💬 Vinny the Galah Cockatoo is TALKING for 10 minutes straight!

Hi Vinnie. >> Vinnie. Everybody want to see how you been and what you been. >> Should I kiss? Tomatoes. >> Tomatoes. What? >> Should I kiss? >> I give you a kiss. >> Can I kiss? >> Another kiss. >> Oh my goodness. >> A kiss. >> This is amazing in person. >> You never saw him do this? All the times I've come here, I've never seen him in. I mean, I've seen him, but he's never done this. >> Hi, Vinnie. >> What's wrong? >> I'm a big fan. >> Hey, >> this is Tina. >> It's nice to meet you. >> Okay, she I know you're telling her you want a kiss, but she's not going to fall for that because you'll bite her. I love him. >> I I don't have one of these. You don't need one of these. Nobody needs one. >> He's amazing. >> But if someone wants, you know, every day someone emails me to take their bird, right? >> If anyone wants home for a gal. >> Oh my god. Calling me. >> I think my husband would go for one of these. He would love Vinnie. >> You said I'm not getting any new birds. I know, but that was before Vinnie came in with his pomp and circumstance. Look at this. I'm such a fan girl. I'm so excited to meet you. Okay. Okay. Step up. No. Oscar's hiding because he knows that Vinnie doesn't like him. He doesn't like to see him. >> Where'd he go? >> He's hiding. He knows he's supposed to hide. >> I do really bad beatboxing, but Vinnie might want to try to show you his beatboxing. >> Okay. >> Slayer. He always beatbox, right? Okay. >> All right. Ready? >> See how he like goes through my beat even though >> you don't have one? >> Yeah, I know. All right, come over here and beat box. Come on. >> Did you say she has no beat? I just, you know, >> she has a beat. We're going to be supportive, George. >> Yes, the beat is out there. >> Now you made Vinnie mad. >> Go get daddy. Go get daddy. >> Go tell him. >> Mad at me. I didn't do anything. I said about you, not about it. >> I love him. I love him. Will he step up to me? I really try to kiss. >> He could step up to you. Don't try to kiss him or anything. >> Oh, I'm not going to try to kiss him. >> Okay. Ready? Vinnie respects confidence. Do you want me to put him on you? That'll be better. >> No. Okay, I'll just give you the other hand. No, he'll come off me. >> Hello. >> Keep him lower than you so he just will stay. >> Hello, >> Vinnie. Show her wings. >> You're amazing. >> He loves girls. >> You're amazing. >> You're a handsome guy. >> Now, I'm going to tell you something. So, nothing wrong with treat trading a bird. >> Okay. Yeah, he's like, "Yeah, it's really good because like you know that's how you can get them to interact with you." However, I don't have to do that with any of the birds because like you see if I tell him wings like he'll put his wings up. If I tell him to dance, he'll dance. It's because I know them so well. Do you know what I mean? Like I learn what makes them tick in their part of the family. So, so when I beatbox, he's going to beatbox. It's not for a treat when he wants to dance. It's not like I'm forcing him to dance. And I'm not saying it would be that way for anyone that treat trains for a bird. >> I'm just saying some birds are like love motivated and some are food motivated. So like with my African gray, when I first started teaching him how to talk, George, who talked really well, I loved the rival model technique. >> He's got a lot to say. >> I know. Yeah. >> His fans miss him. And the reason is because it depends on what you're trying to achieve with the bird, right? Like Yeah. Yeah. So for me, I don't want to make him do something even that like for example, he has so many different types of music that he likes. I know if I put on certain songs, he's not going to dance and other songs he's going to dance because he likes it. But also know when he's tired and when he's not motivated and that's important, too, >> right, >> for me, >> you know. How old is Vinnie now? >> Vinnie is We don't know cuz when I got He's a rescue. So, >> how long have you had >> I've had him at least 15 years, maybe 14. >> Wow. >> You look good for an older Jenny. >> And okay, you'll notice I didn't know this until I started seeing other Gala cockatos, but he has a very beautiful gray and a very dark pink. But I've seen gala cockatus now that are brown. They're like more brown >> and to me it's it's cute, but I think like this is the most beautiful look. >> Oh yeah, >> he's got some pennies. >> Yeah, he's not going to let me get the pin feathers. Oh my gosh. Come here. >> Come here. I want to tell you something. Okay. The problem with you is that you're making Tino want to gala cockatu. You think that's funny? and she doesn't know how crazy you guys are. Like when they bite, it's really bad. Something else I always wanted to explain to people about birds, but it's