kelly
Baby Bird
My much loved Jake
Joined: January 2006
Posts: 18
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Post by kelly on Jul 9, 2007 6:05:17 GMT -7
Jake has been talking for about 6 months, mimicking things we have taught him. This morning when I uncovered him he looked right at me and said clear as a bell "Did you make a poop?" I was astounded. For a second I wondered where he learned that, then I realized I say it to him every morning before I open his cage door. (I'm sure most of you are familiar with how big and sloppy their first poop is in the morning. ) I never let him out until he makes that first one in his cage. Oh my God, it was hilarious!  |
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Post by Haz on Jul 9, 2007 6:46:37 GMT -7
I know what you mean about being funny. You never know what is going to come out. For example, Max was trying to chew a window frame. I told him to stop it. He said, "Max is a good boy; what's your problem!"
The other day, I was walking away from him. He leaned out and grabbed my arm with his beak. It hurt so I asked him why he did that. He said, "Max loves Mommy". So I asked him if he loves me, why did he hurt me? He replied, "It's cool".
He keeps us laughing all the time.
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nancz
Weaned Todd
Morocco
Joined: February 2007
Posts: 52
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Post by nancz on Jul 9, 2007 13:23:45 GMT -7
Oh my god, Kelly, that really is hilarious.
You're going to have to work on your morning greeting -- at least a 'Good Morning' before you begin to discuss business.
Or maybe now you can start to work on modelling the response you'd like him to make to your morning poop question: perhaps something like, "Why yes, I have. Thank you for your interest."
Morocco surprised us the other day: when Dh sat down with Morocco on one hand and a gin and tonic in the other, Morocco said, "A glass of water?" He is very interested in water and many of his verbalizations are about that for some reason.
nancz
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Post by fidgetyrat on Jul 10, 2007 8:53:16 GMT -7
My Max interacts with my parents' gray a lot. Max has a tendency to be annoying. As soon as he starts to make any annoying sounds, the parents' bird, Kirby, immediately begins with the
"HEY HEY.. STOP IT! Stop. NO! NO!, You're a badddd baddd baddd badd bird"
Oddly, max actually does shut up. If I were to yell at him, he'd keep going, but not with Kirby the police bird around.
Believe it or not, Max is actually at his best behavior on these visits. I complain to my parents alot about how bad and noisy max can be, but they don't believe me.
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