George is a quaker parrot who was born in April of 2001. He came to live with us in November of that same year. Kim had always wanted a bird so Lisa gave in and surprised her with George as an early Christmas gift. He came pre-named from the petstore so we won't take responsibility for his moniker. His full name is George W. Bush, a perfect name for a Texas parrot.

Quaker parrots are very good talkers. George's vocabulary has grown immensely since he came to live with us and continues to grow in leaps and bounds. He knows two commands, "step-up" (steps on your finger) and "give me a kiss" (kisses your lips) and will stand at the door of his cage saying "step up" over and over until someone takes him out. George also enjoys "dancing" whenever he hears music or we sing to him (his favorite song is "Bad Bird, Bad Bird, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when they come for you - to the tune of the Cops theme).

George's current vocabulary....

  • "hello" (he actually doesnt say this much anymore)
  • "shut up" (learned from us yelling at Hercules when he's barking)
  • "step up" (when he wants out)
  • "stop it" (bossy thing, aint he?)
  • "what?" (definitely said with a questioning inflection)
  • "goodnight" (he says it every night when we cover his cage)
  • "George" (yes, he knows who he is)
  • "Hercules" (He occassionally calls the dog)
  • "kiss" (he loves to give kisses)
  • "I love you too" (we did not TRY to teach him this, he just started saying it)
  • "Good George" (yup, he is a good George)
  • "No licking" (Something we used to say A LOT because Lugar licked his paws raw)
  • Barks like Hercules (no surprise, if you know how barky Herc is)
  • Has two distinct meows (one like Xander and the other like Roscoe)
  • Dooks like the ferrets (Their cages were next to one another for a while)
  • Perfect imitation of Kim's laugh (whenever Kim laughs in his vicinity)
  • Perfect imitation of Lisa's laugh (same as above)
  • Makes the sound of dog food crunching (My dogs are loud chewers)
  • electic can opener (drives the cats nuts when he does this)
  • tea kettle whistling (we really need to get him out of the kitchen)
  • Bad Bird, Bad bird, whatcha...(we sing Bad Bird to the tune of Bad Boys to him all the time)

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