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| Jacky |
Photo's of Dragonflys' PetsAs requested pictures of my pets
Hannah - 5 in October, she is an Essex girl 
Buddy - just 1 and he is a local boy 
He is a bit bigger than in this photo, but what a position to fall a sleep 
Together on the Ridgeway: 
Jill - 8, but very tiny, most people mistake her for a kitten. In fact we still feed her kitten food as normal food does not give her enough protein. 
We also had Jack but he died 4 years ago 
Halo - was 4 in April, I had wanted a parrot since I was 4, having visited Jersey Zoo, I had to wait another 37 years before getting him 
There are a lot more pictures on my blog - even though it has not been updated for a little while 
ps Should I write Dragonflies in the title, not sure of the grammer/spelling 
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| Lizzie |
Awwww - they're all absolutely lovely Dragonfly Isn't it wonderful the way that cats can curl up into such a neat ball!
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| Libby |
Awww they are lovely. Is Hannah a bearded collie? | ||
| Jacky |
Libby she is a Beardie a very cuddle Beardie
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| Libby |
She is lovely! They all are lovely! | ||
| Becki |
If it was Dragonflies I think that would mean there was more than 1 of you, so I think you may be right????? 
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| nanny-now and forever |
hello DF
we always wanted a parrot but decided not to in the end... don't get me thinking about it now......... |
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| lloyd |
My clients are great mimics, Nansters. Want to take one out for the day? | ||
| nanny-now and forever |
only if they have feathers and say "pieces of eight" |
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| lloyd |
No feathers but will say anything you please!! | ||
| Kathy |
What lovely pets Dragonfly, one of my daughters (she comes on here occasionally as Coco) has a passion for springers, we foster for a springer rescue NESSR.
I also love African greys, my BIL has one who is about 70yrs now and a real character, we've had to take care of him in the past. He drinks out of a plastic cup with a handle and woe betide if you forget to put sugar in his tea. He waits till you are walking past then throws the contents over you.
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| Jacky |
Halo dosen't say pieces of eight but he has told the vicar to f**k off, now this is a long and even if I say so myself a very funny story,
It begins because we moved into our house while lots of houses were still being built, which meant lots of builders around who - let's say don't aways speak the Queens english ....
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| Jacky |
The Vicar - cracked up,  I had warned him that when he came in the front door and said "hello", this is what Halo would say. I was the secretary at the time and so the Vicar and Curate would visit home quite often.
He first did it when Noel (my DH) walked in from work and said "hello", well Halo responded in kind and we (the rest of the family) just fell about laughing on the floor, this was our first mistake. Parrots are like 3/4 year olds and because he got this amazing response he did it again and again. We had to pretend it wasn't ever said and had to warn all visitors to do the same. It still took over a year for him to stop doing it. But even after all this time it still makes us laugh, but then again he is always doing things to make us laugh. He has burps and bottom burps off to a T
He is funny, for a long time without me knowing Noel was trying to teach him to say 'hello Jacky' (me!!) anyway on another occassion I said "hello" and Halo replied "hello Noel", he never has said 'hello Jacky'
Noel could have crowned him
Another story, when I was teaching Buddy as a puppy to go outside for a wee, I would whistle Buddy to come to the door, I would just get Buddy into the garden and Halo would whistle him back again 
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| Libby |
This made me laugh Jacky, I never knew parrots could be such characters!
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| Kathy |
African greys are very very smart. Magoo has very clear likes and dislikes concerning people, he also never forgets any slight. I've always been allowed to stroke him as I've never said a harsh word and have always fed him off my plate (he's a stickler for his human food). He's also had people in casualty by slicing the top off a finger or thumb. These have always been people who have been advised not to put fingers in his cage. He doesn't talk much, mostly swear words but does a mean wolf whistle!
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| Becki |
What an ace parrot! That has made me laugh. Mark's gran used to have one and apparently his Mum wasn't allowed near it because it hated her. The parrot came and sat on my shoulder. I would have had it bequethed to me apparently. Parrots are such good judges of character. | ||
| Libby |
Maybe I should get one to vet the girls boyfriends
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| Becki |
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| Jacky |
To get a parrot out of siding with one person, ignore them and I mean ignore them, they soon decide that attention from someone, even if they hated them before is better than nothing. Halo decided that Noel was the bees knees at first which upset Noel as he was supposed to be my parrot. All he did was take chunks out of my fingers, I didn't give up on him, he would get a big telling off but not put back in his cage. He now sits on my shoulder while I am at the sewing machine or sits on the end of our metal bed frame so that he can watch me read - interesting not
However he still nicks my earrings out of my ears and I only wear the sort that you get put in when having ears pierced, he still manages to click them out without me knowing, he then crunches them up and drops them  I have to visit the hairdressers back in Southampton and I buy a bulk load at a very cheap price to keep me going
Sill I love him to bits 
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| Libby |
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! | ||
| Becki |
I didn't want to stop her hating Marks mum though
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