A Name? ... Grab - Flirt -- Bird!

A name... No-one did come forward to claim this very special parrot.  At the time I found this surprising but since my time at RSPCA & have seen first hand the numbers of unclaimed stray birds makes me think that generally - and not you guys because you're the converted, but for the most part, people find birds disposable!  Look at the stalls at the markets every weekend...  It means there IS a demand AND a supply!  Please don't buy from markets - it's like buying from a puppy farm!

Generally speaking most people have some trouble with their dog or cat behaviour and can't correctly interpret them.  Now bird behaviour!  Step up a notch or 3- Way to subtle for the untrained, uninterested mammalian eye - until it's quite obvious with that dreaded bite.. lol  ..We had a few of those...& then we misintepret that behaviour too What a horrible bird when in fact we missed the signal that said No! - No Means No! You just missed the signal.

Any way a name!  Let's see - Tried all the sylabyls & sounds looking for reactions...  nothing.   I had a dog at the time - a crazy misinterpreted & psychologically really messed up "Snatch" that had also come along missing a home  Thanks to Stewies new missus Anna!  - So "Grab" -  'Snatch' and 'Grab' - it didn't stick :(   Back to "Bird".


We have done some media where she required a real name - We've used "Flirt" for these occasions.  Flirt because if we were driving anywhere buckled up in her traveling cage in the passenger seat she'd chat up the fellas.   Summer with the windows down was always amusing & brought some funny reactions.  She was particularly attracted to the truckies (they were high up in a cab so she could see them better) and male pedestrians.  She'd chortle away and sing out to them fluffing her feathers - "Look at me!  Come over here!  Wanna have babies!"  I could see her say, lol.  But that name didn't stick either.   I ended up settling for "bird".  It worked - Where's Bird? You bringing Bird? How's Bird? Where are you BIRD!? - everyone knew who we were talking about - even Bird!