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This is something, I must admit, I never expected from a bird. I offered Sanjay a treat via the horizontal bars earlier, he showed interest, then Tapped the next bar up with his beak, so I offered it via that one and he took it. Just to confirm what I was perceiving, I tried it again later on once again he tapped the next bar up and accepted from it. Sanjay must find it easier to grab hold of from there. I used to get this level of communication from our dogs, but coming from Sanjay, it has blown me away!

Nifty.

this reminds me of how i've learned my own bird's vocalizations.. what they mean.

He's got, "please come back, i'm calling you!"

"Hey I dropped that will you hand it back to me"

"Why'd you shut the door in my face I was trying to follow you" immediately followed by "Damn You!"

He doesn't -say- these things.. they're just noises but I know what they mean.

At night if he's hanging out on my shoulder.. and I turn to say something to him.. he'll open his beak real wide and just sorta squeak.. it's real soft.. sometimes it's so soft it comes out as a lower frequency click, or a slow and quiet vibration due to lack of effort..(that's very difficult to describe). I'm not sure what this one is but I'm sure it's basically a sleepy form of "yeah hey buddy, i'm happy right here"

I know what you mean, Sanjay does the same if I ask him "are you okay?" He pins his eyes at the same time.

Parrot speak!

Billie taps the cage when she is impatient, she has two noises when l stroke her one is purring just like a cat and the other is squeaking like a mouse.

Billie has a a call "Where are you?" And if l have been out of the room for awhile she make a big fuss over my return, flapping her wings while crouching and squeaking.

They say dog owners get to look like their dogs l wonder if we get to look like our IRN, if MissK has anything to do with it, sooner than later, "Have you eaten you birds' seed today?"
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Sanjay would take a very dim view If I ate his seed! His attitude is very much "what's yours is mine and what's mine is my own"

I agree with Sanjay's mummi today l was putting some fresh greens in Billie's pot I think she thought l was taking her food and she bit me. Being a drama queen l played it for all it was worth "Ouch oo oo oo oo kiss it better" and on and on Billie just looked smug.
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