Hrw1959
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Hi,
My son-in-law was asked by a workmates, if he knew anyone who would be interested in taking on an African grey parrot, as he knew of an elderly lady who needed to rehome one. It turned out that the ladies husband had died and although she loved the parrot she couldn't cope with hearing her husbands voice all the time. Lucy, the parrot, is a great talker and mimics her husbands voice. My son-in-law knew how much my husband had always wanted a parrot so he said yes we would have it. My daughter asked me if it was alright that she gave the parrot to us, I obviously said yes. Caroline and Les had to keep the parrot for a couple of months till they could bring the parrot to us. Lucy was to be a surprise for Paul, my hubby, so he knew nothing about it. When my daughter was able to bring the parrot home I was in hospital so I had to wait to see her.
There was a patient on our ward whose daughter worked for the parrot rescue uk and she gave me a lot of advice on the care of Lucy. Paul was delighted with Lucy and chattered on about what she was doing all through visiting hours. Lucy, was 16yrs old when we got her in 2011, and is amazing, she talks very well, when she wants to and doesn't say any swear words. We were told by the lady from parrot rescue, that African greys tend to favour one person and Lucy certainly favours Paul. She will sit on his shoulder whispering in his ear and cleaning his beard, it's so funny to watch and she also tries to feed him. She settled in very quickly and loves to see our grandchildren. We never allow people to put their fingers through the cage as she will bite, but she loves to be given treats from people. Even though she is Paul's bird she is my companion. I am in a wheelchair and can only go out when my husband is not at work, so Lucy and my two dogs are my daily companions. She chats to my carers and let's us know if she doesn't like a programme on TV. When we go out she says 'see u later' , when my husband comes home the first thing she says is ' you want a cup of tea?, my husband drinks a lot of tea. She mimics the dogs, when she speaks it could be Paul's voice I hear or her previous owners voice or even her favourite tv characters voice.
One of her favourite toys is one I made for her, I bought a mop head and tied some little cat toys and bells and little wooden blocks in it. It had outlasted the toys I paid a fortune for, she loves it. She loves to tease the dogs and sings baa baa black sheep or the macdonalds theme. I wish you many hours of joy with little Archie, he may not take to a change of name, I will try and put a picture on of Lucy. we cover Lucy's cage at night, as I am unable to get upstairs I have a bed in the lounge, and every night when I turn the tv of she says ' see you in the morning' it's so cute.
I look forward to hearing about Archie, and seeing his pictures.
My son-in-law was asked by a workmates, if he knew anyone who would be interested in taking on an African grey parrot, as he knew of an elderly lady who needed to rehome one. It turned out that the ladies husband had died and although she loved the parrot she couldn't cope with hearing her husbands voice all the time. Lucy, the parrot, is a great talker and mimics her husbands voice. My son-in-law knew how much my husband had always wanted a parrot so he said yes we would have it. My daughter asked me if it was alright that she gave the parrot to us, I obviously said yes. Caroline and Les had to keep the parrot for a couple of months till they could bring the parrot to us. Lucy was to be a surprise for Paul, my hubby, so he knew nothing about it. When my daughter was able to bring the parrot home I was in hospital so I had to wait to see her.
There was a patient on our ward whose daughter worked for the parrot rescue uk and she gave me a lot of advice on the care of Lucy. Paul was delighted with Lucy and chattered on about what she was doing all through visiting hours. Lucy, was 16yrs old when we got her in 2011, and is amazing, she talks very well, when she wants to and doesn't say any swear words. We were told by the lady from parrot rescue, that African greys tend to favour one person and Lucy certainly favours Paul. She will sit on his shoulder whispering in his ear and cleaning his beard, it's so funny to watch and she also tries to feed him. She settled in very quickly and loves to see our grandchildren. We never allow people to put their fingers through the cage as she will bite, but she loves to be given treats from people. Even though she is Paul's bird she is my companion. I am in a wheelchair and can only go out when my husband is not at work, so Lucy and my two dogs are my daily companions. She chats to my carers and let's us know if she doesn't like a programme on TV. When we go out she says 'see u later' , when my husband comes home the first thing she says is ' you want a cup of tea?, my husband drinks a lot of tea. She mimics the dogs, when she speaks it could be Paul's voice I hear or her previous owners voice or even her favourite tv characters voice.
One of her favourite toys is one I made for her, I bought a mop head and tied some little cat toys and bells and little wooden blocks in it. It had outlasted the toys I paid a fortune for, she loves it. She loves to tease the dogs and sings baa baa black sheep or the macdonalds theme. I wish you many hours of joy with little Archie, he may not take to a change of name, I will try and put a picture on of Lucy. we cover Lucy's cage at night, as I am unable to get upstairs I have a bed in the lounge, and every night when I turn the tv of she says ' see you in the morning' it's so cute.
I look forward to hearing about Archie, and seeing his pictures.