Who’s that Bandit in the Mirror
He loves to talk and look at himself in the mirror.
Chatting with Bandit
This is from August 24, 2024. Just hanging out, chatting with our CAG (Congo African Grey). He’s a chatterbox! He’s practicing sounds and learning words and phrases and perfecting the way they sound. I’m working with him and pronouncing everything he’s saying so he can get it clearer. We’ve had many birds and when greys…
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Cereal Treat for Bandit
This is from August 18, 2024. Bandit had some cereal as a treat. Just a few flakes (sugar is not good for him). You can tell he enjoyed it, his eyes were pinning (pupils zoom in and out) and he was shaking his head.
Morning, Bandit
Bandit in the morning. First food, then scritches from everyone in the house as they get up.
Bandit Learning to Talk
Bandit was born on February 14th, 2023 so he’s just a year and a half at this point. He’s working on talking and much like kids, he’s starting with some babble talk and will work on getting the sounds down with our help. The first video is from early July where he’s still working his…
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The New Playstand
We had been looking at options for play stands that we easy to move around the house so when we’re in another room for any length of time, Bandit can come with us. We’re going to eventually get him an apple tree which is like a java tree. There’s a small company that makes them…
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Up up up up….
His favourite thing to say, up up up up up.
Not so fast, gotta pay the fee… Bandit Scritches
Bandit does not step up without getting some head scritches first. Its just what we have to do 🙂 Bandit wants this all the time and from everyone in the household. If you’re watching this and thinking of getting a grey, they’re not all this cuddly!
When you try to get him to say one thing…
And then he pops off with something new. This is why we try not to game around him, so he won’t pick up bad words! OMG July 13, 2024