What is something your pet does that is habit and strange?

[Eli]

I'm not sure if anyone else has a Parrot but that's our pet......his name is Yogi

We got him in 1987 when he was a year old. He's a member of the family and we're told will live to be somewhere between 50 - 80 YO

He is amazingly regimented. He wakes up around 7AM every day, likes to hang out with us out of the cage and can keep himself occupied for hours on end with a cardboard box......I like cheap toys

We have come to know that he is a conservative and not a liberal (can't imagine where he gets that from) but he seems to be in love with Dana Perino and we have trouble keeping him away from the screen when she is on TV.....oh well at least he has good taste

Paul, I have to ask...does Yogi get jealous?
I dated a guy who had a bird and when we would get cozy the bird would scream off the top of its lungs and his dog would start barking...needless to say that ended very quickly but I wonder if all parrots are like that.


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[Paul65K]

Paul, I have to ask...does Yogi get jealous?
I dated a guy who had a bird and when we would get cozy the bird would scream off the top of its lungs and his dog would start barking...needless to say that ended very quickly but I wonder if all parrots are like that.


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Yogi definitely needs his attention....that's for sure!

When he gets up in a few minutes he'll sit in bed with us for a little bit. If I have the laptop out he'll almost always position himself on my chest between the computer so I can only pay attention to him and NOT the computer

He was definitely my wife's bird for the first 10 or so years and still is more attached to her but now is pretty happy hanging out with me if she's not around or busy doing something else. Cockatoos are "Clingers" and are the friendliest of the parrots (we're told) and Yogi loves being the center of attention when people come by. He's a little high maintenance but a pretty cool guy to have around.......most of the time

[Cigalert]

Paul, I have to ask...does Yogi get jealous?
I dated a guy who had a bird and when we would get cozy the bird would scream off the top of its lungs and his dog would start barking...needless to say that ended very quickly but I wonder if all parrots are like that.


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In my experience they play favorites. The cockatoos I've been around are more affectionate though. My buddies Aunt and Uncle were retired in Mexico. His uncle would fish all day and his aunt stayed home. The bird would mimic her voice to the T and would only let her in for feeding. Everyone else...that damn bird hated. Well, on our first night of a week long trip down there his aunt had a massive heart attack and passed. We returned from the bar to find out and all we heard all night was the bird screaming her name in her exact voice. Creepy shit.