Doggydad said:(Except our Amazon Parrot, Katy, who mimics the dogs coughing perfectly and always gets doggymom and I all cranked up we she does that cause we think we got another furbaby coughing. :lol: ) [/color]
Shay said:Doggydad said:(Except our Amazon Parrot, Katy, who mimics the dogs coughing perfectly and always gets doggymom and I all cranked up we she does that cause we think we got another furbaby coughing. :lol: ) [/color]
That is so funny. My cousin has a cockatiel or is it cockatoo . He has had Teela since he was about 14 and he is now 48. She sounds just like whomever she is mimicking. Sometimes it freaks you out when you don't know it's her. She's a cranky old lady now, and talks constantly driving them crazy :lol:
Doggydad said:Yeah...I know exactly how they feel. Our little poophead drives me nuts really. :drivecar: (short trip.. :lol: )
Katy has bonded with my wife and mimics many of her words and sounds such as laughter. It's so precisely exact it's eerie. For instance my wife gets a lot of laughs out of the TV program Two & A-Half Men among others. Then, if she happens to be elsewhere when one of the actors makes a joke, Katy laughs exactly like her right on cue! :yikes
Shay Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:47 pm
When my cousin was not home one day (he must have had Teela for about 2 years at that point, he was only about 16 at the time) several family memebrs were at his house visiting my Aunt. We kept hearing "Roll Tide" coming from David's bedroom, and we thought David had come home. It was Teela, and David had taught her to say this, as his whole family are huge U of Alabama fans. Anyway, some of us visiting, being huge Auburn U fans thought it would be funny to teach Teela to say "War Eagle". We had her saying War...War by the time we left. A few days later, my Aunt called my Mom laughing hysterically saying that Teela had been saying "War Eagle" for days. David was furious wanting to know how his bird learned this horrible phrase. :lol: We still laugh about this today almost 35 years later. David still doesn't think it's funny.
That's the down side of owning large or exotic birds as pets. They typically bond to only one person and that's normally for life. Katy for instance has bonded totally to my wife. I can't even go into the cage to clean or change the water without her getting upset and hanging a cussing on me in Parrot talk. In fact, (and I know she'll get a lot of support here for this trait) she hates men altogether! Any male that comes into the house, no matter if it's a familiar family member or a complete stranger like the pizza delivery guy or service guy, she raises all kinds of heck. You'd think someone was assaulting her. But let a woman come in, and she chatters and coos like a dove. Obviously all is right with the world when just the ladies are around.Teella hates his wife and they have now been married alomost 20 years. Mary Lynn still can't get too close to her cage. Teela goes nuts.
Shay said:He's beautiful!!!! How old are your birds? I think they can live into their 60's and 70's????