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Old 01-02-2009, 22:10
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Hi there !!!

A parrot the funniest thing ever.
My brother has one for years now and that parrot can do the phone, the doorbells, says goodbye to him in the morning, he imitates my brothers wife, it is just the funniest thing ever

Does yours talk a lot ?
Our parrot is a cockatoo, considered to be one of the more intelligent parrots. She talks all the time, particularly to the dogs. She imitates how they bark, especially at meal times. Her speech is so advanced that she's even got the intonation right, including me yelling at the kids. She does not just imitate, she says the appropriate things at the right times. If I put my coat on, she says "bye, see ya later." She tells us when she is tired and says goodnight when we cover her cage. When you walk in the room she says hello, and if the person doesn't answer, she'll say "say hello." One of my friends dropped by to pick something up and she was in a rush so just walked by our parrot, who was so mad at being ignored that she said to her "where are your manners?" (something she has likely heard us ask one of the kids). My friend turned to me as she thought I had said it.

She loves all noisy machines, like the vacuum and the drill and she also does sounds....like the sewing machine and the funniest is her imitation of my Laura Star (steam ironing system) though I could without her spraying her water all over the place.
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Old 01-02-2009, 22:34
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Welcome to the forum, Mr Badenrelo. Your cockatoo seems to have all the qualifications to replace Miss Sada at her job. I am sure it is also less costly to feed.
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Old 01-02-2009, 22:45
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Welcome to the forum, Mr Badenrelo. Your cockatoo seems to have all the qualifications to replace Miss Sada at her job. I am sure it is also less costly to feed.
It's Mrs. Badenrelo....(way too old for that Ms. business)

Cockatoo is not expensive to feed though a great deal ends up on the floor. Luckily I have 3 vacuums (each on four legs).
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Old 01-02-2009, 23:51
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My ex-fiancee had a cockatoo.

That's why we broke up...

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Old 05-02-2009, 12:37
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My ex-fiancee had a cockatoo.

That's why we broke up...

They can be very bad for relationships. They choose a favourite person and they resent when anyone else goes near them. There is a parrot in the garden centre near my home for precisely this reason. He can't stand the owner's husband. It happened to us too initially. When hubby went anywhere near her, she went nuts. We think it began because as soon as we got her, hubby went on an extended business trip, so it was just me at home and she was fine with that.

We have no idea why she suddenly decided hubby was okay, but now all I hear is "Papi's home" then blowing kisses, and more kisses.

The only thing she is still not okay with is his driving. When we put her travel cage in the car and my husband is driving, she says "hold on tight." If I take her alone in the car, she asks "going shopping" but nothing about "holding on tight."
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Old 05-02-2009, 12:54
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No, no.... I think he meant "a cock or two", well that's how my depraived mind works anyway.
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They can be very bad for relationships. They choose a favourite person and they resent when anyone else goes near them. There is a parrot in the garden centre near my home for precisely this reason. He can't stand the owner's husband. It happened to us too initially. When hubby went anywhere near her, she went nuts. We think it began because as soon as we got her, hubby went on an extended business trip, so it was just me at home and she was fine with that.

We have no idea why she suddenly decided hubby was okay, but now all I hear is "Papi's home" then blowing kisses, and more kisses.

The only thing she is still not okay with is his driving. When we put her travel cage in the car and my husband is driving, she says "hold on tight." If I take her alone in the car, she asks "going shopping" but nothing about "holding on tight."
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