We've had Freddie six months now our last one died at the age of 30 last year. Freddie came from a family of three teenage boys and they were getting too rough with him and teasing him, hence they put him up for sale and we now have him. I have just read been reading a thread of someone else's parrot behaviour and it sounds just like Freddie, I think he does think I'm his mate, which explains a lot about how he behaves around me.