About Three weeks ago a pipe burst in our bathroom, and the toilet and hallway downstairs was flooded. (The toilet is above the hallway)
There was a leak dripping down into the frontroom from the floorboards upstairs.
I didn't want to risk my computer in a room where water was seeping into, so I relocated to the kitchen.

Two weeks after relocating, our budgie, started to make funny noises. (It was like a 'whoop' sound)
We were trying to work out how she 'learnt' this noise.
So, we were think of everything that made a whooping noise, but she would have heard any of these things before.
I decided to play a cd which had a track on it with Whooping... it wasn't that either.
I came on this website and started to play MahJong. Everytime I selected tiles, which made this 'whoop' sound our budgie responded to it.

I've only wrote this because my pets surprise me everyday.

Has anyone else got a bird that has surprised them or can do any tricks. Feel free to tell.

(Just one question, has anyone ever known a budgie to draw blood after a nip. Only, our budgie 'nipped' me on the nose, and it took ages to stop bleeding.)

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Heaven doesn't want me... and hell's afraid I'll take over!

One of my budgies imitates the sound of a magpie which is quiet funny. They are funny little things. Ive had budgies most of my life and they are quiet entertaining. They all sit together on a perch on the outside of the cage. When it is time to go to bed I tell them "bed" and they all jump inside the cage. So they are pretty well trained!

I have had a budgie before that has bitten me hard and has drawn blood. She was quiet ill and I had to handle her on a regular basis because she kept getting a blocked vent. She did get used to me handling her in the end. Unfortunately she died early this year.

Jo x

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Hehe i remember when my budgies used to respond to sounds from the computer, yeh, i was like 9/10 at the time and I used to play a game where you have to land the plane and it sounded like budgies chirping and they used to chirp wildly when i played the sound

My budgies are sat really quiet.. Untill.............................I get on the phone.. then all hell breaks loose.. Also if I am watching tv they compete with the moise of the tv.. If I turn the tv off they go quiet imediately as soon as I turn it on they are off again.. Its like a conspiracy against me.. lol

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Lol.. Mine do that too!! Drives me mad when I am on the phone as I cant hear the person on the other end cos I have got 4 budgies making so much noise!

Ours have nipped when they get abit over excited or scared. Ours have drawn blood both by accident and in defence..... but the cockatiels hurt most lol

Our budgie use to have a yorkshire accent..... it didnt say hello, it said ello and said good moooooooooornin! h's and g's didnt exist to that budgie lol lived to a grand old age of 14 years he would also shout with a 'ch' kinda noice very loud if anyone raised there voices. He use to hate it when people argued so he'd get in and shout loudest so u had to stop

Our budgie atm has arguements with the cockatiels..... aving a right shouting match!!! x

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I had 4.. LOL but we split them and the kids have taken 2 to their dads.. it has restored my cage and there is a little bit of peace now.. hahah not much tho... I find if I let them out in my living room all day they are pretty calm later once in their cage.... They put themsleves away...

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My grandfather used to have the cutest little budgie. He would only copy my grandad - little phrases in his exact voice!!! it was a little creepy hearing my grandads voice coming from the cage haha but funny too

the greatest one for me, was when one of my budgies was in contest with one of my cockatiels both seeing who could respond the fastest to each other, they got so fast with there beeps whoops and squeeks that it sounded like an alarm going off..lol

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