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[Tesha]

> While hopefully it wouldn't be for a good many decades, yet,
> I'd simply HATE to have to think about arranging a good future
> for a bird who was outliving me.

This is a big part of the reason that we ended up with a
conure rather than, say, an African Grey. Our counure's
lifespan should more-or-less approximate our remaining
time, but there's no doubt that we would have needed to
make provisions for a 'Grey.


> OTOH, perhaps there is some kind of rescue service for
> older birds who have outlived a first or second companion?

In our town, there's a bird rescue agency; they always
have "used birds" available for adoption and they take
birds who have been orphaned. But used birds are like
any mature animal or person; they have certain behavior
patterns in which they're quite set and not much
interested in changing and these behaviors might suit
you or not. We adopted our conure (privately, not through
the rescue agency) when her previous folks had a baby and
the conure, in reaction to the increased noise but diminished
attention to her, began picking feathers. So far (a year
later), she's still picking, although she's happier in
most other ways.

Tesha