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Anonymous
Just remember that a bird is just as much a pet as a cat or a dog. You have to look after them and provide them with stimulus and a tolerable environment. Clean air, no drafts, daily change of drinking water, lettuce, carrot, etc.
Also, don't get just one. They need company, and another bird will provide a good portion of what they require (especially if they end up a couple; not all do). A drawback may be that having two birds, they generally die one at a time. So to avoid having the remaining bird get all lonely and emo about it, one gets them a companion again and so the cycle goes on.
Related to the company and stimulus thing is that birds are flying things. They'll really want to use their wings. You can't keep them in a cage all, or even most of, the time; if you can't let them out of their cage into a room that's been made bird-safe every day for a few hours at a time, reconsider the bird thing.
These things apply for budgies. I don't really know about other birds, but parrot-family birds are generally quite similar about this stuff. (Well some larger parrots can get neurotic in a too lively environment. Budgies really love that though, the bigger the flock...)
That said, I don't see how a pet bird would fit in a dorm situation. Like at all.
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