foothills

animals.

taking care of animals is not my forte. while my cat is a simple instance of life which is relatively self regulating and with mostly independant survival skills, domesticated parrots are like pieces of software that are complicated but require another program to initiate. like kids. kids need a bigger human to function or they get dumb. parrots are the same way but way more difficult to manage because they dont ever speak anthro-language. its a mimicry at best and the associative strength while good (a three year old at best i believe) is not easy to implement. it takes constant interaction and attention and frankly its more than i can muster. so the bottom line is this. if youre thinking about a parrot, but you are not sure you can handle it, just have a kid instead. they are easier to maintain, for a brief three years you can teach them to pretend like they are a parrot, and eventually they will clean up their own shit and they will mow your lawn for you. not to mention fix your computers and party like crusty washed up british loser rock stars. im not sure why people have pets. im not really sure why i have a cat. sometimes im pretty sure its cruel to keep my cat pent up. other times i think well shes not too smart. she would chase a car if it looked like a roach. am i saving my cat? thats pretty deep. no i wasnt thinking deep. i think it is fondness for cute examples of things. even when animals do stupid shit it is eventually cute. i guess thats it. so i suppose your final option instead of birds or a cat is to get a low profile lcd television and have your favorite nature show or any of those david attenborough documentaries looping infinitely. no bird shit, no fleas, no cat hair, no nothing. and best of all if you connect a computer you could have a virtual pet! that you could turn off when it gets annoying! ah the fate of animals.