Post by Allison on Mar 9, 2007 8:22:00 GMT -7
Please share ANY story you have of your bird using words in context. For example, check out some of my favorite bird stories shared by AFRICANATURE guests and you'll see what I mean. Plus, you'll be amazed!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=279
Story: Henry had been scolded for nipping my black lab, Barney. I would say 'No ouches on Barney. That hurts...he'll cry.' One evening Henry was sitting in the living room with me, and my husband (called T-Bird) was in the kitchen while Barney was eating close by...and he accidentally stepped on one of his feet, and he yelped. Well, Henry began to laugh and say, 'T-Bird ouch Barney...ho, ho, ho,...that hurt...he gonna cry'...laughed between each phrase...T-Bird came into the living room to see if he had heard right..and Henry was still laughing and repeated the phrase. I honestly think he thought it was funny!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=284
Story: One evening i was cleaning the cages for bedtime and Squeaky was watching me from her playstand. As i lifted my head from scrubbing the grill i hit my head hard on the cage frame. Sqeaky looked at me after i said ow! very loudly and said 'it's alright momma, you okay?' Usually she would say it's alright , its alright when i would pick her up from gliding off the cage . Mom was what she uses to get me into the bird room. My little sweety!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=296
Story: Charlie said to Comet: 'What is that?' Comet relied: 'It's OK; it was on sale!!!' Now I wonder.....
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=80
Story: the other day Africa keep telling me to open his door ..he was on top of her cage adn from where i was in the house his door was open .. well for at least he kept on saying opem my door , i kept replying it is open silly .. well as i got up to go to the kitchen i realized that his door was in fact shut .. well i opened his door sair i was sorry promply got nipped then he went in turned his back on me and said im mad at you!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=304
Story: Being a single parent can be daunting at times. One Saturday as I was preparing lunch, I heard two of my sons arguing. Before I could get to them, I heard my TAG sternly order, 'Christopher, knock it off!' Both boys immediately stopped fighting and began laughing. We were so surprised that Thandi knew what to say. He had never repremanded the boys before.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=306
Story: i have a bird feeder outside the window where Toby's cage is. I often tell Toby to 'look at the baby birds out there. One day Toby was being very finicky and I just up and said. Toby do you know what you want? He said' I want to go outside with the baby birds.' He already knew the want to go outside and just added the baby birds to it. Another time I was cooking a pizza. He often says'Whats cooking?' and asked me that. I said. Im cooking a pizza. To which he said' and you doing a good job too.' Have no idea where he learned that from.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=307
Story: I had a fish tank near Toby's cage. I would talk to him about the 'baby fish'. One day when I was adding water to the tank Toby asked me 'What are you doing?' I said I'm giving the baby fish some water. He said' You can't give water to water!'
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=139
Story: Quinn joined my family in May of 2002. An Eight year old Congo who had a good upbringing by a gentleman who was moving to England and could not take him with him. It didn't take Quinn long to learn the names of my two Pomo/mix dogs Cocoa and Latte. My husband would often tell them to 'stop' in a loud voice if they started barking too much outside. Quinn thought this was great and would often call out 'Cocoa...Stop! Now this was fun but he thought it could be better so he would use his beak to 'knock' on the wall behind his cage to make it sound like someone was at the door...Of course the dogs would bark and he would get to tell them to stop. Soon Mom got wise and moved his cage away from the wall...Now he makes a barking noise and then tells himself to stop.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=331
Story: Nikki, who is 14 this year, will often get very noisy and I tell her, "Nikki, you're noisy". This does not stop her, but I try. One day, Nikki was playing in the bathroom and started to raise a ruckus. Before I could tell her to be quiet, she stopped making noise and said, "Nikki, you're noisy". Then she settled down. Too funny. I don't have to get after her, she does it herself!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=224
Story: Dodi was tought to say 'I love you', followed by little kisses. the other day he was naughty, so I acted cross and basically shouted at him like one would a child. He looked at me and said ' I love you'! Well I cracked - what could I do??? Unfortunately he has now learned that that phrase is a cure-all for his naughtiness...
