He went on to say that he also raised a myna bird. When he got home and opened the door, the myna would fly over to greet him, just like the feeling of having a dog; when the door opens, the puppy wags its tail and rubs against your legs. I said it really does have feelings. The parrot we have at home is the same; once it's let out, it looks for a person's head to land on. I don't know how it finds the head safe, but after a while, it will poop on the head. Before, I would feel around with my hand and find bird droppings, and it was better not to bother; I would just wait until it dried or deal with it when I bathed before sleeping.
He said budgerigars are quite noisy; he has a friend who raises quite a few, and he has a separate bedroom with soundproofing on the walls and air conditioning to maintain the temperature. I said I bought a cage that is 40 * 40 * 80 cm to raise six of them, four big heads and two ordinary budgerigars. What other animals have you raised?
He said he also raised cats, six in total. The first one sold for 2000, the second for 1000, and the other two sold for a few hundred, while the last two were given away. During the days when the cat was giving birth, he was always prepared, but he didn't assist in the delivery. One night, he didn't know what time it was, and when he got up in the morning, he found six little kittens, all cleaned up by the mother cat.
I asked what breed they were. He said four words: golden silk short ears? I asked him twice more but still didn't remember.
I also told him the story of when I raised guinea pigs and they had four babies.
I asked him what else he raised that he thought was profitable. He said reptiles, like some kind of handcraft. I asked, handcraft? What? He repeated "handcraft." I was confused and said I hadn't heard of it. He said handcraft means geckos. I said I was quite afraid of geckos; lizards too. He said they are pretty much the same, and they are easy to raise, quiet and not noisy. Then he said he was planning to build a cricket pond with grass and wood, buy crickets, and let them breed in the pond, which would solve the food problem for the geckos. I asked if he bought the geckos locally or from elsewhere. He said he would start locally, but if he needed a large quantity, it would be cheaper to buy online. I remembered that the birds we bought online didn't die, but it was quite a hassle; some took 2 or 3 days to recover. I asked if geckos can lose their tails. He said yes, and I asked what he would do if he sold a gecko to someone far away and it lost its tail. He said that was indeed a possibility and mentioned a breed I didn't remember that easily loses its tail, while another breed doesn't. He said if it loses its tail, it won't be worth much. He mentioned he hadn't thought carefully about how to secure the geckos yet, and would figure it out later. I said he could buy one online to learn from.
When I checked the information about geckos later, I finally understood. Although I had seen this term before, I suddenly didn't know it when it came up in conversation.
During our chat, his wife called him once, and he said he would be back in about half an hour. My wife also contacted me via voice message around the same time. It turned out we had been chatting for almost an hour. The two of them stood near his car.
By the way, there was another detail: the sun was nice at noon; he faced east while I faced west, and sometimes I could see his spit flying towards me. I even dodged it. Haha.
I also remembered chatting on the train; my wife always tells me to talk less and listen more, not to ramble on, but once the conversation starts, it just goes on and on.