Oh how wonderful you rescued Julio, these birds need special care and love! Sophie sounds adorable. I just love parrots! I considered keeping Macaws a couple decades ago but they live SO long and I don't want my babies to outlive me. So I settled on Lovebirds and Cockateils, Lovebirds are SUCH a delight to keep!Yes. Sophie I got 20+ years ago when she was just 6 mos old. Julio is a rescue with issues we didn't know about when we adopted him. We've had him about 8 years I think. They don't get along so both have their own huge cage behind me in my office. They watch me type all day lol. They can see me outside as there's two windows in here, and that's when they scream.
Sophie was going "Oh, so pretty," at the chicks in the brooder last night. I kept trying to teach her, "What's a baby chick say?" (Peep peep). And she kept replying "Meow."