So....this blog goes out to Lesley, who gave me the bright idea of a blog entry that is all about Seamus! Who is Seamus? some of you may be wondering. For those of you that have not had the pleasure of knowing Seamus, you have no idea what you're missing! Well it does help if you like birds, but this particular one is quite the catch. For starters, Seamus can talk! He can also head bob faster than anyone I know. He is our very first pet. We thought we were "settling" for a bird, since that's all our family student housing lease allows. But WOW we had no idea what we were in for! Seamus has a favorite toy that is appropriately named "Toy". It broke once due to too much playtime, so we patched it up and made two "Toy"s! Seamus is constantly learning new things to say. Let me try to list all of his current voacbulary words/phrases: Pretty birdie, Whatta you doin?, C'mon, Cute, Being cute, Being a cute birdie, Seamus, Seamie, I love you, and his latest hit, "Well....See you later!". I might be forgetting some. He can also do the baseball "charge" call thingy. Seamus started as a Valentine's Day gift from Matt in 2005. He has evolved into a little guy with a lot of spunk who provides daily entertainment. Matt, much to his own surprise, has completely fallen for him......so much that he looks at other birds on the street and goes, "Hey little guy!". It's quite hysterical. Anyone one that needs a "small caged animal" should definitely consider a Seamus. Warning....if you're like me, you might end up holding one-way conversations with him. But don't worry, it's perfectly fine to do that.
p.s. We also have a pet rat that is actually my classroom pet. She comes for weekend visits at our house, though. Recently she (who's name is Molly) decided that it would be a good idea to invite her other street rat friends over for night-time parties. Just last night they chewed through her bag of rat food. Great, now we're feeding the neighborhood rats. If only they'd clean up their rat poo after they were done. Let' s hope they like sticky traps :)