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=134
Story: Ope came to my house with a vocabulary of his own. I never know what he is going to say next. He was trying to coax me into the aviary and said, 'C'mere. No bite you Beth. C'mon.' What?! I never taught him to put those words together.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=147
Story: I have been in an abusive situation and had to leave home. Someone from our local parrot club offered to take in my Jake (CAG) and Tweety (budgie) for me while I resettled. She had also taken in a TAG who had been cage-bound for at least 15 years, and who was in the process of becoming resocialized. My Jake seemed to take an interest in the newcomer (Sam). One day, he (Jake) was playing on his ladder swing and was hanging in front of his neighbour's cage and said as clear as a bell 'come on little boy' as though to give Sam some encouragement.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=150
Story: I have a TAG (Abigail) and a sun conure (Penelope). Abigail knows who Penelope is, as well as what a 'poopy' is. The other day in the shower she turned to Penelope and said 'hello Penele-poopy' and began to laugh meniacally. Penelope joined in the laughter- aparantly not quite getting the joke!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=177
Story: Mozart 13 year old Congo Grey, in need of wing clipping. My Brother-in-law Vinnie (his Dad) suggest I use a dish towel during the procedure. After a contest of wills I finally get a hold of Mozart. Laying on his back, swaddled in the towel, Mozart looks up at me and pleads ' Come on give a Kiss'!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=188
Story: One day while going about the daily normal routine of feeding ckeaning and changing cage papers, my grey who hangs out alot on the top of his cage door leaned way over the side of his door while i placed a clean sheet of newspaper down on the floor and said 'that'll do'
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=252
Story: This is the best one! When I come home I usually send out my dogs to go pee outside. When they come back I tell them 'Good boy!' One day Picabo yelled out.. Renois, Renois (my Husband's name)go pee pee outside, go!' so my Husband jokingly goes outside for a minute ..comes back.. and my bird says...'Are you silly?' and laughs hahahahaha. We couldn't stop laughing with him.
Anyway - those are a few of my favorite stories. Share your OWN
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=279
Story: Henry had been scolded for nipping my black lab, Barney. I would say 'No ouches on Barney. That hurts...he'll cry.' One evening Henry was sitting in the living room with me, and my husband (called T-Bird) was in the kitchen while Barney was eating close by...and he accidentally stepped on one of his feet, and he yelped. Well, Henry began to laugh and say, 'T-Bird ouch Barney...ho, ho, ho,...that hurt...he gonna cry'...laughed between each phrase...T-Bird came into the living room to see if he had heard right..and Henry was still laughing and repeated the phrase. I honestly think he thought it was funny!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=284
Story: One evening i was cleaning the cages for bedtime and Squeaky was watching me from her playstand. As i lifted my head from scrubbing the grill i hit my head hard on the cage frame. Sqeaky looked at me after i said ow! very loudly and said 'it's alright momma, you okay?' Usually she would say it's alright , its alright when i would pick her up from gliding off the cage . Mom was what she uses to get me into the bird room. My little sweety!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=296
Story: Charlie said to Comet: 'What is that?' Comet relied: 'It's OK; it was on sale!!!' Now I wonder.....
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=80
Story: the other day Africa keep telling me to open his door ..he was on top of her cage adn from where i was in the house his door was open .. well for at least he kept on saying opem my door , i kept replying it is open silly .. well as i got up to go to the kitchen i realized that his door was in fact shut .. well i opened his door sair i was sorry promply got nipped then he went in turned his back on me and said im mad at you!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=304
Story: Being a single parent can be daunting at times. One Saturday as I was preparing lunch, I heard two of my sons arguing. Before I could get to them, I heard my TAG sternly order, 'Christopher, knock it off!' Both boys immediately stopped fighting and began laughing. We were so surprised that Thandi knew what to say. He had never repremanded the boys before.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=306
Story: i have a bird feeder outside the window where Toby's cage is. I often tell Toby to 'look at the baby birds out there. One day Toby was being very finicky and I just up and said. Toby do you know what you want? He said' I want to go outside with the baby birds.' He already knew the want to go outside and just added the baby birds to it. Another time I was cooking a pizza. He often says'Whats cooking?' and asked me that. I said. Im cooking a pizza. To which he said' and you doing a good job too.' Have no idea where he learned that from.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=307
Story: I had a fish tank near Toby's cage. I would talk to him about the 'baby fish'. One day when I was adding water to the tank Toby asked me 'What are you doing?' I said I'm giving the baby fish some water. He said' You can't give water to water!'
