I just bought a new companion bird... should I return him?

[Deja Q]

Poll question: I just bought a new companion bird... should I return him?

Got him last night, the most adoreable Quaker parrot ever.

But I woke up realizing that my job might be at risk. (Assuming I don't walk out, they are starting to take an aggressive stance... it's ADA-related, fortunately...)

That and how my legs keep going out on me, I may as well apply the money to my credit card debt, which I doubt I'll have even remotely paid off anyway.

[LaurenG]

1. Keep the bird

Things have away of working out. You never know what cool things could happen for you.:hi:

[Deja Q]

2. I hope so.

And he's a cool bird. And while it was more or less an impulse purchase, he costs less to maintain than a ferret and was just so eminently adoreable.

I will keep my chin up.

[Callalily]

3. Sometimes impulse buying

is the best. I take it as an intuitive type thing. My personal opinion is that you should keep your bird. He's going to bring joy into your life.

[chenGOD]

4. Depends...

is he pining for the fjords?

[Deja Q]

5. No, but he's screeching for something.

He's a funny little clown, unlike my Senegal named Zoe... still shy at times, he'll open up in time.

But I've had him only 18 hours. He hardly knows "the schedule" yet; and birds love a set schedule far more than Aspies do. :7

[LeftyMom]

6. Keep him

You need something positive in your life and will need that even more if your job situation heads south.

[Deja Q]

8. Even though I have a parrot already?

But his health is in question right now... and is more a shy bird than one who loves to clown around and be funny.

I love 'em both, however. (the new one is still adjusting to his new home, but he ate sunflower seeds from my fingers, so there's hope!)

[pitohui]

9. enjoy yr new bird

i wouldn't return him, quakers are super cheap to maintain & sounds like he's already bonding

i hope you were joking abt the ferret, never buy a ferret if you already own a bird, my friend's senegal or meyer's (forgetting which it was at the moment) was severely and expensively injured by someone's escaped ferret

[Pool Hall Ace]

7. Keep the bird.

He will be a great companion, no matter what happens. :hi:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. When times get tough you can always have parrot-pie.

*runes very quickly out the room*