I adore how much you genuinely seem to care for smokey. If only all parrots had such dedicated owners ☺️.

We dont think ur crazy for wanting to enrich her life! I think ur incredibly amazing!!!!

If only more people would be this nice to their children.

17:17 you are so right! Thank you for being a great bird owner!!!! Wish every bird owner was like you, and as prepared as you.

I like the set up for Smokey, lot of room for her to move around.  Great tips on foraging for food, you really take good care of Smokey.

You are the best and so kind and loving caring to smokey you created a heaven home 🏡 for sweet smokey 😘🐦

i love when Smokey barks like a dog :D

hey Smoky’s  dad! I would much recommend to chop most of the fresh food as small as possible, maybe even use a machine for that (I use a salad machine thingy for my birdh Chauko), just because you want to make sure that she got all her nutritions especially because African Greys tends to get a bit of iron and calcium deficiencies. this its been recommended to me because chopping them that way make it way harder for them to do their picking and sticking only to eating favorites, if she likes to hold them with her feet you can bring her one or few pieces with her finely chopped fresh food (I do it for snacks usually). you really want to make sure she’s eating most of her nutritions from her fresh food because it absorbs better I think???

You have a beautiful backyard, a nice paradise for your bird. Love your videos, they're always loaded with a lot of useful  information. Thank you.

I’m so glad that I found your channel! Smokey has a better life than I. lol
I’m getting ready to get a bird and have learned so much from you already.
I’ve had birds in the past but it has been 25 years and things have certainly changed, for the better, I’m happy to see. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and beautiful Smoky.

I never get tired from watching your videos.

I’m getting my first African grey next month and this channel has helped me learn to be a better owner. And almond a day keeps the vet away 😂

Smokey is well taken care of. I got yelled at when I fed my Ringneck an Orange. The person said never feed an Orange to a bird. Can't wait to see the new addition.

I don't know if this was a personal quirk of my bird, but my Indian Ringneck absolutely LOVED Artichokes. I don't think he ever actually ate any of it, but he would spend ages just shredding off the leaves and pulling the whole thing apart. They aren't very popular and are very seasonal so I couldn't get them often, but the reaction I would get when he saw me walking towards his cage with a fresh Artichoke was just fantastic.

Whenever you say Smokey she looks at you... so adorable!

Her mimicking the dog barking was awesome!

Smokey is so great and so lucky to have such a thoughful and caring owner! I'm so excited that you are getting her a bird companion too! Birds are like chips, it's hard to have just one! Your philosophy of learning every possible angle of bird keeping and deciding your own personal opinions from there and encouraging others to do the same is fantastic and it's exactly what I try to do with my pets.

I have a tiny bird that I've had since the beginning of high school (he's 9 now), I love birds so much but I know that once my little buddy Spock is gone it'll be many years (until after I've retired from my current career path) until I can adopt another bird because they deserve and require so much time, stability and commitment. I'm lucky that Spock is such an incredibly playful, toy-obsessed and independent little bird and that I have access to channels like yours to learn new ways to enrich and engage my birdo so that he gets the best life he can possibly have.

tossed the broccoli immediately...too funny !  :-)

I have to say that you are such a dedicated parent and companion to Smokey. Everything you do is for this beautiful beautiful bird. The reason she lets you do anything is because of the enormous amount of love you give her. It’s so sad to see birds in homes with no stimulation. They make tons of noise because they have nothing to enrich them like you do. Even her aviary is gorgeous, even nicer than my back yard. They should have these beautiful homes like this because they live for a long time and it’s not fair just to play with them for 10min and then be  done til the next day or even yet you get bored and don’t talk to them for awhile. Anyway I’m a new sub and I love this channel. I saw some guy on another channel hit hit bird on his head for eating a basket because he had nothing to play with. He didn’t hit him hard but enough to make me angry. You are very gentle with her. Can’t wait to arch the other vids-All Day Smokey!

She looks so happy shredding that kale it’s so heartwarming