very hard to explain is their flight patterns. For example, all the birds in your house, if they're free and able to like live, I'm not saying they don't have cages, but if they're able to live, you'll notice that like, okay, if I sit here with Vinnie and we're watching television, let's say I want to go get up and get a snack. Yeah. Not a good idea because Vinnie is going to that's going to activate his flight pattern because I left. So generally if I wanted something is best if George gets it cuz we'll lose him cuz his flight pattern will be to go over there and sit on the stairs. Okay. So they all have their kind of like direction in which they go when they take flight. Especially you learn this like when the more free you have them in the house. And so you can learn too like what's going to activate that and what's not. like I know exactly what point I'm standing in the house will make them fly to another point. So, you can use that a lot to train birds or to keep them contained while they're in an area. What Vinnie is trying to do right now is how you could tell if a bird is a male or a female without even testing them. I'm not going to let him do it, but see how he'll start to try to mate with my hand. So, that means he gets stimulated from underneath, which means that he's a male. But if you pet a bird and they're kind of like too into you touching their back, then that's a female, right? So, a lot of people don't know that. So, like if I leave here, he'll go to the hallway. And one reason we might not want him in the hallway is cuz he's not going to let anybody walk by. Okay. But look, look, Vinnie, a bird on the loose. >> Yeah, he's taking off. >> How many days do you think it's going to take me to edit this video? >> I don't know. You got till Sunday. Good luck. Right, George? He's on his like fifth cookie. >> He's eating all the time in the back of my videos. How many cookies have you eaten? >> I don't know. You should check in the camera and see. >> How many have you eaten? >> Five. Who made the cookies? Are you a master cookie maker? What kind of cookies did you make? >> I made one glutenfree cookies. They're out of almond flour. >> Look at him. Isn't he just an angel? You want to go back outside and see your boxes? Vinnie, >> what do you have to say to the masses that want to see you? >> What do you have to say to the masses? Vinnie, you want to do the zipper? Do the zipper. >> Good bird. Vinnie, you want to see the >> What is that? >> Cactus. >> Have a cactus. >> No. >> Just want to see if I walk if I leave the area. I was was trying to figure out how to show you guys this. >> Not going to be long before. So, let's see. >> He's coming. Told you. That's his flight pattern to go up on top of the stairs. Spinning, why don't you show everybody how nice the molding looks now? Remember, you chewed all this molding. [Music] George. Oh, get him. Get him, Vinnie. Get him. That's not a big enough. He's coming. He's there. Look what he's got. Lame boxes. Something's coming, baby. What's he doing? What's he doing, baby? He said he's coming down. >> Bad bugs. Bad bugs. Bad bugs. They're bad bugs. [Music] [Applause] >> Uhoh. Right there. >> Come on. [Music] Good bird. He's a good bird. He's a good bird. >> Okay. I don't like it. He's interested in >> Let's see what's in this. >> He's Minnie. You don't like this box? >> Maybe he grew out of it >> cuz he's not been on most boxes yet. So, he's not possessive over them yet. >> Oh. You want to try the box? What's your plan now, Tina? >> I wouldn't make eye contact. That's That's a really big fall. >> We're going to go here. I'm just bringing him a little further down. Oh my goodness. There you go. What do you think of your box? Yeah. >> If I went to pick him up, he'd get mad. >> Yeah, it wouldn't be a bad idea to try to get him from a box cuz that's like where they're most territorial. And then she wants to try. >> You do? Go ahead. Vinnie go. And >> if I lose a finger finger, probably right hand. >> Look at him. He's just the right hand. >> Well, >> I write with my right hand. I can't. You want to step up, Vinnie? Minnie, we're cool. >> You don't want to get bit by Vinnie. Hey, >> isn't he cute though? >> Yeah, he's adorable. >> So, all this chaos makes you want one? >> It shall pass. >> I don't need another bird. >> What? Look, he looks so mad. >> Yeah, he's mad >> messing with you. >> Careful because he will remember that you touched this box and then later he'll come flying at you like later. >> That's a lot. That's a lot. Stop touching your box. >> Do you not see the video of Ty getting bit in the face an hour after he touched Anie's box [Applause] away from your box, sir? >> So, there's no getting him off of this box now? >> I could get him off. I have a trick. Here is how I get him to forget that he's being