Ode to a Parrot
Sometimes I'll leave Kai's cage door open over night if I know that we won't be getting up as early as we normally do. This allows her flutter around the house on her own for awhile. She usually bounces between her favorite places on the top of the fridge, her tree in the living room, and the door to her cage. She's been (mostly) potty trained for awhile now, so the chances of her making a mess are pretty slim. I feel better about it since she isn't as bound up for longer than she has to be.
Lately though, she's been waking us up by walking down the hallway, sticking her beak under the door, and babbling incoherently. The other day I made out what sounded like "BIRDSTEPUPBIRDBIRDBIRDSTEP."
She does this when she really wants to get your attention. She just mashes together every word she knows how to say and rattles it off. It always has me in stitches. I can't say no to her. On mornings like those, she can go anywhere in the house she would usually be chased out of (like her coveted spot underneath the cabinets), but instead she beelines straight for where she knows we're at and tried everything in her little birdy power to get us to let her in.
I routinely refer to her as "the best mistake I ever made." She's loud, aggressive to strangers, messy as hell and needy. But I'll be damned if she hasn't been the light of my life since I adopted her six years ago.
<3 Kai. I love you!
Lately though, she's been waking us up by walking down the hallway, sticking her beak under the door, and babbling incoherently. The other day I made out what sounded like "BIRDSTEPUPBIRDBIRDBIRDSTEP."
She does this when she really wants to get your attention. She just mashes together every word she knows how to say and rattles it off. It always has me in stitches. I can't say no to her. On mornings like those, she can go anywhere in the house she would usually be chased out of (like her coveted spot underneath the cabinets), but instead she beelines straight for where she knows we're at and tried everything in her little birdy power to get us to let her in.
I routinely refer to her as "the best mistake I ever made." She's loud, aggressive to strangers, messy as hell and needy. But I'll be damned if she hasn't been the light of my life since I adopted her six years ago.
<3 Kai. I love you!