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"K. T." at Happy Hour!	CAN PARROTLETS TALK? GREEN RUMP DELICIOSUS "KILO TANGO" CAN TALK!
Well, KT is turning out to be quite the peculiarly verbal little parrot. I bet he says things that no parrot ever said before! The first parrot whose first word was 'rrraaabbbitt'. Now he is learning how to use the word in sentences... ha. I was taking a nap yesterday and that is usually when KT practices... when he knows I am here, but out of sight. It starts with his crying for me to come back into the living room, then he starts the kissy sounds... then he starts practicing talking. Yesterday was the same... he started saying 'rrraaabbbitt' over and over. Then I heard what sounded like he was holding a soft conversation! I listened closer to see if I could tell what he was saying, and sure enough he was saying three separate sentences all together: 'He's a rrraaabbbitt' - 'bunnie rrraaabbbitt' - 'good parrot'. He would say them over and over and over then give himself kisses, and start all over again. This went on for an hour. I was so tickled I couldn't fall asleep for listening to him. I know where he gets those phrases too. When I come home from work and KT hears my car, he starts crying and crying. Then as soon as I get in the door, he really starts flipping out and I always walk up to him and say hi by saying to him either 'he's a rabbit' or 'he's a parrot' in a cute little voice. Then I fix his supper, and then he comes out to play. And when he behaves well and responds to any commands, be it 'step' or 'potties' or whatever I ask him to do, I always praise him with 'good parrot!!!' over and over. And Bunnie Rabbit I call him a lot. I don't do any formal speech training with him. He is just picking up things he hears me say. He is sooooooo smart. So smart it is scary... his favorite toy (the green mirror lantern in the pics I sent you before) I always introduce to him by saying 'where's that toy' and he fluffs all up and starts having a fit for it. Learned by the 2nd or 3rd time I brought the toy out with that phrase what the phrase meant. I decided to test if he just recognized the words when spoken as a solitary sentence. So I had him on my finger and started talking to him in that cutesy voice he loves and ran an entire string of phrases together with no pause or particular emphasis on words and in the middle of a whole jumble of 'good parrot I love you bunnie rabbit he's a parrot where's that toy bunnie rabbit... he started fluffing himself out as soon as he heard those particular words buried in the middle and begged for his toy! So if anyone ever asks you if parrots understand commands from us because they seem not to understand what we are saying or asking them to do....you can officially tell them they understand what they WANT to understand, and only when there is something in it for them... ha. I can say 'potties' a million times, but that is more of a 'chore' type command, you know, like 'clean your room' or 'take out the trash' ha... so he will make me wait til he is good and ready, and fly off somewhere if I get too demanding about it. He never messes where he is not supposed to, but he is more than happy to make me wait. I used to wonder if maybe he just didn't quite comprehend...ha... jokes on me! He gets it alright. By the way, today is Easter. This time last year on Easter morning I was at the airport getting ready to fly to Temple to pick up my little Easter Bunny in a Cessna 150. See... he really is a rrraaabbbitt!!! Hope y'all are having a good holiday. More later... Michele, Sweetie & Kilo Tango
		"Charlie Bird"
On Wednesday, March 14, 2007, our Blue and Gold Macaw, Charlie Bird, jumped on my shoulder when removing her from her travel cage to take her back in the house after a short trip to the store. I tried to reach her feet before she could become flighted. She immediately went high above our home, circled and headed south. She was flying about 40 mph at that time. It was about 6 p.m. and she was out of sight before we could get our vehicle out and turned around. My husband took one vehicle and I took the other, and we drove for about 2 hours with no luck. On Thursday evening about 6 p.m. a neighbor down the country road called to say our macaw was up in a tree near their house. I tried desperately to get her to come down, as I knew she was cold and hungry. She eventually left the tree and headed east into the dusk. We drove looking for her about six hours on Thursday and again on Friday, stopping to tell anyone that we saw about her--calling others that we knew. On Friday night about 10 p.m. Charlie Bird knocked on the back door of a wooden framed home about 1.5 miles east of us as a bird flies. When the door opened she walked in the house, and stepped up on the gentleman's arm--was he ever shocked--to have just gone to get a glass of water. He gave her a bowl of water which she consumed and a banana--not knowing what to feed her. She sat on the table for the night warmer and protected from the cold of the past two nights. We picked her up this morning, and she was very glad to see us. Stepped right up (she had already bitten her friend from the night before--trying to work with her) and after paying a reward, we came home. The first word she said was "water" and went right to her cage and began to drink from her Bird Butler. She readily went to her dish of seed, sprouts, and veggies; and then settled in for a long overdue rest. I know that we were very lucky, but just never give up; as I thought she was already in San Antonio--but my husband placed cages, lights, radio etc. each night and never gave up hope of her returning. I hand fed Charlie Bird from a baby and had her about 7 years, and I am thankful to say she is with us again. -- Dennie & Jack Saul PS - Thanks Charlie's Angel!
Mine is a Pacific lucida Parrotlet Glenda named peanut who has Never (I mean Never!) refused to come out of her cage - even in Adolescence. She hops out of the cage, both feet, onto my hand, (actually she practically falls & clamors out of the cage... :) still does, always has, she came to me this way.... The first time Glenda put peaNut in my hand I held & petted her for well over an hour. - Marathon Cuddle Sessions!! - You got that right!! :) Such an affectionate bird!!!!.... ! I know I could never have done any better than getting my little parrotlet from Glenda, Breeder of "peaNut"! - MA peaNut is so sweet. When I brag about her, I hope people realize that I'm really bragging about my breeder. Thanks to Glenda!. :) by Cindy & peaNut
Creation On the first day God created the Parrot. On the second day God created man to serve the Parrot. On the third day God created all the vegetables and nuts on earth to serve as food, if the Parrot liked them. On the fourth day God created honest toil so that man could labor for the good of the Parrot. On the fifth day God created trees and branches and cables and ropes so the Parrot could chew them. On the sixth day God created veterinary science to keep the Parrot healthy and man broke. On the seventh day God tried to rest, but He had to clean the Parrot's cage.