I though people wanted their pets to live as long them?
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months agoThere’s a better reason not to do that. They can live over 70 years.
yamanii@lemmy.world 8 months ago
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Within reason. Long lived animals can get the same sort of neurological diseases that humans do, but without the advantage of language and healthcare.
It’s bad enough when Nana goes senile, but it’s even worse when all she can do is screech, claw, and bite at you, and there are no teams of professionals to help. That’s life with an elderly parrot.
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 8 months ago
Shit, my family won’t able to tell the difference regarding my grandmother’s old bird, fucker was born mean
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
You might be too if your wings were confined to a cage. It’s the ball and chain of the avian world.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That is a pet that has a good chance of outliving you. If you have to will your pet to someone else, you probably shouldn’t get that pet. The same reason why I told my 80-year-old mother not to get a dog. She didn’t listen to me. At least she didn’t will the dog to me.
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Depends on the bird type. Budgies live for about 7-15 years, for example.