My Pet Bird (revised)

Since I was a junior high school student, I have had the desire to own a pet which can accompany me. I asked my parents to allow me to own a pet bird, but both of them turned down my request because they thought I did not have the ability to take care of a bird. However, after I graduated from the junior high, my parents finally allowed me to raise a bird. At first I did not believe what I heard, but after a while, I was almost happy to jump to the roof! I promised them that I would do my best to take care the bird. Till now, the bird Gue-Geu is five years old. During the five years, I have learned a lot about how to take care of a pet bird, domesticate her, and understand her behavior.

Birds are more vulnerable than other larger pets such as dogs or cats. Therefore, the owners of birds must pay more attention to them. To raise birds, feeding them well is an important job. First, if you raise baby birds, you need to feed them by yourselves with patience because they are too young to take in food by themselves. Second, young birds require more nutrition, so regular feeding of good feed is a must. Besides, the hygiene of the environment is also important. With a nice habitat, birds will not fall ill easily. Therefore, you need to clean the birdcages at least once one week.

If you want your pet birds to obey your commands, you have to first make them trust you. For example, you can attract them to follow you by the feed, and then they will not be afraid of you. Instead, they will begin to follow you and trust you! When Geu-Geu was young, I trained her to fly upon my palms once I clapped. At first, she didn't know what claps meant; however, she figured out what it meant at last, although it took her some time. Actually, there are many ways to train your pet birds, and building trust is the basic step.

Owners can distinguish some behavior of their pets supposing long time enough. Hence I understand some behavior of birds. For example, if birds lower their their bodies while looking around, it means they are scared and want to fly away immediately. When you find birds twitter loudly, it has two possible meanings: One is that they want to go out of birdcages; the other one is that there is no feed or water in the cage, so they are hungry or thirsty. Sometimes you notice that a bird quivers for around two seconds and instantly flies away, you will know she just calls of nature. If one day you find that birds don't have any appetite for the feed, that means they don't feel well. Consequently you need to take them to the vet.

Geu-Geu is like one of my siblings, and she has been accompanying me for more than five years. I still remember clearly that time: I had to feed her three or four times a day when she was young. I have been learning a lot about how to take care of a bird, how to make her trust me, and what she wants to express by movements. I know her and she trusts me. Birds are just like humans who need trust in others. Few people who raise birds realize why birds can interact with people so well, but they really do. Animals require trust, just like the mankind.

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