A sick cockatoo lost his human. Here's how the vet responded. 

😮 I didn't think about that

wait this is so sweet. Call that baby Eric!

Yes that's the first thing I thought! He's mimicking how his previous person would call him.

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He literally corrects her around 2:42 , girl my name is Eric not cucumber

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Me too 💕

Same, I feel the exact same way.

Why thank you. But I'm nothing special, I just do what I do.

I'm lucky I grew up with all types of animals. They are far more Intelligent than some humans.

Or he’s snitching on Eric because he abandoned him. 😂

Much better than Cumulus 🤦‍♂

Or the owners name is

I mean that’s a name of a cloud, and little guy is white like a cloud. So that’s probably why he was named that. But yeah Eric is honestly a cute name and it most likely was his original name

@@MinnieSpencer He corrects her at 2:42 my name is Eric not Cumulus

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His intelligence puts Trump supporters to shame.

​@davidbrown8763 When trump becomes king of America you will get put on trial

Ruining great video with politics.

Like a toddler with ADHD, pliers and a fog horn, great fun.

So so cute. Also his rah rah rah response when told "no." Can't stop watching this!

So gorgeous 😍..

I have,….many birds mimic…..you think other birds can’t mimic something simple like that?? Whispering isn’t hard to mimic any bird who can “talk” can do it 🤷🏼‍♀️🙄

​@Frau Hulda Calm down. This person only said they hadn't seen a bird whisper.

Me too. My cousin lived next door to an apartment that had a cockatoo (they shared a thin wall) and the screams from the birdie were so loud! I love these birds tho 💕

I went to a garage sale once where there was an African grey. It whispered terrible, terrible things that made your hair stand on end. The lady was embarrassed and said she was babysitting it for her son. My condolences to her and the bird, yikes.

​@@Mdeaccosta well now I'm curious...

you should what a flock of them can do in Australia to the gutters on a house....

@@Mercmad And for some reason, I don't believe you are referring to them as 'cleaning' the gutters.

Me too! LOL.

"fuck this pen, fuck that pen, whats this? fuck that too" LOLLLLL

Yes, that was hysterical, all the while mentioning some behavioral problems, sooo funny! 😂

...or getting married

A child that STAYS a child! He's amazing!

A child who never grows up 🥹

And they will often outlive their owners.

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I wrote a Canadian Alzheimer society to be aware that some people forget to look after their pets or that they die after a patient is removed, with the helper not knowing there is a pet in the house.

@@kathyunderwood1849 Good for you, Kathy - well done!

It should be required....

I totally agree with you!!

Eric!!!!!❤❤❤❤

Eric!!!!!! ❤❤❤ 😂😂

Eric is not a parrot name when you think about it… I am 99.9% positive that his owners name was Eric, and he learned it because of his spouse calling the name Eric all the time in the home. I have a neighbor with a large parrot, and that parrot constantly calls out the owners name “Kelly.”

I think Eric was a human in his life that he still cares about very much. He's talking to Eric and if that Eric turned up to respond this bird would have the best day of his life.

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 ‘Eric is not a parrot name when you think about it’?? People call their pets all sorts of weird and wonderful names! Sue isn’t the first name that springs to mind for a Jack Russell but that’s what my Grandmother called hers. My nieces have those black fish with the huge googly eyes called Stephen, Terry and Toby. And my tortoise is called Brian! Eric is a perfectly acceptable name for a parrot lolol 🤣

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What's heartbreaking is hearing about so many suicides in this line of work. I guess some pet owners take their anger and grief out on the vets because they can't treat their pet. It really lowers my view of humanity.

@@largol33t1 Vets have to put down a lot of animals and very emotionally draining, along seeing abused animals and whatnot. It'd drive most rational people to it

​@@ArcYT I'm sharing this for the first time, and never even with family members: When I was 12 years old, we had a sweet and playful German Shepherd puppy that I loved to bits. My older brother and I had named him Apollo, mostly because it sounded cool, and also because that was the time of NASA's Apollo program. In spite of having been vaccinated for distemper, Apollo came down very fast and very hard with the disease and was suffering terribly. My dad, likely knowing what was in store, suffered my presence in joining him and Apollo for the trip to the vet. I still don't recall ever seeing my dad affectionately interacting with Apollo in the ways that I did (perhaps because when you're 12 years old, you're in your own world and miss a lot of stuff), but when the vet ( I remember he looking very sad) told us that our pup couldn't be saved and needed to be put down, my dad broke down and openly wept... something that I had never seen him do before. Afterward, he asked me to not tell anyone about his reaction at the vet's. I can relate this now since my dad is now gone. Whatever meaning, whatever life-lesson anyone could take away from all this, will be very personal and likely varied. All I can say is _learn_ from and, if fortunate, _cherish_ your memories.

