How Many Ways Do You Have Of Saying “Thank You”?

These parakeets have a few different ways…Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thank You-Thank You (spoken very quickly), We Thank You….etc. It’s like using the word “Aloha” which can mean Hello or Goodbye…. They say Thank You when they want something or when I give them something or do something for them like take them out into the sunroom. Jay-Jay keeps saying “ Thank you-Thank you” really quick. She wants to go into the sun room but it’s not warm enough today.

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4meAndyou · F

Your parakeets are geniuses!!! And I know it's because you spend so much time and attention on them...teaching them...like the good birdy Mom you are!

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou They pick up stuff from so many sources though. I think when they find out that words have meanings and that it can get them things they learn the true power of words. They watch us interact and pick up clues about how to get things.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti Yup! You've mentioned leaving the tv set on for them at times...and said that sometimes you play music for them.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@4meAndyou When Ike started feeling good I knew it because one morning this week he started talking and he said Music! And started bobbing his head up and down. 😂. He didn’t eat for two long days and I figured he would die if he didn’t eat the next day, put a lot of vitamins in his water and gave him greens and he started eating a little bit and more and more each day. That day he said Music I knew he was much better.

4meAndyou · F

@cherokeepatti That's wonderful. I think all of SW will grieve if you lose any of your precious and funny
parakeet children.