How to Tell You Are Not Ready for a Parrot…

• Big beaks scare you.
• Medium-sized beaks on animals with big attitudes scare you.
• Small beaks on animals with HUGE attitudes scare you.
• You are not prepared to have your household run by a bird.
• You need to be the center of attention, ever.
• You do not like to chop vegetables and then pick them up off the floor.
• You will not spend half of your free time playing with a bird and the other half shopping for toys that they can play with when you're out working so you can afford more toys and vegetables.
• You have children that can't understand the phrase, "Keep your hands out of the birdie's cage."
• You may disregard the above if you have excellent health insurance.
• You don't have a really good sense of humor, because parrots do.
• You are not prepared to have a lifelong, exhausting, exasperating, and absolutely spectacular experience.