Oh my goodness, saw her on your profile picture. Such a beautiful girl🥺❤️much love!

If that's your bird in your picture she's absolutely lovely. What a great idea to have plans in place for if you need to be gone and she needs other caregivers. I do want to say, and maybe I misunderstood what you meant so feel free to correct me, make sure to make a plan for your bird in the years ahead, after you are gone or can no longer care for her. While I'm sure its a lovely notion for people that their kids can inherit their pets, it's not so nice in reality. I'm dealing with this right now with my elderly parents and their two parrots. I grew up with both of those birds and I am fond them, but I am not in a position where I can adequately care for them after my parents are gone. In fact if my parents can't put in place a plan for the birds for after they are gone, that puts me and the birds in a very precarious situation. If your child grows up and bonds with your bird and is ready and willing to take over her care when you are no longer here, then that's the best case scenario. But also plan for if your child can't. If he/she doesn't want the bird, or isn't in a situation where proper care can be given for that kind of pet. It's not fair to expect that of your child when they've had no say in the matter.

Out of curiosity, what kind of contingencies would work in these scenarios?

I've had my beloved Citron for all of her 30 years!

@@TheOwlGuy777 30 years! wow. I don't know how long they live as you can tell but obviously it's a VERY long time.

Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind" ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

💯% absolutely wonderful!! 👍🐦❤

Animals like these remind us not to take life so serious, it's ok to be a goofball sometimes. They're awesome.

So Precious that it would make a great meal for someone, because its just a damned bird. Duhhhh!!!

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@@ericoliver1603 Well put! That's it!

What a great story. Bless all of you.

Amazing Story, thank you!✌️💗

Birds are people, too. ❤ You did right by your bird. I appreciate that neither you nor he gave up. More life together and happiness is good.

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@@Amitabha108 Thank you. That Bird saw me through some pretty rough times. I figured that it was time to return the favor. I couldn't, wouldn't imagine a life without him. As we speak, he's sitting in my lap, preening my beard.

Yes 💝 ❤!

That had me laughing like crazy 😂

me looking for that one specific marker I need for a spontaneous art project 😂

Well you have to admit that those pens were awful looking. Eric was doing a service for the vets.

Best? Hmm, I bet that's not the case when you have to clean up 24/7 after these animals with tantrums..

//there is so much animal abuse in the world over time I started to tune into it all around me I live in a city where everybody has a dog or a cat including all the homeless and what I've witnessed makes me not even want to live anymore because it's so horrific but you know what everybody does they just turn their back to it but we all need to speak up and speak out to get it to stop It's incredibly important

If you’re saying this and you’re not vegan, you’re a hypocrite

I used to work at Wildlife Waystation in the hills over the Valley. At that time I helped with caring for pens, feeding birds, and I had a Scarlet Macaw at home who was my pal. Birds are pretty darn funny when they chat at you.

He is really sooooooooo sweet.

Birds pick some funny stuff and not so funny things too 😮😮

@@rodhall2771 yeah. I’ve seen a few birds that are extremely aggressive and some that are very sweet.

I have 2 rescues. They're characters! I couldn't imagine life without them.

It's a life commitment and get one when ur younger cuz they live maybe 80years and don't di well if u due and they have to go to someone else. They are almost a one person bird. Think hard about your purchase

I think a lot of them also don't really understand the level of intelligence these birds possess -- the equivalent of about a six-year-old child. They require a lot of attention, high interaction and stimulation. If they're not given what they need, they're quite capable of turning into little monsters to get it, just like kids can.

*Eric. He’s trying to tell the people his name is Eric

I think he works at my office.

@@tangyjoe4326 hilarious 😂

I think he's related to my cat!!! She also makes chirpy noises at me when I tell her "no" or "stop that"...while she continues being naughty. Her favorite thing to do is get into my makeup desk and start pulling items out one by one, or shoving her paw in the drawer with nail polish bottles to. make them all clink together. 😂❤ BRAT

@@mlmartin2922Mine is obsessed with the bag I keep my nail polish in as well! Weird! I always assumed it was because my emery boards, my nail files, are in there and he likes to play with those. But I bought him his own and he still comes running whenever I grab the bag of nail polish is in the little bottles clink together. Maybe that’s what he’s after. This is hilarious

{{hugs}} to you 💕

God Bless all of you who realize the responsibility and privilege of having a forever.relationship with God's gift to humans, his.creatures!

