Do your pets ever learn to do new things (spontaneously)?

My female parakeet, Kiwi, likes to squawk. Last night she and the other female were "Squawk-talking" back and forth...something new and it seemed like they were talking with each other.

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rckt148 · 61-69, M

do you ever chime in and mimic them ?
I like to sit outside in the cool of the evening
and mimic the birds and see how many I can get to respond
Wish I had a translator for animals
I make my Daughters roosters just stand there in place
they go to scratch and I make the Caw sound they make
they look at me while I keep drawing a line over and over ,they will stand there as long as I keep doing it unless a cat distracts them
My cousin showed me on the farm you can lay a hen on her side ,and keep drawing a line in the sand she can see ,,let her go she can't get up
So when my rooster was mean to my grandkids ,I pinned him and did it to him
after that if he tried to flog at them
I would call his name ,,I call him Caw over that noise he makes when he is fired up
Now if I call his name he gets in the back of the pen and just makes that noise ,but he wont try to spur them ,,he knows I will spank that butt and all he can do is lay there ,LOL ,,not really spank him ,more like scare him too .
So I do love birds
We have hawks and owls and cardinals ,blue jays ,ravens and crows
sparrows and humming birds ,,so I wish I could actually talk to them
my dog has just a few noises she makes ,,and the forcing the nose under my hand to say pet me ,,rolling over for a belly rub ,and a growl bark she wants to play ,
But she is not much on conversation LOL

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@rckt148 I remember seeing one hen that was so hen pecked it was nearly naked with large bald spots. And yeah people can be the same way. A 15-year old boy was a week away from starving to death in Meeker, OK when he was rescued by a passer-by this week...taken to a hospital...he had been eating twigs and grass, forced to live in a metal barn by his family, had two half-brothers, a father and step-mother all eating very well...father a correctional officer at a prison. They all got arrested and the boy had surgery to remove the wood from his belly. I don't understand this mentality, the boy was step-child to the mother...but still don't understand.

rckt148 · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti Signs of the times Sister ,signs of the times

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@rckt148 heartbreaking!

sspec

Interesting!

I don't have any pet as of now. All I can say is I learn pretty fast from those stray ones. Early morning walks are the best times when those street dogs are barking & crying. At times, when I feel brave enough, I do try to bark their way and when they repeat, I repeat too with a slight force.

It can go on but for my other priorities.
😁

SW-User

We have an 18yr old lapdog
this morning
I found her looking through the french door
staring at nothing
then she walked through the lounge to the other side of the french door
and stood there staring
I eventually opened the door and she walked through

4meAndyou · F

They probably were! My cat doesn't really do anything outside of cat parameters...BUT....he is a rescue, and he was so terrified and nervous, for almost a year and a half after I rescued him, that his total confidence and relaxation, his playing, and any cute thing he does seems really special to me.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou I took in an abandoned cat and it took a few months before getting her to accept being inside....she was the sweetest cat.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti I am so glad you did that. We have to do something like that personally, I think, in addition to sending the ASPCA money every month, to try to stop the mistreatment of animals.

GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M

No doubt they were talking to each other.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@GJOFJ3 You know what else was funny? Later on two of the birds were fussing, I can't stand the noise they make when they do that...I was sitting in my recliner and told them to knock it off, that I'd get up and come over and put my hand on their cage if they didn't stop (it works)...the oldest male who is in his own cage piped up and said "What did we do?"...haha he usually says "I didn't do it"....

GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M

@cherokeepatti that's too funny

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