Charlie talking to his "granddad"

[ellieelectrons]

So I was talking to my dad on the phone and at the end of the conversation, Charlie flies onto my shoulder (he loves chewing phones). My dad, who grew up with a farming background and is always telling me you shouldn't treat pets like they're your children, starts talking to Charlie. So I put dad on the speaker phone and he and Charlie have a nice little "chat". Charlie starts chirping away in amongst asking dad "whotya doin'" and wolf whistling at him.

Dad, you keep surprising me! I was going to tell Charlie to say goodbye to Granddad but I think that might have pushed dad a bit too far!

Ellie.

[InTheAir]

Haha that's cute!

Maybe you could teach Charlie to say 'bye grandad' on a innocuous cue so it sounds spontaneous and see what the reaction is then lol

Davids mother has fully embraced the pet being family thing, when she drew up her will recently she was asked about how many grandchildren, she said she her eldest has 2 kids, the middle one also and the youngest has a parrot! I'm not sure how it would go down with the rest of the family if she has actually made the bird a beneficiary though!

Claire

[ellieelectrons]

lol

[MissK]

She could bequeath him a bag of nuts! Or a houseplant.


-MissK

[InTheAir]

She could bequeath him a bag of nuts! Or a houseplant.


-MissK

Or one of his favourite pieces of jewellery that he tries to destroy when she visits!