Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birds are slept on as pets. Everyone wants a cat or a dog. Kids beg their parents for hamsters all the time. You know what you ...

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Sno, a white parakeet, is the newest addition to the children’s area of the Grand Island Public Library. (Laura Beahm/For The Independent) By Tracy Overstreet ...

Birds are slept on as pets. Everyone wants a cat or a dog. Kids beg their parents for hamsters all the time. You know what you never hear? "Mommy, can I pretty please get an Indian Ringneck Parakeet?" ...