Why do people like to get animals when they can’t even take care of them?

For example, my friends and sister. One of my friend, he bought cocktails, parakeet, Canary, hamster but most of them died in few months. When he gets bored, he just get rid of them by returning them to the store. But he keeps saying he wants another pet. My other friend, she used to have hamster, because she saw it in the book and thought it was cute, but last time I came over, there was no sign of hamsters moving so I asked her what happened, she said they died. But she barely feeds them. Now she keeps saying she wants dog. I told her If she can’t take care of the animals, she shouldn’t get it, because they’re not toys. They have feelings too. My half sister is the same way. She wanted to get parakeet, but she said her parakeet isn’t friendly, so she just put the cage inside the closet and didn’t feed her or give her water for weeks, so when I came over, it was really skinny. I almost cried because it was too pitiful. When I pour some water and seed, she was eating so fast. I was really mad. After that, she started to say “I’m going to get my son(2 years old) a dog”. I told her it’s not a good idea, but she ignored me and got him a little Chihuahua. Every time I came over to her house, her son keeps holding to the dog and he won’t let the dog down. Like it’s some kind of toy or something. I’m really mad at people who get any kind of pets but end up letting them die or can’t take care of them. Sorry for the long sentences
I actually secretly called his apartment manager, since the apartment he lived in didn’t allow any pets. I know I’m his friend but I really didn’t like the way he treat the animals.

Should I take my parakeet to the vet?

My six year old parakeet has been in a comfortable environment all day,but she has still had all of her feathers fluffed out; and when i replenished her food and water ( i left for work and returned about three hours later) when i returned she was almost foaming at the mouth and had been throwing up her food and continued for the next few hours and now every 20 minutes or so it seems as if she is gagging on something. my aunt has owned many birds and thinks that my parakeet may be sick and that i should take her to the vet.but i dont know if her symptoms are simply due to overeating or not.

How long does it take for a parakeet to lay an egg?

I heard they will try for at least 4 weeks is this true? well i would like to now so i know when i need to get my bird help because she may become egg bound and die.

Due to stress my parakeet pulled most of its feathers. How long does it take for them to grow back?

I just got a new parakeet and it pulled its tail, chest, and back feathers out. He still has feather on his head and wings. He is still very healthy and playful. He stopped pulling once I bought him some parakeets to share the cage with. How long will Kojack (that what I named him because he is now bald) to grow his feathers back?
Thanks for the replies. I am sorry to say, but the bird broke its leg in the cage and later died.

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