His Brother Is Neglecting His Exotic Pet Parrot Worth Around $5,000
Six months ago, this 19-year-old man’s 27-year-old brother was gifted an exotic pet parrot. The parrot is a Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot, and he’s 40-years-old.
These parrots are worth around $5,000, but his brother got the bird for free from a friend who simply didn’t have the time to devote to such an interesting pet.
He says these parrots are incredibly high maintenance, require a minimum of two hours of attention daily, and need to be outside of their cage.
Throughout the initial two months that his brother had the parrot, he would interact with him for around half an hour a day.
“The parrot wouldn’t be loud and would stay quiet in his big cage, which has a stand next to it, waiting for my brother,” he explained.
“Over time, [my brother] went from spending a little time with him to no time with the parrot, which made the parrot bond with me since I usually would sit in the room he is in.”
“At the beginning, I really enjoyed the bird, don’t get me wrong, and I still do to some degree. I started spending time with him, and I would make time for him because I genuinely felt bad for the bird.”
However, the parrot became incredibly attached to him, to the point where if he enters or exits the room, the parrot will yell for him in order to get attention.
He says no matter how much time he spends with the parrot, it is just not enough for the bird’s liking.
MD Media – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual parrot
He dedicates as much time as he can to the bird, but he goes to college full-time, works a part-time job, and runs a business online.
As for his older brother, he works 40 hours a week and comes home around 5 or 6 at night. But his brother will just head out to spend all of his time with his girlfriend or friends and ignore his parrot.
He finally confronted his brother and told him to give the bird attention or send it back to his friend, who gifted him the parrot. He’s tried to have several conversations with his brother, who brushes him off and says the bird is better off at their house since his friend never let him out of his cage.
Then, he went to their mom, who maintained that they should keep the parrot in their home since it wouldn’t be nice to move him along to someone new, considering how attached he is.
Their mom is fully aware that their brother neglects the parrot, yet makes excuses for him. This summer, his brother is moving out of their home, which means he will be really stuck with the parrot for good.
He also has a little pet bird he’s responsible for, and this bird started out as his brother’s but became his after his brother failed to properly care for that bird.
“I just can’t take it anymore. I don’t want to be stuck with the parrot for the rest of my life,” he said.
“The parrot ruins my morning and my day, and I can’t get anything done, and no one else gives the parrot attention besides me.”
“I genuinely feel so bad for the parrot, and I feel like he’s being neglected in our house and isn’t getting the proper care. I’m only 19-years-old; I don’t want to deal with this big of a responsibility.”
What advice do you have for him?
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