April 22, 2007

  • New Friend

    Tucker has had a hamster for the past year and a half.  Abdul has got to have been the meanest hamster on the face of the earth.  He bit everybody - twice.  Tucker tried the whole time the hamster was with us to gentle the little beast.  He would feed it and stroke it's nose and all kinds of things like that.  And still, the hamster would bite. 

    But about twelve days ago, the hamster passed away.

    The funeral was a sad sad affair in which Tucker sobbed and said, "That was my only friend and now he's dead."

    Okay, what kind of Mom can resist that level of sadness. 

    While my sister's suggestion that I use that as an opportunity to encourage Tucker that he could spend the rest of his life storing up treasures in heaven and that one day he and Abdul could share a celestial mansion, has great merit.  Instead, I bought him a new friend.

    Meet Nameless:

    I suggested that the new friend be named "Sweetie Pete the Parakeet" but the reaction of my son was not favorable.  He suggested that first of all that sounded like something I would have come up with.  And second that since the bird is a girl he thinks that Pete isn't the best choice.

    Tucker has been keeping a journal of the bird's significant moments.  So far it goes like this.

    Nodded head.

    Blinked.  Twice.

    Made eye contact with me.

    Shrugged.

    All I can say is that when I was helping to get the bird from the cage at the pet store, it perched on my finger, it looked at me, and it didn't bite.

Comments (10)

  • Oh...why do I think this will go down as a Tuckerism moment??

    ROFL!

    I'll anxiously be awaiting the nameless, non-biting critter's name! :bigglasses:

  • Yay for pets... yay for non-biting pets!  When you tell stories about Tucker, like keeping the journal, he reminds me of my Alyssa.  Ooo, you could have a Xanga Name-That-Pet-Bird contest, hehe!  Ask him if Bertie would be a good name, since it's a girl.  I had two betta fish that were blue and I named them Azure and Azul... maybe one of those blue words would work.  She's cute!

  • I want a pet, but since I can't have one right now, I'm glad you and Tucker are able to enjoy a cute new pet of your own. -Kate

  • Oh!  Memories.  I had a parakeet named Rosco.  I taught him to talk.  I know how to do that, you know.  Does he have plans for speaking lessons?  I have some great sayings to teach him too.  Here's my favorite:  "Canaries are cute but they can't talk."  I also taught mine to say "Cockadoodledo! and |"I taught I taw a putty tat."  Eventually he said a whole string of phrases...but he started out simply saying "Pretty bird."

    LOVE his journal and the pic of them together.  Best friends forever!  I'm thrilled for him.    :dancingcow:

  • Gee...the bird's significant accomplishments sound like mine most days!!    We went through the guinea pig stage with our daughters and the son had a turtle and a lizard at various times.  The "pigs" died, the reptiles were given away because MOm and Dad had to take care of them.  The "children" are all in their 20s now and the girls are content with having cats, which Mom has to take care of!

    Be Blessed - Dale

  • Hmmm...maybe it will be okay...she doesn't "look" like the Parakeet of Death!

  • :birdie:

    now you need a parakeet icon

    the naming contest sounds good though - how about ....... Zsa Zsa??

  • NOW he is a TRUE PIRATE!!!!

    ARRGGGGGG!!!!

    Sail on... sail on!!!

    PS. Great Choice.

  • how about "Dumb Bird"

  • We had a parakeet that learned to say, "David, David" in my wife's voice because she yelled at our son frequently. "David, David," meant, "Stop what you're doing, right now!"

    The bird also learned how to mimic the way the microwave beeped when it finished.

    Mike

    P.S. "Pete" is perfect. "Bob" is good, too. Maybe "Steve."

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