God bless you. We need more people like you in the world 🥺❤️

I have a Congo African grey parrot. He’s probably almost 40 years old. He belong to my mother. And my mother decided that she wanted to give them to me. So I took him and he didn’t trust anybody. But he was a talker and he love to sing. Anyway, I had to gain his trust, and I’ll tell yeah I’ve got some scars on my arms and on my fingers where he had bit me. I got him in 2014 and within the six months he really started to trust me where he would sit on my shoulder and I wouldn’t worry about him biting me. My mom was like wow. Unfortunately my mother was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in September 2017, and, I really do miss her. I wish she could see my Congo. African grey parrot now, because he is a spoiled brat. He loves me so much. And there are times when he’s talking to me. He sounds just like my mother. He was supposed to go to my son when I passed away. But unfortunately 10 days after my mothers funeral, my 26 year old son passed away from an aneurysm. So I am 60 years old now and yes I had my children in my 30s. Smoky loved my son..And my parrot has been taken very good care of and he could live to be over 100 years old. I know that he will outlive me. My daughter said she didn’t want anything to do with him. So I had been so worried. Well her little seven-year-old daughter, which is my granddaughter, promised me, GiGi I will take care of smoky!!! He has bitten her twice when she was younger on the finger. But now that she’s seven years old when she’s visiting my home, they have started bonding. She can now hand him a peanut. But we still have a lot more work to do. Because smoky loves me so much. And there are times when he talks just like my son. And it brings tears to my eyes and smoky starts crying with me. They say he has the mentality of a six-year-old child. And he carries on some of the greatest conversations with me. He sings he dance. And I just hope that I live long enough where Sophie will be able to take care of him. Since she is trying to bond with him too… so I loved your story. And I wanted to share mine.❤❤❤❤

@@aumi.jewels It takes a while for a bird to trust you, to REALLY trust you, especially if they came from an abusive environment. Greys are a bit more quirky on this as well, they often want to bond with one person and everyone else, go away !! it'll take time with your daughter but it will happen eventually. I have found that they can really detect / sense what is in a person's soul, no matter what kind of false face that person tries to put on! If he's letting her give him food, then he trusts her and that trust will grow. My Paco now, I am lucky, he's an attention whore, it takes him about 5 minutes to decide if he likes you or not and once he does .. it's hard to get RID of him! It's funny in a way, I have had people come to the house over the years, trying to sell me this, that and about everything else you can imagine! I'll bring the Peach Pest out to say hello. If he's all quick to want to hop on their shoulder I know the person is at least somewhat a decent person, but if he don't trust them or is edgy around them, not interested, go down the road buddy!! he has not steered me wrong yet! Thank you for your story, wish there were more out there, but also on the same hand, glad there are not, because we don't need people thinking oh I want one now TOO!! and a few years down the road, here's another bird needing rescue.

As a bird lover myself, I would never encourage people to get a bird as a pet unless they are already experienced bird companions. They are some the the MOST high maintenance pets to have by far! They often have complicated behavior problems, do not mix well with children and other animals, require a tremendous daily time commitment, are VERY loud, and have very expensive vet bills. Some people consider the drawbacks worth it, but many find them to be overwhelming!

​@@turnerturner3281 Solid advice.

I volunteered then worked briefly at TriState Bird Rescue and Research in Delaware years ago. I hated to leave. It was the most wonderful job I ever had.

@@turnerturner3281 As a child back in the 1950's my family always kept a flock of chickens for eggs...never for meat! Of course I named them. They were wonderful friends. I would talk with them and they would talk with me. They loved to be gently petted and scratched. I even brought two of them to school when I was in kindergarten for show and tell - and they were so calm. Once I had been playing with them and my mother called me to go to the store with her. When we got in the car and backed out of the driveway - the chickens chased after the car! Of course we stopped and took them back home. I've had MANY different animals for pets (including dogs, cats, horses, lizards, etc) and ,as far as birds go, would not consider chickens particularly high maintenance, and in my case, they were certainly child friendly - though their needs and local zoning laws would need to be attended to.

@@turnerturner3281 thank you for your great insights here 👍❤️… I believe you are right, 100%. Birds are very high maintenance, amongst all the pets one can keep. Actually, all animals that ppl keep as pets, whether cat, dog, rabbit, Guinea pig, amphibian, and so forth and so on… require a lot of attention and care. However ppl seem to think that pets like cats and dogs, for example, are super easy to care for, as long as they’re fed twice a day. But NO, that’s not true. These animals have many needs, and those needs are important to their ongoing happiness and welfare. I won’t rattle on right now, or I’ll bore you to death, but there’s much to learn about caring for any animal. I wish ppl would take the time to educate themselves, and ditch all the outdated ideologies. 🙏🌈❤️

It's very hard !!! We had a cockatoo he was 10 years old when we got him ,he was abused and was very mean he would bite me just to be doing something, he would scream for hours on end, we had him for 10 years almost to the day !! Our neighbors were complaining about the noise then a friend said he's sister wanted him, now he lives on a farm and he can make all the noise he wants!! I'm so happy for him!!!😊

He's not Eric... Where has Comprehension gone?

