pearl wrote:

> "Glorfindel" wrote:

I'm going to explain at a little more length for you, Pearl, because I
respect you and I value your opinion.

We thought about getting a mate for the crippled cockatiel after he
got stronger, and it might have been a good idea, but we decided against
it for several reasons. He was 16 years old, and it would have
been difficult to find a bird he was compatible with. He was more
afraid of other birds than interested in them, and was focused on
humans. We talked it over with our bird vet, who was the president
of the national association of avian vet specialists, an expert,
and he said he didn't think our bird needed another bird as a
companion. We deferred to his opinion. We only had the bird with us
for three years after he recovered, and I think we made his last
years as happy as was possible for him, after all his troubles earlier
in his life. If he wanted to use my hand as a sex toy, I wasn't going
to forbid him.


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