Posted on 11/11/2008 8:18:09 AM PST by Clint N. Suhks
A Quaker parrot in the Denver, CO area saved the life of a choking toddler when it began screaming and repeated the words "mama baby" over and over. The toddler's caregiver was able to respond to the warning and save the the 2-year-old's life.
A babysitter's worst fear was brought to reality last week when 2-year-old Hannah, the little girl she was watching, began choking on her pop tart. However, the babysitter wasn't the one to notice the choking toddler. It was the family pet, Willie the Quaker parrot.
"While I was in the bathroom, Willie (the parrot) started screaming like I'd never heard him scream before and he started flapping his wings," said Meagan, the sitter who owns the bird. "Then he started saying 'mama baby' over and over and over again until I came out and looked at Hannah and Hannah's face was turning blue because she was choking on her pop tart."
The babysitter, Meagan, was able to perform the Heimlich and save the little girl.
Hannah's mom, Samantha Kuusk, was reportedly very relieved and stated in an interview "I'm very grateful for the both of them because they both saved her." Had it not been for the normally talkative bird's squawking and then yelling "mama baby" repeatedly, Meagan believes she might not have come out of the restroom in time to save Hannah who had already turned blue.
Another amazing pet story.
Did you know that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?
questions = question ...oops
Isn't that what the Howard Stern show is for?
They are great friends. They do need a lot of time and attention.
Only male Cockatiels talk.
Found any eggs yet?
Both are equally possible.
BTW, I'm a vegetarian. So is my wife. I don't like to kill animals, even by proxy, and I don't enjoy eating them.
We have a Green-cheek. Great little bird. He is usually quiet, but can be loud when he wants to be. Now, Nandays are REALLY loud. Your intruders probably thought he was huge.
Conures and other small parrots are great pets, for the right home, despite what the whacky animal rights crowd says.
Great picture ! Hey tell me how much time do you spend each day with your Quaker. Also how much time to you budget for cleaning / maintaining the cage for a bird this size.
We have a salt water aquarium which takes a lot of time, but we may want to get a bird instead. ;-)
“True or not, you must have some serious issues with other people’s happiness.”
nope, I’m very selective.
i’m surprised that no one has made the obvious observation that the parrot is a better babysitter than the human.
you do NOT leave a toddler unattended while eating ANYTHING, much less a choking hazard like a pop-tart
the babysitter should be fired, and the parrot promoted
Freepmail!
If she was seeking attention, wouldn’t she have just said she saved the baby from choking and left the parrot out of it? That way, she would have been the heroine.
There, all fixed.
“If she was seeking attention, wouldn’t she have just said she saved the baby from choking and left the parrot out of it? That way, she would have been the heroine.”
Would we be reading about this now if she would have claimed to save the baby herself?
LOL! Yes, the American people have just demonstrated this.
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