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Winter 2015

Pets

2 yellow green black birds in a cage

I had over 2000 birds in my home country, Pakistan. I started out buying few pairs of birds.  After few weeks they started breeding and after 2 years there were over 2000 birds. Then I started gifting these birds to my friends, family and relatives.

Because weather is very hot in summer and very cool in winter. So I used A/C and heaters to manage temperature of birds cages room. I had a huge room for them. They were in different colors and kinds. I had different cages for each kind. I had cocktails, budgies, red eyes, doves and etc. I also had talking birds. They all ate different type of food. I loved taking care of them it was one of my hobbies and also collecting different kinds of birds.

My favourite birds are talking parrot. They were green in colour and their necks had a red ring. I purchased two male parrots when they were about 2.5 weeks old. I focused on taking care and feeding them. I fed them fresh green chili, almond and soybean seed dipped in milk. Every morning and evening I spoke one sentence many times for their training. After a few weeks they learned the same sentence and they were able to say them. When they grew up, they talked many sentences. Sometimes they asked me some questions like “where you come from?” or “do you know it’s my lunch time?” Sometimes they told me messages from others. So they were really my family members. Sometimes they were complaining me that they were hungry, no one gave them food. Some time they asking their favourite food.