Life With Milton...

[cassiesdad]

...all I know is that is that Milton does talk!
Example...at 6:30 AM... (time change, you know)
Milton: (softly) "hi...hi...hi"...

Me: You want to get up now?

Milton: ( loudly) " UP NOW NOW!"

Yeah, hospital psych ward ...I'm delusional...MY BIRD WANTS UP!

 

[Pat H]

WHAT A BLESSING !!! Your ears and mentality are SO TUNED IN to Milton's vocabulary! The clearest thing our Umbrella, Abby, says... is "I LOVE YOU."
Was SO PRECIOUS the day after we brought her home... she must have realized how much we wanted her.... she looked solidly in my husbands eyes, and said it SO CLEARLY! When she presses her beak into his nose--- or flops her head into his hand... OH...

Glad to hear you're doing ok...

 

[cassiesdad]

Milton flirts with my caregivers...it's devastatingly cute to see!
The first thing they say is, "Did he say that??"
Milton reacts before me...he says, "YES!"
Smart bird!

 

[Coldbreeze]

My TAG doesn't say much at all. He tells me shut up and bye. Maybe once in a while if he sees me put on a hoodie he tells me BYYYYEE. Other than that he just beeps, farts, sneezes, laughs and cries.

 

[cassiesdad]

My TAG doesn't say much at all. He tells me shut up and bye. Maybe once in a while if he sees me put on a hoodie he tells me BYYYYEE. Other than that he just beeps, farts, sneezes, laughs and cries.

...so he communicates with you just fine!
Like a lot of AGs, he prefers to use his own language, rather than ours!
(Hey, I like to use French at times... )

 

[sunnysmom]

Non bird people just don't get it. I said something the other day about Elvis sulking because I was leaving for work. My boss's wife said- I don't get it. How do you know he was sulking? They don't get that birds have emotions and communicate. Anyone who has been around a cockatoo clearly knows when they're sulking. They are really expressive. And I have heard Milton talk. I can vouch for it.

 

[cassiesdad]

This morning, Milton was barking at the dogs he heard next door...

 

[Princessbella]

Milton flirts with my caregivers...it's devastatingly cute to see!
The first thing they say is, "Did he say that??"
Milton reacts before me...he says, "YES!"
Smart bird!

Maybe he is trying to make sure that you get the best care from your caregivers. Good job Milty.

 

[cassiesdad]

Maybe he is trying to make sure that you get the best care from your caregivers. Good job Milty.

He learned how to flirt from his first person...and he does it better than I do...

 

[Princessbella]

He learned how to flirt from his first person...and he does it better than I do...

Bailey flirts with everyone but I don't know where he gets it from because I don't.

 

[cassiesdad]

Bailey flirts with everyone but I don't know where he gets it from because I don't.

Bailey is a mini-'too...it's in his DNA. (see Milton... )

 

[cassiesdad]

@sunnysmom ...I've seen Elvis sulk...many times!
My favorite time is when he flew out to our kitchen...a definite "no-no" in our house...and Elvis KNOWS it!
I told him to get out of the kitchen...which he did. He flew right past me and landed on his cage.
He then put himself away...and yelled at me for about a half hour...then I got "THE TAIL"!
After about a half hour, I offered him his favorite treat...and all sins were forgiven...
I love life with Cockatoos!

 

[sunnysmom]

@sunnysmom ...I've seen Elvis sulk...many times!
My favorite time is when he flew out to our kitchen...a definite "no-no" in our house...and Elvis KNOWS it!
I told him to get out of the kitchen...which he did. He flew right past me and landed on his cage.
He then put himself away...and yelled at me for about a half hour...then I got "THE TAIL"!
After about a half hour, I offered him his favorite treat...and all sins were forgiven...
I love life with Cockatoos!

LOL. Yes, I got the tail the other day. I had been out all morning. Then, had to run home to get something. When he realized I was leaving again, I got the tail. I really need to try to get a picture of him sulking. There can be no doubt when you see his little face, that that's exactly what he's doing.

 

[Birdie Mama]

What’s worse? The tail or the biiiites?

 

[cassiesdad]

What’s worse? The tail or the biiiites?

"The Tail" is funny...DA BBBIIITTTEEESSS are a corrective measure administered from a Teacher...

 

[The_Mayor]

"The Tail" is funny...DA BBBIIITTTEEESSS are a corrective measure administered from a Teacher...

You went to a weird school.

 

[Princessbella]

@sunnysmom ...I've seen Elvis sulk...many times!
My favorite time is when he flew out to our kitchen...a definite "no-no" in our house...and Elvis KNOWS it!
I told him to get out of the kitchen...which he did. He flew right past me and landed on his cage.
He then put himself away...and yelled at me for about a half hour...then I got "THE TAIL"!
After about a half hour, I offered him his favorite treat...and all sins were forgiven...
I love life with Cockatoos!

You know Bailey is the only one of my tiels who doesn't give me the tail when he is mad at me. But then, he doesn't stay mad very long as long as there is broccoli involved.

 

[cassiesdad]

You went to a weird school.

Yep...and damn proud of it!

 

[SandraK]

Bailey flirts with everyone but I don't know where he gets it from because I don't.

No offense to any guys, but Bailey is a boy! There's a special whistle I use with the teils. They all recognize it. When I start it, every single boy of the tiels all start whistling it. Then they stop, do a little beak smacking and go back to whistling. Sad to see a single runt boy who has no lady to whistle to - I usually whistle to him but he's a "hands off" bird.

 

[Pat H]

Non bird people just don't get it. I said something the other day about Elvis sulking because I was leaving for work. My boss's wife said- I don't get it. How do you know he was sulking? They don't get that birds have emotions and communicate. Anyone who has been around a cockatoo clearly knows when they're sulking. They are really expressive. And I have heard Milton talk. I can vouch for it.

The 'emotional' part is what I try to emphasize to people-- Birds are NOT just objects in a pretty cage... they have emotions! Kids...