text: and knew what to look for when you went shopping for a parakeet uh i had a parakeet many years ago that uh she got for me and it lived to be a a pretty old bird and was extremely friendly uh i i couldn 't keep him in his own cage he just uh flew lose in the house all the time uh but uh more recent years they moved away and i 've been buying parakeets at the local pet shop and they don 't seem to be as healthy as uh one 's you get from uh breeders
  
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  I have a parakeet now .