Congratulations to your daughter on her new pet! My dh had a parakeet that was blue also when he was in pharmacy school. He called him Thor, and gosh was he smart. I believe he thought he was a dog! My dh would let him out of the cage and he would follow DH around his apartment. Thor used to sit on his perch and say...."Thor's a pretty boy", and he would do the cat call whistle. He was too smart. Right after we married, Thor let himself out of the cage, (even though we had a clothespin on the door), and my siamese cat killed him. My cat went back home to my parents, and poor Thor.......was buried.
Every now and then dh hubby mentions Thor, and my siamese cat Sheeba. Of course it isn't too nice what he says about Sheeba!