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Thanksgiving is a time to spend with the ones you love. And we love YOU! Happiest of holidays from Pearl (and his doting Mommy)! Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts

Sometimes the large featherless being gets busy in the kitchen. This can be scary (you have tasted some of her “creations”) so the best way you can help her is to try your best to distract her with cuteness if possible. For instance, if you see she is trying to make a complicated dish likeContinueContinue reading “Day 44: Cooking”

Dining with the large featherless being can be lots of fun. If you have even a hint of personal creativity (not to mention pride in your presentation) you can fill your Mommy with shock and awe without even half trying. Say, for instance, your featherless dining partner is about to enjoy some fresh celery. YouContinueContinue reading “Day 43: Celery”

Ha. As if. As a longtime parrot Mommy, all I can say is, it is a good thing parrots don’t play poker. Because they would lose every hand (and parrots aren’t very good losers). Like it or not, want it or not, ready or not, what they feel is what you get – all atContinueContinue reading “Day 42: Poker Face”

Every so often, parrots (well all birds really) do something called “molting.” This uncomfortable experience is basically the parrot equivalent of the human cold. I never need to wonder if Pearl is molting or not. If he is not molting, all the feathers stay on the bird. If he is molting, I fall in loveContinueContinue reading “Comfort Food…with a side of feathers”

“Patience” and “parrots” tend to be mutually exclusive terms. I would use the word “always,” but as there are still some parrots in the world I haven’t met, I suppose there is always an outside chance one of them – somewhere – is patient. At least in theory. Here is a perfect example: let’s sayContinueContinue reading “Day 41: Patience”

Genetically speaking, there is a reason some of us are born with sharp beaks and (even sharper) claws and others are not. If you are lucky enough to fall into the former category, it isn’t difficult to figure out what to use these gifts for – stalking prey. When you find some prey, the firstContinueContinue reading “Day 40: Prey”

Here at Casa Feathers N’ Beak, we don’t (heart) hawks. Hawks are big. They are scary. They have sharp talons. They sometimes like to ingest…..birds. Given all this, it is probably more than understandable that one of us (hint: it is the smaller one with the feathers) has a bona-fide hawk phobia. So we’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Day 39: Hawks”

Parronts quickly get used to saying “I love you” several (many, hundreds of) times per day. This is because parrots are literally cuteness on legs. Not to mention that the very moment you say the words “I love you,” the parrot in question will likely respond by doing something even cuter. Of course, this willContinueContinue reading “Day 38: I Love You”

Parrots are great at something called “repurposing.” They can find all kinds of alternative uses for everyday items. For instance, let’s say the large featherless being has prepared herself (aka you) a nice dinner of Indian rice. But there isn’t any plate in sight. This is totally fine, because you can use your repurposing skillsContinueContinue reading “Day 37: Repurposing”