He asks me mommy are you going to work !!

[antoinette]

Oh shame right now Mishka is saying to me Mommy are you going to work, why mommy why...it breaks my heart, BUT I know the minute I get back home, he says mommy I love you, mommy is a good mommy

Love ya Mishka

 

[Rio Mom]

Awww! Mishka is so sweet! And so very very smart too! When we leave for work, and River isn't happy about going back to his cage, I tell him mommy and daddy have to work to buy you more toys! Lol

 

[merlinsmom13]

He misses you, he's just too smart. I started training for my new job this week, when I leave Merlins little face is pressed against the window. It kills me.

 

[oled]

So cute, and smart !

 

[melinda]

Our birds are just like kids. They are so smart and can they ever make us feel so guilty for leaving them for work. I only work part time but mine know when i am going in if they don't get a egg sandwich at 6 am. Chloe always fluffs up her feathers and makes the baby cockatoo noise trying to get me to stay. I always tell her if she wants new toys mom has to work.

 

[Mayden]

So sad! I'm nervous for the day I have to start working (although soon hopefully!) because poor Merlin just won't be happy about it. When we get our Grey he should be used to it since that's all he'll have known, but Merlin... oh dear!

We're hoping they'll keep each other company ^^

 

[critterman]

Hi Antoinette how are you? Awww that is so cute. It would break my heart to leave him.....lol. I am a stay home at the present moment and have been for the last 2 years and love it so I can spend all day with my 2 CAGS and my 4 dogs. I know that soon I will have to go back to work and it will break my heart to leave them all day. You are so good with your birds. I love the things you do with them and how they talk. I love the videos too. Take care and good luck!

 

[antoinette]

You guys need not worry about leaving a bird when going out or going to work. They actually cope better than what we do. I too was so worried, when I began working in May this year. Mishka and I were together every single minute of every single day, for 3 years and 6 months. We spoke 24/7, played and trained each night.
Since working I get up each morning at 4.30am, and Mishka is awake from about 5.30am. We spend quality time together, he has a shower, gets blow dried, and fed his formula. I then sit talking with him till 8.20am, asking him questions and visa versa.
I do leave cd's playing for Mishka, all saying he has learnt, sentences , practically everything he has ever learnt. I still continue to change and rotate his toys each and every week, knowing how important it is to keep him stimulated and entertained. I am fortunate Steven my youngest son, is home often (his in Uni) and changes the cd's for Mishka very often.
If anything Mishka is more loving and playful. The minute I walk in the door, it's hi mom, mommy I love you, he chats continuously for about 1 hour. When I am busy doing the washing, he walks into the kitchen, sits and watches the washing machines turning his head and whistling. He follows me everywhere I go. He has the same amount of playtime on his playpen each evening, then an hour on my lap. He is learning new words, and making them into sentences even quicker than before.
I only have one day off a week, cleaning etc, but make sure Mishka gets my full attention, and we chat all day.

PS when leaving today I stood outside the apartment, watching what he would do. Mishka began to shout out mommy, hey mommy I almost began to cry. After a few minutes he began talking away and playing. They are so much like our human kids, except for their poppies, birds ones do no stink LoL

 

[Printer bird]

Yes our little Charlie says "bye Charlie!" every time we leave. He looks at us sideways from his cage as we head out the door and then yells it out. He is not impressed although he has a lot to do during the day (and he does! lots of chewed bits of toys on the bottom every day - veggie bits too).

 

[Printer bird]

Mishka is something special, though!

 

[antoinette]

Mishka is something special, though!

Everyone of our birds is so so special, each in their own unique way.
I am fortunate Mishka loves talking and loves learning all the time.