I had a kitten, i named "Rahji". In between houses, I stayed with my parents for a couple of weeks, and the cat adopted my Mom. They're like "me and my shadow". So I left, and the cat stayed. Two weeks later, my parents' dog died. It sounds weird (not to animal lovers) but my parents grieved, and that cat has been a great healer.
Ok, I have a female cockateil. I was all excited, because you can train cockateils to mimic, and I got this one when she was very young, from the "bird lady' in my apt building. She assured me she would be easy to train. So last week I'm at this lady's house, and she has a female cockateil. "Wow. I have one, too! Does she say anything?"
"No, honey, the females don't mimic, only the males....."
So, for 6 weeks, I've been whistling and talking in this high-pitched voice for nothing. She does mimic perfectly the sound of the buttons on my microwave, which makes it impossible to tell when my Hot Pockets are done. And I've gone through two headsets because she chews the speaker wire.
Put her in the cage, you say? Her clipped wings have grown in, so she can fly, and she bites....hard. After a particularly nasty bite, I started calling her "Pecker"
My little nephew was over a couple of weeks ago, and I let the nickname slip. When he repeated it, and saw the look in the eyes of my brother and me, he knew he had a powerful word in his arsenal.
So, the last two weeks in Sunday School, he's run around hollering the new word he learned from Uncle Jeff...
Sorry to ramble, but this bird is the worst pet I ever had.
I read the words "Border Collie" and get misty-eyed...... | 
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