territorial and get him off a box. So, right now, he wouldn't be happy if I wanted to get him off his box. And I could try, but it's like a 50/50. Sometimes you'll try to get him off and it looks like he's giving you a positive and then he could just bite you. So what I do is I switch him from being territorial to interactive. So I'll start playing with him like beats. So he's still territorial, but eventually the beat gets them. That's so cool. >> And this changes his behavior from protective over the box to interactive with me. And he forgets what he's doing. [Music] [Applause] [Music] la. Right now, he's still excited. It's not like I could take him and and move him away. He'll fly right back here. So, I have to take him to the next level, which is like in cuddly mode. So, I'll be like, "Oh my god, Vinnie. Yay. You're such a good bird." Till he does that. That's my first chance. Get him on the head. Get him close to my face. till I can then get them in this like situation when they have stress in their feet when they're like territorial or aggressive. That's how I get them to be like docel. See, he's still excited. But now he's already with me. Like it's like he wants to hang out with me. But now I have the power. So like I could give him kisses and smoke. Yes. And then I could safely, let's say, put him away. So, I'll put him in his burger. >> All right. And then in that moment, you know, I don't want him to feel abandoned cuz I just kind of manipulated him in a way. You know what I mean? >> Yeah. >> So, I put him in a a spot of freedom. Like, see, he he has freedom cuz he's in there and he's free. So, it's not like I put him directly in the cage. If you don't have a situation like that, at least give him what he wants. Like I would have if I had to put him in his cage, I would have like given him his box. You know what I'm saying? So that he could. >> So that's like just a way that I deal with aggressive birds. I also never got to show that. I never really had another person filming me where I could show those situations. But a lot of times when people are in my house, they're like, "Oh, you should show that." Look at Vinnie. Vinnie, let's do wings for Tina. >> Yeah. Good boy. He's He's a very performative bird. >> Yeah. He's amazing. >> Monty wants love. >> Monty is my stalker. >> I don't know if that made sense to anyone, but did that to you? Cuz I mean, young birds like territorial. >> Yeah, he's territorial. And that's the thing. People say, "Oh, don't give your bird boxes. Don't." And there's there's many different reasons. With male birds, it's like you don't want them to get territorial. But like, why not? It's their natural instinct. The real problem is that you don't know how to deal with them being territorial. You can't interact with them. But who says they have to interact with us all day? I mean, we try to like capture birds and take away everything that is natural to them, their nesting, them being territorial, them being flighted, you know, so many things. But I really believe it's most important to figure out how to work around the things that they naturally would do. You don't want to give female birds boxes because that nesting behavior can create them to want to lay or become very hormonal. And if they're not a flighted bird and they haven't built up muscle, then they can become egg bound. They can just kind of keep laying eggs and become egg bound. These are all issues that you have to be prepared for. So, it's okay to give birds things that encourage their natural behavior. Foraging like boxes are really just ways of foraging and they put things in it. You'll see they're building their little home. It's a lot of activity. However, you need to know how to work with that. So, for example, you don't want to give them a box and leave them there all day because that's where they like become very territorial. They can become a danger to other birds. That's what I would most be concerned about. Not necessarily me because like sometimes for me as a bird parent, it's like, okay, I could catch a break. The bird's happy. It's doing natural bird things, you know? But if it gets too territorial over a spot and there's other birds in the area, that's where you want to like always shake it up, right? So never let a bird get too comfortable. That's when they're going to lay eggs. So for example, that's why we have our aviary, we have our bird room, and we have them living with the family. Cody, she loves to get very nesty. So she will hang out in whatever she wants to hang out. If you guys remember, she had her tent and so did Merlin. But then we switch it up and then that doesn't exist there anymore. Or we move the cage or she goes outside for lunch and comes in for dinner. They just get moved around a lot so that they can't just get too possessive over