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=139
Story: Quinn joined my family in May of 2002. An Eight year old Congo who had a good upbringing by a gentleman who was moving to England and could not take him with him. It didn't take Quinn long to learn the names of my two Pomo/mix dogs Cocoa and Latte. My husband would often tell them to 'stop' in a loud voice if they started barking too much outside. Quinn thought this was great and would often call out 'Cocoa...Stop! Now this was fun but he thought it could be better so he would use his beak to 'knock' on the wall behind his cage to make it sound like someone was at the door...Of course the dogs would bark and he would get to tell them to stop. Soon Mom got wise and moved his cage away from the wall...Now he makes a barking noise and then tells himself to stop.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=331
Story: Nikki, who is 14 this year, will often get very noisy and I tell her, "Nikki, you're noisy". This does not stop her, but I try. One day, Nikki was playing in the bathroom and started to raise a ruckus. Before I could tell her to be quiet, she stopped making noise and said, "Nikki, you're noisy". Then she settled down. Too funny. I don't have to get after her, she does it herself!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=224
Story: Dodi was tought to say 'I love you', followed by little kisses. the other day he was naughty, so I acted cross and basically shouted at him like one would a child. He looked at me and said ' I love you'! Well I cracked - what could I do??? Unfortunately he has now learned that that phrase is a cure-all for his naughtiness...
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=134
Story: Ope came to my house with a vocabulary of his own. I never know what he is going to say next. He was trying to coax me into the aviary and said, 'C'mere. No bite you Beth. C'mon.' What?! I never taught him to put those words together.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=147
Story: I have been in an abusive situation and had to leave home. Someone from our local parrot club offered to take in my Jake (CAG) and Tweety (budgie) for me while I resettled. She had also taken in a TAG who had been cage-bound for at least 15 years, and who was in the process of becoming resocialized. My Jake seemed to take an interest in the newcomer (Sam). One day, he (Jake) was playing on his ladder swing and was hanging in front of his neighbour's cage and said as clear as a bell 'come on little boy' as though to give Sam some encouragement.
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=150
Story: I have a TAG (Abigail) and a sun conure (Penelope). Abigail knows who Penelope is, as well as what a 'poopy' is. The other day in the shower she turned to Penelope and said 'hello Penele-poopy' and began to laugh meniacally. Penelope joined in the laughter- aparantly not quite getting the joke!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=177
Story: Mozart 13 year old Congo Grey, in need of wing clipping. My Brother-in-law Vinnie (his Dad) suggest I use a dish towel during the procedure. After a contest of wills I finally get a hold of Mozart. Laying on his back, swaddled in the towel, Mozart looks up at me and pleads ' Come on give a Kiss'!
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=188
Story: One day while going about the daily normal routine of feeding ckeaning and changing cage papers, my grey who hangs out alot on the top of his cage door leaned way over the side of his door while i placed a clean sheet of newspaper down on the floor and said 'that'll do'
Link: www.africanature.com/stories.php?id=252
Story: This is the best one! When I come home I usually send out my dogs to go pee outside. When they come back I tell them 'Good boy!' One day Picabo yelled out.. Renois, Renois (my Husband's name)go pee pee outside, go!' so my Husband jokingly goes outside for a minute ..comes back.. and my bird says...'Are you silly?' and laughs hahahahaha. We couldn't stop laughing with him.
Anyway - those are a few of my favorite stories. Share your OWN