Love these birds!

We got one when I was younger. It was a hatch-ling so we had to feed it with a tube thing many times a day. Most the time I would help or be the one doing the feeding. He grew up a happy bird who loved to talk!

I used to run to answer the phone as a teen only to realize it was the bird. The dogs would bark when it made the door bell noise. Also would say 'god damn it' cause my dad said it all the time. It was smart as a whip, you could just see it when he looked at you with his head all sideways, listening to you. He got sprayed with a water bottle to clean and would pick through his food and leave some things he didn't like.

Unfortunately one year he flew into the Christmas tree and got stuck. He screamed and screamed when they all were untangling him. I was away at my aunts for the summer so I wasn't there when this happened.

It took me months to get him to even kind of come out of his cage, lots of sweet talking and treats. I was the only one he even allowed near him, most likely because I had not been around for the tree thing. I think he felt like it was their fault, he was very smart (well kinda) but he associated them with the fear he had felt.

Later he was moved to the basement with me because he started aiming his poo at my dad. Literally shooting it at him. He hated my dad lol.

Eventually they got tired of him and gave him to some lady breeding them in TX. Still talk about him to my husband sometimes, I miss him. We were like the outcast that lived in the basement. Many great memories :)

When I worked at a pet store with one it took MONTHS for him to warm up to me and still got pissy when it was time for him to go back in his cage. Loved those red chili pepper things that are dried out. Only way to get him back in without getting bit! But he was still very interesting to watch.

Anyways they are great pets! Just get it when it's younger, but not a hatch-ling cause that is a pain. Or if you find a nice old one that isn't picking at itself. They live a long time though, so be prepared to leave it in your will!!