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02-13-2007, 09:17 AM

I would definitely do it again. I wish I had waited on Dakota until I was a little older and knew more about bird care. Because I'm only 20 and in college and I treat Ollie like my human child, people are constantly asking me if I wish I had waited a few years so that I could really "enjoy the college experience." I have no regrets whatsoever- Ollie is the love of my life!

02-13-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cfulhage

I would definitely do it again. I wish I had waited on Dakota until I was a little older and knew more about bird care. Because I'm only 20 and in college and I treat Ollie like my human child, people are constantly asking me if I wish I had waited a few years so that I could really "enjoy the college experience." I have no regrets whatsoever- Ollie is the love of my life!

Yeah I get that too...constantly asking, because of my age, if I have ever regretted them. You know how so many of us 'younger folk' are wanting children? Well I don't have that...I already got two noisey messy creaturesin my home

Dani

02-13-2007, 11:53 AM

I would absolutely do it again in a heartbeat! The only thing I would do differently would be to learn more about them before I got into them but I would still get them. They cheer me up when I am down. I need that.

02-13-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ~J~

I definitely would do it again but maybe not have soooo many flock members - if I could start over.

How do you stop the so many? I started with 1 budgie. How did it happen? I think it is a fever that just bites and then you plan more aviaries and cages and how you plan to pay for them.

02-13-2007, 04:30 PM

I would do it all over again, and there is not much at all that I would do differently.

02-13-2007, 04:38 PM

I've had birds since the age of 8. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
There are some lessons I wished I did not learn, but thats life I guess.
Having birds, and growing up with them, made me who I am today.

02-13-2007, 08:12 PM

I would definitely do it over again. I would do a few things differently, but wouldn't change bringing in any of the birds that have come through our home.

02-14-2007, 06:07 AM

No doubt about it! I wouldn't change a thing. My birds are like children to me, they give me a reason to get up in the morning and make me smile when I'm down. It's next to impossible to be around these clowns and not laugh and smile.

02-14-2007, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ~J~

I have met (in person and in cyberspace) some cool people whom I would never have met otherwise if it wasn't for my involvement in the hobby. These people have enriched my life in many different ways. All in all bird keeping has been a plus for me.

I share your sentiments because of Ro I have had an opportunity to meet a special group of people...those who let birds touch their hearts seem to have a heavenly magic about them.

I would do it over the same way....Ro needed a home and she has brought me continuous blessings.

02-14-2007, 05:24 PM

I totally agree. I would definitely do it over again. Like Joel I wish I had stopped with fewer than I have. The problem is the ones that we added needed a good home and we have soft spots in our hearts for the older (not babies any more) birdies.

I wish I had known a little more before I started but I have learned so much from them.....

They are like my children to me. They know when I am down, and cheer me up. They share my excitement, sometimes just a little louder than I want but what the hey

All in all we have a good life together.