Spock Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 It was cage cleaning time last night and I was cleaning Joey's cage. As Dan has mentioned before, we always tell our Fids what we're doing. I was talking to Joey and said to him "I love you" and Joey replied, "I know". Then I said, "Joey, I'm going outside to get newspaper", and Joey responded, "Oh! Ok". I laughed to myself before it dawned on me what he was saying. When I came back with the paper, Joey said, "Paper, ok". He's said this before. Salsa our Amazon was in Joeys cage later on and I told Jay that I would get Salsa out. Joey looked at me and said, "Oh good". All our big birds gather at Joeys cage, he don't mind unless he's in it... I am really amazed at what comes out of their mouths...talk about "Out of the mouth of babes.....";) Maggie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 GreYt example of cognition! I love this story, thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearllyn Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 This is a lovely story Maggie. I wonder if Alfie will ever converse like that. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Awww Joey is so smart. So far all Ana Grey thinks about is what she wants to eat, have or have done for her!!! Perhaps some day!!!! Thanks for sharing with us Maggie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvenking Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 That is so awesome. I love to hear stories like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillyBeanz Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 What a great story Maggie - you definitely don't need a TV in your house - you get all the entertainment you need from this lot! They must bring you so much joy x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 What a great story!! Joey is brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Spock has started a few new words/phrases...whenever our birds say something and we don't quite hear or understand what they are saying, we answer (Like they are kids, duh!) "What?" and "What did you say?". Spock has now started to say "What?" We know he doesn't know what that means yet...is this how they start to define what they understand? He likes the sound of that word and it is used quite often in the same context daily. It is so fascinating to hear them develop speech daily. Maggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janfromboone Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I never expect such logical responses - It still blows my mind when it happens. I think the key is doing just what you do - talk to them as if the understand every word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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