Just had a interesting read!

 

Hoarding of Pets INCLUDING BIRDS

 

 

 

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cal...1414218904.html

 

 

Hmmm

Hording is one thing, collecting is another :glare:

That's a good way to put it Liv. I have been too that I 'hoard' by non animal types BUT I think the main difference is I only keep animals I am capable of providing proper care for. I guess that would make me more of a collector would it under your theory Liv?

Edited July 8, 200816 yr by KAZ
turned hard into hoard

This is how I obtained Saucy Face & Weebil, just 2 small victims of a Hoarder or Collector.

 

The man had budgies, tiels, robins, seagulls, pigeons & more all stuffed into his bedroom, in a 1 bedroom apartment in the middle of the city. No perches. Just shelves for the birds to sit on or hide. He dropped food on the floor for them, usually old bread & sometimes seeds.

 

Can you imagine the smell & noise dirt & debris, feathers & bugs from hundreds of birds in this small room ?

 

The man was mentally handicapped & seemed to have slipped under the Health System & no one knew of the mans living conditions or the conditions of the poor birds he housed in that room.

 

You who have aviary's & huge yards with various animals are not hoarders. You are WHACKY Collectors (But the good kind !) The difference is you have a relationship with each & all of your animals & provide the best for them. You never collect & ignore. Collectors who have mental handicaps or illnesses don't provide for their animals as they become overwhelmed & miss that important point !

That is it there is a difference between

" Having Birds" and "Keeping Birds"

 

 

 

I like the Crazy cat women saga LOL ....

So I guess we are the crazy Budgie wo/man

That's a good way to put it Liv. I have been tod I 'hard' by non animal types BUT I think the main difference is I only keep animals I am capable of providing proper care for. I guess that would make me more of a collector would it under your theory Liv?

 

absolutely MB - a hoarder would keep the animals because they CAN NOT bare to get rid of them, they may or may not see the poor conditions of the animals, but they are way in over their heads that they tend to get depressed and start to neglect the animals more and more, but are still unable to bring themselves to part with the animals - It's very sad and a real mental illness

 

A collector loves and cares for their animals and is realistic about how much they can have and realistically ensure they can provide adequate care for every animal

 

My hubby collects cacti and i collect budgies

Edited July 8, 200816 yr by **Liv**

My hubby collects cacti and i collect budgies

 

 

Make sure he looks after those cacti or I'll get the RSPCS (Royal Society for the Protection of Cacti and Succulents) onto him

My hubby collects cacti and i collect budgies

 

 

Make sure he looks after those cacti or I'll get the RSPCS (Royal Society for the Protection of Cacti and Succulents) onto him