Vaccuum Buddy!

Taw5106

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• Aug 21, 2018

• #1

Today I pulled the vacuum out to do a quick floor clean up, Buddy had ventured out and was exploring the window (YAY). I turned the vacuum on and OH BOY!!! He ran over to me and jumped on my shoulder! I vacuumed, talked to him, everything said was answered with a happy answer. He was a very puffy green, vibrating happy bird, dry showering while I vacuumed, lol! He made chores fun today. I am so glad he is exploring.

Does anyone vacuum with their Amazon? Buddy loves the sound of the vac.

 

SailBoat

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• Aug 21, 2018

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Julio is not a great friend of the Vaccuum, especially if he is close to it. That does not mean that he not a nut from the moment it is switched on to the last moment of its use. He moves too a high spot and displays, verbalizes, puffs-up and stands tall (Big Bird) and of course spins those flashing orange eyes!

Grab the camera and he shuts it all down in a moment.

 

AmyMyBlueFront

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• Aug 21, 2018

• #3

Amy could care less about the vacuum. BB on the other hand gets very animated about it with his arms up high and giving it hell lol. Smokey would sit on the top of her house and fluff up as big as she could,and if I got close to her house,she'd lunge and call the vacuum names




Jim

 

goodfellowsheryl

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• Aug 21, 2018

• #4

My bird name is buddy too. He goes to his water dish and has a bath but only when i turn on the vacuum. Very odd. Im giving him. Misty water sprays to get him cool but hes backing away from it. he ll go to his dish and put his head in and have a great splashing bath.

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goodfellowsheryl

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• Aug 21, 2018

• #5

Buddy fluffing up

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• Aug 22, 2018

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My Bingo goes into his Stevie wonder dance when I use the vacuum.
I don't think I would let him ride my shoulder while doing it.

 

SailBoat

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• Aug 22, 2018

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goodfellowsheryl said:

My bird name is buddy too. He goes to his water dish and has a bath but only when i turn on the vacuum. Very odd. Im giving him. Misty water sprays to get him cool but hes backing away from it. he ll go to his dish and put his head in and have a great splashing bath.

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Try misting in the air above him and letting it rain down on him.

 

Kiwibird

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• Aug 22, 2018

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Kiwi definitely responds to the vacuum, but is not really fond of riding on shoulders therefore remains happily on his cage or swing. Typically, he celebrates me vacuuming with either a bath in his water dish or just doing his big flashy amazon dance (not to be confused with the amazon dance of death) on the top of his cage and making funny grunts and squeals when I come close.

 

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• Aug 22, 2018

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If I have the hoover on, or sometimes even brushing up, Enzo will scream/growl at me and quite possibly attack. If others in the house use the hoover Enzo will definitely attack, no question. She is absolutely terrified of them, even walking past the hoover if not stored away will cause her to growl. There is definitely something that happened in her past, nothing else gets her acting like this.

search youtube for Lucy, the African Grey scream/growl to get an idea of the noise she makes although Enzo does this much louder and with a lot of panic in her voice.

 

goodfellowsheryl

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• Aug 22, 2018

• #10

Ok thanks sailboat.

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• Aug 22, 2018

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Salty , like Amy, could care less about the vaccume cleaner. Now give him a nice fast Baptist style gospel song he start singing with it.

 

chris-md

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• Aug 22, 2018

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If he’s super chatty when the vacuum is turned on, you can use that to get phrases on cue

 

mh434

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• Aug 23, 2018

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Turning on the vacuum in our house immediately results in almost all our birds (Sammy, my YNA included) bathing industriously in their water dishes.

No idea why...

 

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Taw5106

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Buddy - Red Crowned Amazon (27 yo)
Venus - Solomon Island Eclectus (4 yo)
Buzz CAG (2 yo)
Sam - Cockatiel 1997 - 2004
Tweety - Budgie 1984 - 1987
Sweety - Budgie 1985 - 1986

• Aug 23, 2018

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mh434 said:

Turning on the vacuum in our house immediately results in almost all our birds (Sammy, my YNA included) bathing industriously in their water dishes.

No idea why...

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LOL!!!!! Yes Buddy does a “dry shower”, all fluffed up catching no water, lol.


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LeaKP

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• Aug 23, 2018

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I love how they all react differently! I had a GCC who would perch on my shoulder whenever i vacuumed the house. He loved it. Here, we don’t have carpets so we aren’t vacuuming, just sweeping and mopping. I have a feeling Kevin would play the big bad bird if a vacuum was in the picture.


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Billdore

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• Aug 24, 2018

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Haha I saw this and thought of this thread right away. Looks like Timneh is prepared to step up and take over some of the choirs herself.

 

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