one area. The catch is though if you get a really aggressive territorial bird like Merlin, the African gray, the more spots you have had his cage in, the worse that gets because for him he'll become territorial over every spot that he's ever been in. So that's just something to pay attention to. You just got to be in tune with these birds on a different level. So for him, I'll always keep him in the same spot because like it takes him a while to like start getting out of their radius, but with someone like Cody, you want to move her all the time. So you just got to know. >> It's a wealth of information. You have to do a followup video. >> It's hard because it it may or may not make sense to somebody who doesn't really understand what what they haven't hit it yet. There's so much I would love to talk about with hormones and like there's so many different factors and that's that's the issue like they have different issues now being in the spur room than they had when they were in my living room and there was a time when we were like painting and I didn't want any like fumes or anything so they were up in the YouTube room which has a balcony and fresh air and they were like all taped in and like the doors were like covered. We're fortunate enough to have like that area, but then they were different in there. So, it's it's hard because in my house, your bird may behave differently than in your house, you know, right? One, because it becomes a neutral ground when they get out of your house, but even if it's my bird versus your bird may be different. So, like it's not like I can ever give like advice to the masses that may work for you or for Juliet cuz I need to know the layout of your house and get to know over time what are they doing. There's just so much psychology in it and it's different all the time. >> Well, the egg bound thing, that's a true fear. That's a real fear that I have with some of my birds. And so, the fact that you just stated that if they're flighted, that helps them. >> It helps them because they've built up the muscles to push out an egg, right? So, they've had like this exercise. It's just like us. We've built up that muscles. And also, if they're flighted, that's like another one of their bird things to do, right? So they can go fly and forage to another spot. Like Vinnie, if you see when he's on his boxes, it's like this box here one day and that box over there another day. Like he's flying to all these different It's almost like he's in the forest. It's not as perfect as that, but like he's in the forest going from this tree to that tree to that tree. >> You take a captured bird and you give him one box all day. That's like >> it's building up a lot of tension. And there's other tensions that birds have that are very unfortunate that cause plucking. And even the most loved birds. They're taken away from their parents. Okay? So a cockatu, for example, has a certain amount of time to learn the language from the mother and the father bird, right? But when you breed a bird and you take that away, then they've lo they have no language that they've connected with, right? They have no base language. And that's like a stressor because they didn't learn their natural way of communicating. Another thing a lot of people don't talk about, why are they hormonal? They're hormonal cuz they don't have their partner, right? So, they get like frustrated and so innocently when people let their birds like they don't know what is happening and their birds kind of like release that on them and then they're like, "Oh my god, I didn't know that petting my bird's back did that for my bird. I had no idea why the bird was doing this. And then later on when you stop, now the bird's frustrated. Now that's something that they lost. So like plucking can start. It's not that you didn't love your bird. It's not that you didn't care for it. It's not that you're like, "Oh my god, now that I know it's a weird thing because they're going through life without a mate. They're going through life without understanding the kind of mate they want. They want you to like I'm like the bachelorette. like your daughter's like the bachelor. Did you see her sitting down there and like all the birds come to her and like, "Hey, can I have 5 minutes with you? I'd like to speak to you." That's what it's like. So, you know, these birds have chosen us. That's so messed up. Their mentality is just not there. So, we took away their language. We took away their flight. We took away their foraging. We took away their nesting, you know, cuz we take away everything because as human beings, we can't handle. And that's the thing people need to understand about birds. You have to take them and learn how to live around them and provide as much birdlike circumstances as possible. >> But where were you? >> Where