We have a rescued Quaker named Rosco who is about 12 years old. We also have a Lesser Jardine named Envy who is 4 years old.
Rosco talks quite a bit, but all I am to him is his bird slave. He LOVES my husband, just adores him and behaves well for him. As for me, we have reached the point where when he bites me, he does not break skin anymore! He used to draw blood so I feel like we have progressed. My husband has very little interaction with the birds, but Rosco still loves him. Lots of birds are like that.
Envy is a sweetheart. She likes to meet new people. Jardines will talk, and she knows a few words, but she is best at mimicing sounds, even to the point when I open a closet she makes the noise of metal hangers screeching on the metal clothes pole. Kisses, microwave beeps, phones, belching, that's my Envy girl. She LOVES to dance and is the only one in the house that appreciates my singing. Jardines are usually pretty social birds, which is unusual for a parrot, and Envy is definitely social, she will go to anyone, anytime. She HATES the dogs, she has been known to chase them down the hallway, and I can't imagine the dogs would take that treatment for long, so for everyone's safety we keep them seperate. The first time one of our dog girls came in season one of my male dogs, cried and wailed, it was awful. Of course Envy picked that up in about 2 seconds, so I heard it from two sides of the house! Luckily that stopped after we got through that first heat cycle...
Not too long ago we were doing some painting in the house and so we boarded the birds for a few days at the vet. They stayed up front near reception, and within hours Envy was making the noise of their phone and Rosco was saying "yeah, yeah, uh uh, yeah, OK, thank you!" like he was carrying on one side of the phone conversation. They loved the attention they were getting for their little talent show, and continued it for a few days once they got home. |