Demon Parrot
by Charlie Ross
My hubby has
always wanted a parrot but I have a thing about
caged birds it just doesn’t seem fair on
them. When we got married he decided to
compromise so we got a kitten and called her
Polly. She used to sit on his shoulder but we
never managed to teach her to speak. Recently,
however, my sister has moved to a smaller house
and can’t keep her pet African Grey Parrot
so has asked us if we would take it on. After
much begging and pleading from both my sister and
my hubby I agreed. His name is George or as I
affectionately call him “the demon parrot
from hell,” As you have probably guessed he
doesn’t like me. I feed and water him every
morning, I open his cage so he isn’t caged
all day but he still hates me.
I was told that
they are very intelligent with the brain of a two
year old child so I tried reasoning with him but
he wasn’t having any of it. Have you ever
felt a parrots bite? It hurts a lot and the
bleeding takes ages to stop. I decided to phone
an animal behaviourist to ask for advise. She
told me that she had a parrot evening every week
and that I should go along and take George with
me. I don’t know how that would have worked
out his cage is 4ft by 3ft and 4ft high I know
its on casters but I don’t think I could
have wheeled it the 3 miles to the meeting.
Anyway I knew it wasn’t for me when she
started telling me that she communicates with
them telepathically. She went on to tell me about
other people whom she had helped by asking the
parrot telepathically why he was biting or
screeching or whatever the problem was and the
parrots had answered her telepathically of course
and she only charged a small fee. What I cant get
my head around is if these parrots have the brain
power of a two year old and they can talk why
does she need telepathy. Just ask them and they
should be able to answer so we can all hear.
My husband has
bought a leather glove to protect his hand so he
can hold George and that seemed to be working. My
son had a go with it and he too could hold the
demon parrot, but when I tried it was a different
story. I ended up running around the room parrot
hanging from glove screaming for help. I think it
may be time for me to give up on this
relationship. At least the dog loves me best.
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