Cockatiel reacts to plush toy version of himself

a.lex loves making friends, but sometimes
:hose friends get too close for comfort!

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haven't stolen it!)

Why does Alex honk
i/vhen I got Alex as a baby, he would bob his
lead and squeak. I would bob my head and
squeak back at him and say "hello Alex!"
:ventually, he started to mimic me mimicking
aim, and over time it just got more and more
exaggerated until it became the honkyou see
:oday.

e'eWhat is he saying before the
Technically, he's saying "hello Alex." But it's also I
bit of "hello Dommi" for his son Dominic, and I
bunch of other names of other birds I've
)wned. Because Alex has spent most of his life I
/vith lots of other birds, they would tend to
:each each other to talk rather than listen to me, I
so he's never been very good at speaking
clearly.