worries about time
constraints, needing more room... the list
could go on and on.
I know that I'll probably take a lot of flack
on this but I do believe that people come
before animals. I love all of my pets but if
I had to make a decision between making my
family life better or more difficult based upon
birds my family would win! A new baby is the
ultimate pet. It is priority- it does change
your life.
I'm sure anyone who has made a difficult decision
about giving up a bird has not done so without
careful consideration.
2- I think that birds,(& pets in general), are great
things for kids to grow up with. They help to teach
kids about love, responsibility, gentleness and
most importantly about life and death!
You could talk to a kid all day about the above
things but they need to experience them. I would
rather have my kids experience the death of a bird
that they loved- and go through those emotions-
before they have to deal with grandma or papas' death.
It also tends to make discussions about the
Birds & the Bees easier!
I could go on and on but I think you get the point.
Providencial Blessings-Chet
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| 710.2 | Divorce | ROYALT::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Mon Jul 20 1992 12:12 | 20 |
| I agree that in general a new baby coming should not necessitate
getting rid of birds, but there are some good reasons.
Birds Bites and is uncontrollable
Small apartment
realizing time is at a premium, divided between bird and baby.
tight budget
Stress between partners(husband/wife/so) over bird
others......
It is better to realize in a advance that the bird should be put up for
adoption rather than to find out after the fact(baby born). If the
owner waits until after, the bird may already be traumatized before
going to a new home, by neglect or verbal abuse. It is also hard for
another person to judge without being the actual owner as some ot us
have Cuddly demanding birds and others have birds that are not attached
to any one person and don't care who gives them food and water.
Nobodies perfect, just look at the number of divorces and human
children that are adopted, or go from foster home to foster home.
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| 710.3 | Can't always be helped | LACV01::BUCHANAN | Read my lips - No More New Term! | Mon Jul 20 1992 14:51 | 7 |
| Sometimes circumstances conspire against you. In my own case, my
obstetrian requested that I have someone else care for my birds while I
was pregnant. Fortunately, I was able to find someone who would 'bird
sit' for the number of months required and that the birds were
comfortable with; otherwise I would have been forced to get rid of them.
BJ
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| 710.4 | bird helps with baby | WELCLU::KINGI | Ian King | Wed Oct 07 1992 10:59 | 6 |
| We have had a budgie for well over a year, and have also just had a
baby about 3.5 months ago. We never even considered getting rid of the
bird, and he has become very useful when our little boy is having a bad
crying spell because the budgie has this calming and hypnotic effect on
him helping us to settle him down. They are both young and inquisitive
and will study each other for long periods.
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| 710.5 | Thanks | CSOA1::DIRRMAN | | Wed Oct 07 1992 17:38 | 2 |
| Thanks for the input! But now that I think of it - the bird would have
a calming effect. Great!
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