Results: A parrot's adventure with a new friend
Published on 08/07/2023
Bongo the parrot tries making friends
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Last week my husband turned into a Disney princess. He found a parakeet sitting on our patio table and decided to bring it inside. What would you have done?
Enjoyed the visit, but left it alone if it was doing fine on its own.
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733 votes
Caught it and posted it all over local social media and lost pet sites to try to find the owner.
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905 votes
Kept it for myself as a pet.
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380 votes
Other (please specify)
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82 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.19% | 46 | |
| na | 0.19% | 4 |
| N/A | 0.19% | 4 |
| I would post 'Found Parakeet' notices everywhere I could, and if an owner isn't eventually found I would take that as a sign the bird was meant to be my pet. | 0.05% | 1 |
| No idea | 0.05% | 1 |
| nought | 0.05% | 1 |
| Can parakeets live on their own? I'd bring it in. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't know what I'd do | 0.05% | 1 |
| Would have taken a picture, and posted on lost pet sites. | 0.05% | 1 |
| fed it to see if it came back | 0.05% | 1 |
| asked him how long he wanted to be a disney princess | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
| Catch it, call animal control or take it to an animal shelter | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ad around neighborhood because parakeet may be lost to someone | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| Kept it in for several days, trying to find owner. If not found, let him go if weather conditions are not bad and he can fend for himself.. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Take it to the vet. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Would try to find owner after taking it in and keep it if no one came forward. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Trump lives on | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know!? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Trump 2024 | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wondered as to the sexuality of my spouse?! | 0.05% | 1 |
| unknown | 0.05% | 1 |
| D TO FIND OWNER BUT HOPED NO ONE CAME AND KEPT IT FOR MYSELF | 0.05% | 1 |
| A few years ago, I noticed the wild budgies flying around. I put food out on my balcony for them during Summer. Each fall, I would catch them, bring them inside to keep them warm during Winter. Then release them in Spring, putting food out again. | 0.05% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
| CALLED THE POLICE TO COME AND Get IT | 0.05% | 1 |
| ... | 0.05% | 1 |
| It obviously belongs to someone. Leave it alone. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Trump expose the pedophile rings around the world. | 0.05% | 1 |
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We posted to look for the owner but for now it's still in our house. Our parrot, Bongo, has been the best host. He tried to open the cage door, asking it "Wanna come out?" and has been checking if it needs anything: "Want a cookie?" Should we trust Bongo to be nice to it?
Yes - It they're getting along now, they are probably fine, at least with supervision.
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1390 votes
No! It's a trick, Bongo's going to eat him as a snack once he builds his trust.
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710 votes
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We finally settled on calling it Lenny, in honor of Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Free Bird." Originally my husband wanted to call it BOGO - because we have one Bongo and got one free. But I thought it would confuse things to have two names so similar. What would you call him? Lenny is perfect.
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1038 votes
Skynyrd - because it sounds like "sky nerd".
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275 votes
BOGO is hilarious.
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439 votes
Something else - I might comment below.
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348 votes
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During the day when we're watching them, we've been leaving the cage door open. Lenny has come out to sit on the cage balcony, and a couple times did a short flight around the living room, but has been going back in the cage on his own. He seems to have decided the cage is his home, after just a couple days. Does this surprise you? Yes - I'm shocked he isn't just flying around in a panic slamming into windows.
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356 votes
No - not if there's food in the cage and he's been lost and hungry for a while.
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1003 votes
Hmmm, he might be trying to claim squatter's rights to the cage, if it's a way bigger cage than he had before. Don't be surprised if he starts whistling the theme from The Jeffersons (moving on up ... to a deluxe apartment in the sky).
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287 votes
I'm just surprised that the door is open, and Bongo is giving him space instead of going in and attacking in a territorial rage.
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454 votes
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