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Sara_B77
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Dec 10, 2011, 10:26 AM
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Something has been seriously bothering my lately. I was reading an article about birds when I suddenly remember something from a few months ago. I was having a conversation with my sister's friend when she started talking about her pet birds. She said she lets all of her birds out of their cages, except for one because it's too aggressive.

This is obviously concerning, but I don't know how to talk to her about this. Is this animal cruelty? I would suggest taking it to a sanctuary, but I doubt she would do that. But then she would probably never let it fly around the house.

I've never been to her house before, (I don't even know where she lives exactly) so I've never seen the bird, she only comes to my house every now and then to visit my sister.

I have an idea about how to start the conversation, she probably doesn't remember when we talked before so I'll just asked her if she has any pets, but I'm really not sure what to suggest she do about it. If she doesn't listen, then what?

Sorry if it sounds like I'm rambling, I'm just really worried about this. (In case you're wondering, I was kind of clueless when we had the conversation, so I didn't really give it a second thought, she probably is kind of clueless about how it affects the bird, too.)

tempest
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Dec 10, 2011, 3:44 PM
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Too aggressive with people, or too aggressive with the other birds?

I think approach it with open-minded curiosity. You don't know the details, and right now you need the details.

Once you have the details, you'll have a better idea of the entire situation as well as maybe some ideas that could help. But you have to approach it as brainstorming, not as "you are being cruel, here's what you need to do."

As far as how to start the conversation, just tell her exactly what you told us, that you read an article and it reminded you of that conversation about her aggressive bird.

ursa minor
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Dec 11, 2011, 12:20 AM
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If you can find out what kind of bird it is, you could visit forums for that breed and see what people have to say who already have that kind of bird. Maybe this is a known issue with that species, and maybe you could get some pointers to suggest to your friend to try.

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