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I had A Timneh <Smokey...r.i.p.> for almost 28 yrs, before she passed on last April :31:
Actually,she was my first "parrot"...bought at a pet store,on impulse, <always wanted a grey,having had 'keets since a kid>
I* later found out she was "wild caught".. never really liking hands. She WOULD step-up.if it were her last resort..always then telling me what a "goof girl" she was lol.
She was funny..INTELLIGENT,playfull....talkative...< I can't even try to count how many words/phrases she used/knew.She could be sooo lovable,and SO MEAN!
She loved my brother David...he would lean over her house <it was always on the floor> and she would be on the rooftop..run/waddle over to him,and then GENTLY preen his beard for him

and when she was donemshe would let out a loud "WOO!> to make sure he understood she was done with her chore lol.
If she didn't like/want something,she let you know fast. "get your hands away"!! CHOMP!! "I don't WANT this carrot"!! and fling it from her rooftop lol.
On a very RARE occasion,she would permit a head scratch,or beak rub.
Once she was ON your hand/arm,she would make her way up to my shoulder,ever so gently nibble my ear lobe,then puke on my shoulder.
She would walk/waddle down the hallway to the kitchen,banging on the bedroom doors,saying "hello??...hello??? as if to wake someone up who is gonna miss nummys...
I could go on and on..now I'm starting to leak..:31: I miss her so much..
Jim