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All of our birds bonded with the ladies of the house... Not sure why, but thought I'd mention it since you seem to be outnumbered, bro
They are beautiful.
A chicken.
When your daughter becomes bored with it, it has other uses.
If you really loved her you'd move to a house in the country...But we don't have a backyard.
Whatever you end up deciding, please do the due diligence. Bird training is nothing like dog or cat training. Negative reinforcement doesn't work at all, so scolding birds will just reinforce bad behavior.
They also aren't seen by most normal vets so you'll need to make sure you know where to get proper care.
Parrots are loud. They just are. No amount of training will change it. Listen to videos of parrots screaming, because you'll have that. Even cockatiels and budgies can be extraordinarily loud. So be prepared for that.
If you're looking for something a little different consider doves. They're not as smart as parrots but also won't get into as much trouble and rarely bite (and couldn't hurt you even if they did), are easy to train since they're food motivated and less stubborn, and get along with more people better on average than parrots, who tend to only like a couple people.
You can even adopt pigeons, who are the only truly domesticated perching bird, and have been loving pets since the middle ages.
You can even train them to send messages much like Hedwig.
At least we don't live in Australia where you could wake up to a flock of gala cockatoos *and* a flock of kookuberra.Yeah, we actually have wild parrots here in So Cal. They are very loud, especially in flocks.
Whatever you end up deciding, please do the due diligence. Bird training is nothing like dog or cat training. Negative reinforcement doesn't work at all, so scolding birds will just reinforce bad behavior.
They also aren't seen by most normal vets so you'll need to make sure you know where to get proper care.
Parrots are loud. They just are. No amount of training will change it. Listen to videos of parrots screaming, because you'll have that. Even cockatiels and budgies can be extraordinarily loud. So be prepared for that.
If you're looking for something a little different consider doves. They're not as smart as parrots but also won't get into as much trouble and rarely bite (and couldn't hurt you even if they did), are easy to train since they're food motivated and less stubborn, and get along with more people better on average than parrots, who tend to only like a couple people.
You can even adopt pigeons, who are the only truly domesticated perching bird, and have been loving pets since the middle ages.
You can even train them to send messages much like Hedwig.
My friend has a sun conure who is...Total thumbs up on the training. You have to use +R training, but you'll be in good company, dolphin trainers also use +R.
As for noise, that's another reason we got a parrotlet. He is occasionally noisy, but it's rare, and when he is, he's too small to create the same volume a full sized parrot can.
I've heard good things about conures, but it's all second hand.
(BTW, we also train our horses using our own special blend of +R and motivation theory, no bits or whips for us.)
My friend has a sun conure who is...
Well, if he's out he will try and attack your face and draw blood.