Open question, if you are an animal enthusiast and won the lottery what animal would you buy? The pet of your dreams.

Hi Diana,

A pair of hand-raised Military Macaws and a custom-made aviary. But I have to dream on becuase even if I had the money, my orange-fronted parakeet/half-moon conure, Payno, would never give his ok to such a potential, real or imagined, alienation of his affections. As for my wife, Maria, she would make me wear any new birds on my head!

I have two sun conures that are so spoiled. They even got jealous when I got my bearded dragon. Birds are just to darn smart.

That is a question that takes a lot of thought. There are many birds I'd like to have. The problem always comes down to jealous animals.

If we are talking about the pet of our dreams, I already have that....my horses. So maybe I would add to the herd. I at least would be able to finally have them on a property of my own instead of having to board them out.

If I just focus on birds, then I would like a pair of Hyacinth Macaws, with of course a large aviary for them. The largest bird I ever had was a Congo African Gray. I was always fascinated by the Hyacinth Macaws. I love their color.

Once I almost bought a Harlequin Macaw which I handraised in a pet store where I was a manager at the time, but someone else beat me to it. That bird was a real ham and everybody loved him. I raised his two siblings too, but that one bird was the best.

I have just recently noticed my husband isn't so thrilled about my addition of pets to the household. We shall see. Though, I can see his point of wanting to travel. We have been over the what pets make best travelers many times.

Jealousy is a major issue when adding a new pet or pets. Especially my cats who have major mental health issues

We raised appaloosas for long time. We started when I was a teenager. I thought they would make beautiful English jumping horses It worked and they were beautiful indeed!

I have often dreamed of Hyacinth Macaws. I think I would have to win the lottery to even feed them. They have such a specialized diet. I adore African greys and have had a few macaws over the years, along with conures, Amazons, cockatiels, ect...

I am still pondering my own question. Did I set any limitation to the number of animals with my money no object question? I have thought of a lot of animals I'd love to have.

It would be a hard decision. I am such a bird lover, but they live so long and I worry about that now that I'm older. I might pick a breed of dog that doesn't shed that is already trained and good with kids...or I would love to have an aquarium. If I had a lot of money I would go all out on that.

I have always wanted a salt water aquarium. They are so beautiful to watch but very difficult to maintain unless a person really knows what they are doing. I don't.

What kind of bird would you choose if you had a no money limit opportunity?

I have considered the age thing as well. Once I got past 50 I realize it wasn't fair to consider a bird with a long longevity. Unless I knew someone for certain that would love the bird as much as I would.

I will eventually answer this question myself but I am really having difficulty narrowing it down to less than six.

I think I'd love a macaw. I remember seeing a friendly hybrid macaw once at a bird farm were I had gotten pet birds from before. That or an African Grey. I could always try to adopt an older bird.

If money were no object, we could hire someone to take care of the aquarium.