Meet Rocco, the newest member of our family. Rocco was hatched in April of 2009. His sex is not known, but “Rocco” sure sounds like a male, and there is no history of egg laying, so we assume.
Rocco’s favorite foods are chicken wings, apples, pizza crust, pistachios, and scrambled eggs. His vocabulary includes “Hello”, “Hello, Rocco”, “Go Steelers”, and “Good Bird!”. He also does a bunch of sounds, including wolf whistles, Windows Alert, various ringtones, Knocking on the door, etc.
He is fully flighted and has been well behaved so far. His original owners had a situation arise that forced them to find him a new home. Lucky for us, a friend of mine suggested that I might consider having him and things have worked out well for all involved.
I use plenty of foul language. We have friends with an African Grey that began yelling “FUCK”. They would tell him to stop it. Now he yells, “FUCK!! Stop it!”
Congratulations on your new addition! May he eat sunflower seeds out of your hand (and leave all five of your fingers).
You know, I’ve heard that they can imitate ring tones, door bells and alarm sounds.
(Happy Holidays…!)
PS- If you play music in your home, I’m going to strongly suggest also that you immediately implement the “No Bad Music Out Loud” policy. The following, if played at All should probably Only be played through earbuds:
The Macarena
The Chicken Dance
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Any “Dog-Barking” Christmas carols
Backstreet Boys
Push It (SaltnPepa)
Freak Like Me (Adina version)
…and under penalty of death, no one should ever play…
Congratulations!
I use plenty of foul language. We have friends with an African Grey that began yelling “FUCK”. They would tell him to stop it. Now he yells, “FUCK!! Stop it!”
