Textbook example of bad behaviour

Jayyj

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Alice - Galah cockatoo

• Jul 12, 2013

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Picture, if you will, a pleasant, quiet evening. The bird is perched on your knee contentedly preening while you watch the news headlines, and it seems the perfect opportunity to have a browse through that new book you just bought on how to discourage bad behavior in parrots.

Within 30 seconds, said bird has spotted the receipt poking out the top for the book, and within 60 the couch is covered in flakes of paper.

Definition of irony?

 

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JerseyWendy

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• Jul 12, 2013

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PRICELESS!!!

 

SoCalWendy

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• Jul 12, 2013

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Oooooooo paper

 

CaitlinBird

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Achilles my blind Cockatiel, she is four years old.

a Moluccan Cockatoo that it's over 30 years old.

• Jul 12, 2013

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Haha. Destructive yet tasty. Om nom nom nom!

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/050/Nom_bridge.jpg

 

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• Jul 12, 2013

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Alice ,Alice Alice !

 

cnyguy

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Quaker parrot, Ralph

• Jul 12, 2013

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Look on the bright side-- your parrot could have demolished the book instead of the receipt.

 

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• Jul 16, 2013

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I just LOVE the look on his face in that third pic... what a rascal!!!

 

cockatielgirl

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• Jul 16, 2013

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ha ha love it!!!

 

BillsBirds

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• Jul 16, 2013

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If they can't destroy it, they don't enjoy it!

 

antoinette

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• Jul 16, 2013

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LoL how cute and so funny
The book title explains it WHY DOES MY PARROT...?
Thanks for sharing, it made me laugh

 

Kimmied

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I have one umbrella cockatoo. A female 3 years old named Mina.

• Nov 21, 2013

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One word hilarious.

 

Kimmied

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I have one umbrella cockatoo. A female 3 years old named Mina.

• Nov 21, 2013

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Wait I just have to ask, is that a harp in the background? You are brave my friend my fid would have eaten the book then started on the harp or table lol

 

Calace

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• Nov 21, 2013

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LOL!

 

cassiepengo

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my darling lovebird

• Nov 21, 2013

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haha!! aw man!! enjoy his crazy stuff till you can, cause i have a feeling your gonna train him real well, since you got that book!!

 

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Jayyj

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Alice - Galah cockatoo

• Nov 21, 2013

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She's actually very respectful of musical instruments, possibly because she's distrustful of the fact they periodically make strange sounds that she doesn't really understand. Sometimes if I'm playing the guitar or piano she'll come over and make a very tentative attempt at touching it with her beak, but only if I'm there for moral support so I'm pretty confident having her out around them. Computers, now that's a different story...

 

Birdman666

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Presently have six Greenwing Macaw (17 yo), Red Fronted Macaw (12 yo), Red Lored Amazon (17 y.o.), Lilac Crowned Amazon (about 43 y.o.) and a Congo African Grey (11 y.o.)
Panama Amazon (1 Y.O.)

• Nov 21, 2013

• #16

Years ago... my daughter was still in grade school at the time...

She was sitting next to the big play stand PRETENDING to do her homework.

What she was really doing was playing with the macaw. Sweepea fainted for her fingers (she was in beak wrestling mode) reach down, and snagged her math homework, and shreded it...

"A BIRD ATE MY HOMEWORK!"

We had to explain to the teacher that yes, in fact, a great big bird did eat my daughter's homework...