How are birds as pets?

We had a pet thread, but it was crashed by one of the "no more lulz Bublex" so

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(my guinea piggy)
Standing on the house like a goofball, when I went to put my hand in there she was the only one that didnt run away and when I picked her up she licked my finger - didnt plan to get a guinea pig (was just looking) but with that I bought her.





Potty trained herself (she likes to go in the same area of her cage) so when watching movies we let her run around the living room and she comes back to her cage to go potty (though we blocked off all the cords first).