FEATHERED FRIEND

 MEET EMERIL!!!!

   

   

   

Today I thought I would introduce you to my feathered friend, aka “MY BABY”.   He was originally bought for my husband as a birthday gift.   My husband named him Emeril, because he loves Emeril Lagasse!  I had a hard time with calling him that name, but it just suits him now.  He is a green-cheeked conure and they can be very nippy at times. When he was a baby he bit my husband’s ear and after that he has been kind of nervous with him, sitting on him lol. 

Being that I am home more than the rest of the family, he has become my best buddy.  He will sit on my shoulder and just go with me as I do housework.   They love being with people and love attention!  He is a little ham, and I have come to love him as if he were one of my “kids”.  I know animal lovers will understand that.

We have had him from 2 months old, and he is now 4 years old.  He is so comical, because he will use my husband to get to me.  If it will get him out of the cage, then he will get up on my husband.  Otherwise, he will bite at him when he even tries to get near his cage and change his water.  Conures will get attached to one person in a family, although they love everyone.  You could say they have a favorite lol. 

They are a small version of a parrot.   He talks, maybe 7 words or so….”Hello Baby”…..”Daddy Jo”…..”I love you”…”night night”….and a few others.  I am amazed at the intelligence of these birds.  He knows how to associate words and knows what they mean.  Not just repeating them because we say them.  If I say do you want a bath and he doesn’t want one…..he will go running the other way.  lol  Other times when I say it, and he’s in the mood, he will run towards the water and jump in.  lol  He has brought alot of joy into our lives, entertains us, loves us, and is just part of our family now.  :)

Karly