@Gloria Eller He is called CUMULUS - Eric must have been someone important in his life at some point, or more to the point, someone that was part of the human he (cumulus) lived with, so he would have heard that name a lot. They clearly say in the video: "Nobody knows who Eric is"

That's an interesting idea, kinda makes sense. His original owners would have said his name over and over so he'd learn. That'd explain the singsong Eric. He's also a mischievous bird, that'd explain the scolding Eric he does. Like everyone else, I first thought Eric might've been his first child family member or maybe another pet but your idea makes me wonder. Animals often get new names with new humans so we don't know if Cumulus is his original name.

@@zfmsage8132 sorry. Ty

@@gloriaeller4328 No need to be sorry 😀

😂 I was just wondering the same. Who is Eric?

@@IslandGirlKelly Eric is no one and anyone. Eric is Eric

@@kanjuro8926 Eric is someone, to someone, kanjuro. :)

@@IslandGirlKelly Eric is in all of us. Behold, the Eric.

I would think it was once the bird’s name since he repeats it so often. Or possibly a past owner.

They lay eggs, their closest living relatives are crocodiles, they don't like the cold, they are closer to feathered dinosaurs than mammals.

@@nikkylandry1163 Huh? Crocs ain't warmblooded!

I wouldn't let my experience define reality. I have met people who dont care about the emotional safety of animals (they dont hate animals either) but these people care about other people more than themselves.

@@princetablet but I bet we can all agree on the fact that if someone "hates" animals.. especially creatures like cats, or dogs, or beautiful birds like "erik"... there is something wrong with them.... ;-)

Totally. We are no better than animals, we just hold more power, in general. So lovely to see people who truely care and value such a sweet and cool cockatoo. Such a resilient character.

@@gforgac6580 I disagree! 💯We are WAY better than animals! If I was faced in a situation or condition between choosing an animal and a Human I will choose a Human over an animal any day and so will many others.

My brother is a vegan and has become somewhat dogmatic about it.. but I mentioned to him once that a friend saw some video of a guy getting his head sawn off and how he can tolerate seeing cruelty to people, but not animals.. My brother said he thinks he might be like that.. You get people that significantly favour one over the other.

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I’d suspect the owner wasn’t taking care of him in the first place.

Didn't they say the actual owner died?

​@napoleonfeanor4122 no, someone was fostering him after he was surrendered. That person died

Could also be that he was surrendered because the original owner couldn’t take care of him anymore. There’s lots of reasons

The African grey my husband and I raised from a baby and had for 18 years would not accept when his favorite person had died. He would ask over and over to go see him. He would speak with his voice. It was beyond heartbreaking for me. For both of our sanities, I finally had to rehome him. I have since adopted another Grey, a female, who I am happy to report is my companion and my new best friend. ADOPT, DON'T SHOP!

@@patchdavis35why would you give him up? Then add a lesson on adopting? You gave him up? It’s a lifelong commitment.

If you read my story, you would know I gave up my companion of 18 years because it was BEYOND HEARTBREAKING for me to continually hear the bird asking to go see his person, and calling out to himself in his person's voice. No one knows better than me that these long lived birds are a LIFETIME COMMITMENT. Are you attempting to reprimand me? Please know that my decision to give him up was the HARDEST OF MY LIFE, and, as I said in my original post, ONLY MADE TO KEEP MY OWN SANITY. Thanks for your extreme empathy. I hope you never have to make the same decision. @@14ToeBeans

@@14ToeBeans When a bird talks using a lost loved one's voice it can be very upsetting - my grandmother's budgie, for example, after she died.

@@patchdavis35 Horrible story, You gave him away at 18yrs old only to get another "New best friends", Then you yell ADOPT, I would not be taking pet ownership advice from you.

Same! The happiness of this baby brought me to tears. My mom had a Malekan Cockatoo in my younger days. Her name was Baby and this is exactly the same personality that she had until she unexpectedly passed away and broke my mothers heart, and I think the tears may have had something to do with those memories.

My guess is an original owner was Eric. Someone took time to teach him words and that humans can be kind. Probably Eric couldn't keep him and he landed up with a less than capable owner who then relinquished him. He's probably still looking for Eric. Birds remember.

@@denisegreene8441 Makes sense. I’m just glad birb is taken care of now.

Or possibly Eric was his original name. They said the original owner died and the foster mom surrendered him to them so they possibly didn’t know his name. Just a guess of course.

@@kellygarza9522 That also makes sense.

Will make a good meal for someone. Save a bird, and cook it later.