3 cats & a new parrot...

Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden supervised
a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African Grey Parrot, a
young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe at
the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt it all
day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with stress I
heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look harmless
.

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Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden supervised
a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African Grey Parrot, a
young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe at
the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt it all
day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with stress I
heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look harmless
.

Er what?


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Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden supervised
a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African Grey Parrot, a
young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe at
the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt it all
day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with stress I
heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look harmless
.

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"Jim" wrote in message
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What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to
nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open
arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Don't you think that's a bit callous? It seems you're saying it
doesn't matter that the budgie is terrified of you cats or gets hurt
because he cost you peanuts. You'll still have to buy a cage for it
anyway and they're expensive. What will you do with the budgie or
cockatiel when you buy your parrot?
Alison

"Jim" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden
supervised a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African
Grey Parrot, a young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe
at the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt
it all day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with
stress I heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look
harmless .



Can you talk to someone at a bird rescue? I'm sure they know a lot more
about how birds, esp different species, act around cats. Personally, I
wouldn't risk it with my cats. If I had a bird, I would want to let it out
of it's cage and I know my cats would chase it. In the case of a big bird
like an African Grey, I would be afraid of the bird hurting the cats.

-Kelly

Jim wrote:
Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden supervised
a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African Grey Parrot, a
young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe at
the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt it all
day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with stress I
heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look harmless
.

can't speak from experience; doubt they'd ever be friendly, but isn't
one of those a *big* bird ? big enough to intimidate the cats I imagine.


pat

Under no circumstances should you acquire birds if you have ANY cats,
much less three of them. Even the saliva of cats can be deadly to birds.

Jim wrote:
Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden supervised
a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African Grey Parrot, a
young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe at
the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt it all
day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with stress I
heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look harmless
.



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Jim wrote:
Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden
supervised
a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African Grey Parrot,
a
young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards
to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with
more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe
at
the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt it
all
day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with stress I
heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to
nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look
harmless
.

can't speak from experience; doubt they'd ever be friendly, but isn't
one of those a *big* bird ? big enough to intimidate the cats I imagine.


None of them is very large--the African Gray might be the largest, but
they are close enough in size to cockatiels for it to be a toss up. None
is large like the big colorful parrots with the wicked beaks are large.

"KellyH" kelly at farringtons dot net wrote in message
...

"Jim" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have three cats, two of them 3 yrs old, and the other just under 1 yr.
The cats are 90% house cats, they have access to the back garden
supervised a few times per day. Now...I really want to buy an African
Grey Parrot, a young one too - maybe a bird aged 2 - 4 months.

Can anyone give me success stories and / or horror stories with regards
to
the risk to the bird? I am well aware that cats are predators, but I am
wondering if by having the bird in the house, will they treat it with
more
respect over time? The last thing I want is for the cat to take a swipe
at the poor thing and kill it, or for the three of them to sit and taunt
it all day causing the bird to stress out - parrots can go crazy with
stress I heard.

What I might do, is buy a budgie or cockatiel which cost next to
nothing,
and see how they react. If they welcome the wee thing with open arms, I
will buy it a much more expensive friend to sit and talk with

Any tips?

PS - Its Tigger, Tootsie and Tango - www.cutecats.co.uk - they look
harmless .



Can you talk to someone at a bird rescue? I'm sure they know a lot more
about how birds, esp different species, act around cats. Personally, I
wouldn't risk it with my cats. If I had a bird, I would want to let it
out
of it's cage and I know my cats would chase it. In the case of a big bird
like an African Grey, I would be afraid of the bird hurting the cats.


They are not that big!

"Mary" wrote

They are not that big!



I must be thinking of another kind of parrot. I admit, I don't really know
my birds!

-Kelly