GracefulWolf
Meeting neighbors
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Hello, I wanted to introduce my little guys. I’ve got two parrotlets, Milo and Luka. Don’t worry, they have their own cages 
They’re both a year old, but Milo is a couple months older than Luka. I’ve had them since they were 9 weeks old. Before them, I had another parrotlet, Zazu. I was devastated when he passed. He was an awesome little guy.
Milo has changed a lot in the time I’ve had him. He was extremely shy and not hand tame at first. It took a couple months before he could sit on my hand without startling. A lot of singing, treats, and being carried around on his swing slowly warmed him up to me. He loves music! I made him his own Pandora station. He likes broadway musicals and Disney music. Now he’s very sassy and confident. He enjoys being sweet talked and getting scratches. Milo says a few words good morning, goodness gracious, no bite, what did you do (today). He started barbering his tail feathers recently, so I’ve been trying a few different things to help him. I took him for a vet check and he said Milo was healthy. So I bought a different brand of pellets (Oven Fresh Bites) and a bunch of new toys from a different toy shop. Time will tell if the changes help. Here’s his hatch day collage from earlier this year.
Luka has had a few different phases, but is overall my sweet angel. He is a velcro bird. To the extreme at first. It took me about a month and a half to teach him to play with toys rather than just cuddle all day long. Then he had a chewing phase where he wanted to chew on the ends of my fingernails all the time. That was a little tricky to teach away. He still does it sometimes. Luka also had a yelling phase for a short while where he yelled for attention because 3 hours of cuddling is not enough. Luckily, I taught him to make this cute squeaky chirp when he wants my attention. So now he makes sweet chirps instead. Here’s Luka’s hatch day collage!
They’re both a year old, but Milo is a couple months older than Luka. I’ve had them since they were 9 weeks old. Before them, I had another parrotlet, Zazu. I was devastated when he passed. He was an awesome little guy.Milo has changed a lot in the time I’ve had him. He was extremely shy and not hand tame at first. It took a couple months before he could sit on my hand without startling. A lot of singing, treats, and being carried around on his swing slowly warmed him up to me. He loves music! I made him his own Pandora station. He likes broadway musicals and Disney music. Now he’s very sassy and confident. He enjoys being sweet talked and getting scratches. Milo says a few words good morning, goodness gracious, no bite, what did you do (today). He started barbering his tail feathers recently, so I’ve been trying a few different things to help him. I took him for a vet check and he said Milo was healthy. So I bought a different brand of pellets (Oven Fresh Bites) and a bunch of new toys from a different toy shop. Time will tell if the changes help. Here’s his hatch day collage from earlier this year.
Luka has had a few different phases, but is overall my sweet angel. He is a velcro bird. To the extreme at first. It took me about a month and a half to teach him to play with toys rather than just cuddle all day long. Then he had a chewing phase where he wanted to chew on the ends of my fingernails all the time. That was a little tricky to teach away. He still does it sometimes. Luka also had a yelling phase for a short while where he yelled for attention because 3 hours of cuddling is not enough. Luckily, I taught him to make this cute squeaky chirp when he wants my attention. So now he makes sweet chirps instead. Here’s Luka’s hatch day collage!
I think they’re pretty adorable, too 
Milo is impossible to get nice pictures of since he never sits still for my phone.
So instead I put him down onto his playstand every time he started nibbling on them. Which is a form of punishment for him because he’s a huge velcro bird. I don’t recommend doing that if your little guy isn’t a huge cuddlebug. I would try a cuttlebone or another toy for redirecting first. 
