Looks like I'm posting late on this thread. I blame work for not being around much in the last 3 months.
Anyway...
I grew up with parrots in my house. My mother had 3. All Amazonian parrots, mostly green, with bits of yellow, red, orange and blue. Quite stunning. I've got some photos somewhere and a bunch of feathers. The eldest one died about 5 years ago, at the tender age of 48. Another one died 2 years ago (this one was quite young, only 5) of an intestinal problem. So she's down to one, now. This one happens to be the youngest.
I've got a part-time cat. She's the neighbours' cat. 3 years old, all black with green eyes. I say part-time, because she comes in whenever she wants, we leave food for her, sometimes she sleeps on our bed, then disappears back to her other home. But always comes back.