Special Needs Pets - c4, Thursday 20th

[Looby]

Pie Face was out, so I'm waiting to watch it with her

That will be much more fun. After the dog on a tray thing I think I might need oxygen standing by.

 

[liberty]

What about.....
'I have a dream of her being on her wheels, me behind on roller skates and Mum in her wheelchair behind us'

The parrot that missed it's owner was so very, very sad

That made us laugh too, a very happy ending with the three of them..

The woman really did her best for the parrot I thought it was pretty sad that she had to deal with the loss of her husband and her parrot getting sick

 

[beeboo]

The woman really did her best for the parrot I thought it was pretty sad that she had to deal with the loss of her husband and her parrot getting sick

And the fact the parrot still mimicked her husbands voice she was incredibly stoic though.

 

[liberty]

I know Maybe it was the only way she could deal with it and I guess the voice could be a comfort in a strange way..

I know I would love to hear my Dad's voice again but I'm sure it would be very weird coming from a parrot

 

[beeboo]

yeah I guess the parrots were like having a connection with her husband.

That picture of him and the parrot was
really lovely.

 

[madzone]

Thank you urban for reminding me about this programme. I haven't laughed so hard in ages

 

[Epona]

I felt sad for the cockatoo. They are probably the most demanding birds to keep as pets, as they can be so clingy and are prone to developing psychological problems because a human can never properly replicate the close bond they would have with their mate, something which they are as a genus even more sensitive to than true parrots. I'd never have a cockatoo because I wouldn't be able to live with it physically attached to me 24/7 for 40 or 50 years, which is what they need, in the wild they only ever go out of sight of each other when they are nesting and only for short periods.

As for the other animals, the pervert parrot was quite funny and most of his behaviour wasn't so far away from what most parrot fanciers experience just a bit more extreme, the bereaved parrot was a very sad story but I am sure will get over his loss, the dogs with their stabiliser wheels and prosthetics looked genuinely happy and there's no argument IMO that they were given a new lease of life, but the rabbit was just disturbing - I can't tell whether a rabbit looks happy or not, I am not sure that it is the right thing to keep it alive at all costs.

 

[kalidarkone]

I had weird ,weird dreams last night after watching this- dreamt of a dog that had a conjoined twin that was a rabbit

The birds made me really sad- I really don't think people should be allowed to keep them as pets.

What was wrong with the pig?

 

[liberty]

The pig had a neurological problem and his back legs were not stable.

I felt so sorry for the bird and felt really uncomfortable when it pulled it's feathers out