Today, I learned that my new parakeet hates her reflection, and will screech loudly day and night unless I take the mirror out. My other parakeet loves the mirror and constantly cries out when I remove it. I can't win. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my parrot learned how to imitate my baby's crying. Now, every time the baby cries, the parrot joins in, and it sounds like a chorus of screaming. FML
Today, I woke up at 3:00 am to the sound of a bird screeching. Turns out, my roommate bought a parrot without consulting me first. Even better, my roommate expects me to pay for half of the bird's expenses. FML
Today, after two months of having a bird, she finally trusts me enough to perch on and even preen me. Unfortunately, it seems she thinks my freckles are lice and she's made it her mission to bite them off. FML
Today, I learned that all it takes to anger my sister's new parrot is to walk past its perch. I also learned that a beak over two inches long is very capable of inflicting injuries that require stitches. FML
Today, I bought a parakeet for my kids. When I got home and presented it to them, they wanted to let him fly around inside. We went around the house making sure all the windows and doors were shut. Unfortunately I forgot to turn off the ceiling fan. FML
Today, around 12 a.m., my pet parrot said a sentence I've never heard him say before. Usually this would be exciting, but considering he said, 'I killed the bird', and that one of my two love birds mysteriously died a few days ago, it's safe to say I'm now terrified. FML
Today, I found out my ten year-old brother and his best friend have taught our new parrot to say, "Shut up, bitch." We have a bunch of our extended family coming over tomorrow to see what the parrot can say. FML
Today, I introduced my parrot to oranges. Now she makes a high pitched scream if I don't give her any, and I've just run out of oranges. FML
Today, I have to look after my best friend's parrot for a few days. One minute out of the room, I came back in to find out that the parrot had taught my three-year-old the word "slut". Now the two won't stop screaming "slut" throughout the whole house. My wife thinks both learned the word from me. FML
Today, after months of teaching my parrot to speak, he finally demonstrated his abilities. I accidentally set off my smoke detector, and he's been wailing like a dying banshee ever since. FML
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Top comments
XCrazyMofo2010X 17
Get them separate cages or a cage with a bottom and top level that one only has access to.
JeWbOy101 11
That's quite a predicament you see your self in..
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Comments (128)
Brianna_Ray 23
My bird loves talking to his reflection in his mirror! It's so cute!
Somefruits 24
It's because he thinks it's another real bird, not just a reflection. Just watch out, if you notice him trying to feed or mate with his reflection, it would probably be a good time to remove the mirror. It can make them go insane.
Brianna_Ray 23
Yeah I know :-)
blackonblight 33
Actually many animals are capable of recognizing themselves in reflections, some birds will use a mirror to preen just like a human, looking for things they can't otherwise see on themselves. Not remembering which species do that, of course, probably not typical pets.
Somefruits 24
To, 109. It's true. But many of the smaller birds don't recognize that it is their reflection. I think some members of the corvidae family and the psittacidae family (crows and parrots) do, but usually birds don't recognize their reflections. It's more often monkeys and dolphins.
ks23 9
Separate them
alicespoons 17
Put them in different cages then?
buckeyed 20
I feel like parakeet #1 when I have pretty roommates.
worldclassrager 41
Separate cages is probably your best bet...
perdix 31
Kill the one you like less. Sophie's choice!
jmann8811 15
Maybe it's time for a family meeting
TheBrochure 22
One would love it, and the other would be hell-bent on making sure they get back together. Comedy gold! Why isn't someone already making a sitcom out of this? This shit just writes itself!
buckeyed 20
This spring: Two lovebirds. One mirror. Lots of laug-SCREECHSEREEECH
Dinoporeon 9
Take the new parakeet back to where you brought it from and tell them it wasn't working out? Or like everyone else has suggested, separate cages.