Goodnight, Milton...

[cassiesdad]

This occurred last night...

Me: Time to go to bed, Milton.

Milton: "YEAH, RIGHT"...

I proceed to put sheets over Milty's cage...he pulls them off.

Me: Why did you do that, Bird?

Milton: (laughing) " I A BAAAAAAD BIRD!" (more laughing)

I put sheets back on cage, then put a shoe on top of the sheet. I watch as the shoe begins to be pushed off of the cage by a beak from below. Shoe falls to floor...followed by the sheet.

Milton: "HI!"

Me: If you don't want a sheet on right now, that's OK with me, Cockatoo.

Milton looks at me with a funny look on his face...obviously he didn't expect that answer.

Milton: "WHATEVER"...

He climbed up to his high perch, fluffed up, and began to beak grind. After about a half hour, I covered his cage without further incident. But he had to get the last word in....naturally...

Milton: "GOOD NIGHT...YOU GOOD DAD"...

 

[zoo mom]

Well he obviously knows the difference between good and bad.

 

[d_msparkles]

 

[camelotshadow]

 

[taxidermynerd]

I love Milty... He's so precious!

 

[Jas]

Ohhh milty you have your humans well trained!

 

[cassiesdad]

Ohhh milty you have your humans well trained!

...that's for sure...Milty's got an advanced degree in "Human Training"...

 

[cassiesdad]

Well he obviously knows the difference between good and bad.

It seems so, doesn't it? I was impressed by the cutesy, innocent "HI" in the middle of everything...

 

[Lodah]

Milton: "GOOD NIGHT...YOU GOOD DAD"...

Absolute gold!

 

[Dartman]

They do know what to say in the middle of a argument to make you turn to jello don't they. In the end he had to let you know he still loved you you Good Bird

 

[faislaq]

he had to get the last word in....naturally...

Milton: "GOOD NIGHT...YOU GOOD DAD"...

What a sweet last word, though.

 

[Nancy B]

Knocks the sheet off....HI.... wow the cockatoo species loves messing with us. What personalities! Does he ever say PEEK A BOO....?
And I love how sweet he is...that last word....that must melt your heart.

 

[cassiesdad]

Does he ever say PEEK A BOO....?

Yes...when you cover his eyes, then draw you hand away quickly...although when Milton says it, it sounds like, "PEEKBOO!"

You have to be careful playing peek a boo with Milty though...he gets SUPER excited playing it...and the over-excitement will lead to him to try to bite your hand after you pull it away from his eyes. I do not let other people play peek a boo with Milty because of this...

 

[Nancy B]

He's so so cute! Lol

 

[cassiesdad]

He's so so cute! Lol

Yes, he is. Milty's also a great example of the mind of a 'too...straight line logic meets bird with large beak...