were you to be ruined? You guys >> You abandoned the birds. >> I did. And they all packed away. >> No, they're still here. >> You're not that lucky. Mom, >> they're still here. >> Is this Dale? Um, >> let's start packing it up, folks. Everybody in your backpack. And look what happened to Marlene. >> Who did that? You. No. No. This one. >> No, that's Chip. >> No, Chip didn't do it. >> Look, guys. >> Bad bird. >> And you know what you have to do when a bird bites you? >> Just be like, "This is the first of many." Oh, wow. I got a bruise and everything, but this bird just jumped at me and bit me for no reason. Well, they always have a reason. It was territorial. I think it's over tired, too. You overt tired? Okay, don't forget any of your birds. But forget that one. This one's staying. What What bird should you bring next? >> I got other birds. I can bring other birds. But this is going to be a two-parter because >> you know what my favorite part of the last video was? Your flex. Watch here. This is what you did filming. You're like, I could bring other birds. I got >> Oh my goodness. >> Yeah. I got to find >> No, I'll bring the highest sense for your dad. Yeah, let's bring him to see dad. >> Yeah, he likes he likes the bring her specifically for him. [Music] >> That would have been fine. Don't worry. >> You know, she was like, >> Marie, when's your birthday? >> November 2029. >> You want an Irish birth? >> My birthday's in 2029. >> You have a birthday every four or five years. I think we should bring you an Irish bird with a red head. >> Orange head. >> I'm thinking I'm thinking like is it stuffed? >> What kind of bird does dad say would help his healing? >> Oh. Um, a big blue one. >> A hyasin. >> A hiasin. Yeah. >> All right. >> He wants one so bad. >> To have one. >> He wants to have one. My mom would never let him. >> No. No. Listen. take care of him a lot. >> Yeah, I got no time for no big bird. >> We'll bring one to visit. >> I'll bring Bella. >> Yeah, bring Bella. He'll love it. >> But will Bella let him hold her? >> Um Bella's actually Bella's She's a very sweet bird except, you know, they're all temperamental. So, we'll see if she likes him. She's met him before. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, she has. >> Yeah, she's been here before. >> He wants to steal Rocky and take Rocky home. >> He likes Macaus. Yeah, he likes my cause. >> I have one. Um, Daisy must. Do you want me to bring Daisy and we'll see how she does? And then we'll bring Bella. >> Yeah, >> that'll be videos three, four, and five. >> Wow. She's I don't know what happened, guys. >> Up with a producer. She came to my house and now she's like the producer. She's like, "Did you edit the video?" I'm like, >> "I know." Every day. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then she's like, "Well, I'm bringing my kayaks on Thursday." And George is like, "She'll never be able to edit it by Sunday." Fine. Tuesday. Call her on Tuesday. I'm like, "Hey, what's up?" >> Oh, yeah. She called me on Tuesday. She called me on Tuesday. I called her, but she says, "I'm at the ER." And I'm like, >> "Lexi, why are you at the ER regardless? It's a different issue." And I said, "Okay." And then she says, "I don't know if I'm going to be able to film tomorrow. I'm really behind." And I said, for a minute, I felt bad. I really did. I was like, "Oh my gosh, I'm forcing this poor woman. She's been sitting at the ER for 3 hours." So, and she's fine. I mean, there's nothing tragically wrong with her. Obviously, you can see I didn't let y'all down. I pushed her. I showed up. I just backed it up an hour. I said, "Okay, we'll just come a little >> fine. I was going to come at 3:00. Now I'll come at 4." How's that for extra time? >> I'm considerate of our conditions. Here we are. And it's all recorded and it's all done and I'm off to go home cuz I got to go help the follicularly challenge tomorrow. And then by Sunday, y'all should have a video. But I got to bring the bird for you, Dad. >> Yeah, you got to bring the bird. >> Got to I got to bring two visits for you, Dad. >> Yeah. Dad needs that. >> Then everybody Everybody wants to see dad and see how he's doing. >> Yeah. >> So, and I love him because my He reminds me of my father. So, >> that's how I knew that I could go on her door before I showed up at her door with the Parrot Station merch that I bought. I tested the waters. I emailed her back and I was like, "Hey, I have this shirt, but another one is real cute. What?" Cuz I know that people will respond with more detail. She's like, "Oh my god, I love your dad and I want" and I'm like, "Okay, she's like got some Persian in her. She'll be fine with me showing up at the door." >> My dad My dad was born and raised in Iran. So, um, my dad passed away, so I like to watch her dance. Why? [Music]