I bet he got several pistash for being such a Good Boy once he got home

He's such a weird little intellectual, I love him. He does NOT like this weird place and wants to be back where he feels safe. Meanwhile the girls are typical caiques and are like "yeah whatever".

I was also interpreting him not eating the snack as nervousness - pets never seem to like when they move to a new place, especially cats.

Dropped it like a hot potato, lol

They move again Apollo “can we go back?”

Such child-like thinking. I remember a lot of friends having to have goodbye rituals for their old houses. Their littles needed that closure to understand moving on. How do you explain this to a bird?

​@@Cherokee51774Yeha it's crazy how human-like they are sometimes

Greys are famously neophobic. This is a bird who was too cautious to approach his own birthday cake. I hope he adjusts quickly to his new digs, I'm sure it'll be stressful but that's just his nature.

@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III I'm sure it's instinct. Doesn't help to be super smart. His little brain is probably rattled. Lol

I noticed that too!!

right?! it was the cutest thing!! 😍

I was gonna say that too.

So cute!

Literally 👯‍♀️ energy, so cute!

Apollo you are SO smart, you will adapt in no time ❤

Congrats on your new home

Greys aren't typically fans of new things or places.

Those floors ❤. Beautiful and easy to clean!

He is a very smart bird 🐦 ❤

For sure, that is just a taste of the new wonderful sounds they get to listen to now.

The noise he did is actually the GoPro beeps with volume cranked up. It took me too long to figure out how to turn off the beeps, now they’re a permanent bird feature 😭

​@@ApolloandFrenswell, dang it. That's a loud one. Gah! How do you turn it off NOW? Miss my grey, and very much enjoy yours.

​@@ApolloandFrensMakes sense, Apollo actually did one more beep than the alarm did. He would never slack like that.

@@ApolloandFrens Try installing the latest bird software updates and reboot him. Should fix the beeping bird feature.

It's funny but also I think hes just used to hearing the owner say "ready to go back?" to him before he goes cagey time

@fettyblap4436 Idk. Like a typical grey hes not happy with new things. Being taken out of the familiar cage (safe spot) and being in a new place, it wouldnt be unusual for him to ask to go back. Same thing with "i wanna go outside". He doesnt want to be in the scary new place so hes asking repeatedly to leave.

Agreed!

@@AIvey-qs1sohe did?

Lol, I didn't even notice that at first. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm usually more observant.

Came here to say this 😂 when my brain finally made the pun I was elated.

where shroks

4:12

I hope that once you get settled, get the first movie of Shrek, put it on the computer or TV, and the music 🎶 Apollo will love, and he will see Shrek. All the best, guys.

Sounds like Tori loved it as well...

​@ConkersBFDN64 lol, thanks. I miss my grey, and listened to that several times! 😊

My parrotlet loves Apollo and while we watched, he immediately voiced his version of the alarm, too 😂

I hate moving house waaaa! 😫

That my friend is the power of a Syrinx

I felt like he answered it 😅

New Bad Noise Learned!

The perch is at least familiar. "What is this horrible empty space? why wasn't the old home good enough?" I can imagine these thoughts going through his mind.

Many animals experience neophobia. It's normal and totally okay because these birbs clearly demonstrate the adaptability their mom and dad have worked so hard on developing in them.

@@irenafarm thank you for teaching me a word ("Neophobia") that describes my daily existence

​@@irenafarmIt makes perfect sense. It means theyre gonna play it extra safe in new areas. Beats exploring caves like humans do

Greys aren't fans of change, generally speaking.

@@irenafarm especially African Greys!

Love! ❤

😮😮😮😮😮😮MAY DAY!!! MAY DAY!!! SOS!!! SOS!!!

Hey, no chewin'!

@@CS-tc4zy**continues to chew**

I have 2 Grey's and that was my first thought...all that wonderful wood to chew!! Lol

as an autistic person myself, somtimes i think animals like Apollo have autism. they are sensitive to little sensory things, like me!

I was looking for this comment

Stepup by stepup in Apollo's case

Exciting times..congratulations on your new digs..Apollo and the girls know they are in a new home..they will adjust rather quickly. Love the new place..lots of windows !!!!

@@MaximizedAction step up? Good step up!

Lmao. He can't read. Who the hell you talking to?

Most birds get to be outside

@SnappyGW He does too. He is going to have an aviary for outside time. A pet parrot isnt like a wild bird. I rescue dogs. And people often dump dogs in the wilderness thinking theyd be free and happy. But doing that is like dumping a 10 year old kid out there with a knife and telling them to go be free. They are domesticated animals that rely on humans. They die out there. Even feral dogs live in or around human settlements. Apollo and the girls are the same. They arent wild, they are human raised birds. Even if you took apollo to a flock of wild greys, he wouldnt be accepted nor would he know how to communicate with them, find food etc.

To me, his requests to go outside seemed like that was another step to "go back." Like, we go outside, then we go back- wanna go outside? Or maybe he just wanted to go outside lol

I agree ☺️

@@sleeperholdASMR He was afraid of the new place, and wanted out of there.

Or outside is I wanna go home.

​@@lauraallen55 The sound in the empty new place echoed in a weird way. I think it probably was a big part of what scared him.

They can’t clearly communicate what they want like Apollo, so I guess they’ve just had to learn to go with the flow

@@Bruh-ob9miThe girls' body language was so calm tho. They just wanted to look out the windows. :)

Soleil: We pooping the moment the new furniture is in? Ophelia: Absolutely!

Ha! I did too. My dad showed me the new place when I was like 2 and all I wanted to do was go home. Newness is scary to many creatures, including african greys and baby humans.

I think Dalton says "Ready to go back" to Apollo whenever they go out somewhere and it's time to go home. So Apollo has taken those words to mean "Our trip is over, it's time to go back home."

Greys especially do have the capability of understanding words and using them in context. I have a 26 year old Grey and he demonstrates it all the time.

Birds definitely do learn to use words in context.

@@lozferris1719 They are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. Parrots and corvids are up there on the intelligence scale.

I do genuinely believe they associate words/sounds with certain actions, but what is more I also believe they're capable of using words as commands for us, to express their wants and needs. My Churchill (African Grey) is 4 now, and he's not particularly keen on the hoover. He is not afraid of it but he does not like it all the same... so he has taken it upon himself to continuously mimic the sound the hoover makes as it is turned off, and loses suction. The noise of it losing suction he will repeat continuously, and I genuinely believe he's trying to tell it/me to stop hoovering. Very intelligent...

They wouldn't leave the birds outside unattended, probably.

@@rustyshackleford7660, you can't. Risk of cats, snakes, etc. means that you have to be outside while they are.

@@flyingphoenix113 i know, that's why I said what I said

​@@flyingphoenix113 Thats half the point of an aviary.

They can just get a dog to protect the birds.

😂😂

I thought everyone knew that? No? Just me?

"Here what I think of my supposedly new abode"

Have to burp in every room to really make it a home

Lol 😂😂😂

We are parrots.

Apollo is only two? Wow!

Apollo is four, but yeah it's very impressive.

“But save it for later because I’ll be ready later!”

❤❤As long as Dalton, Tori,Apollo, Soleil, and Ophelia are there to give him comfort and assurance he will be fine

Teach your cat to communicate with AIC buttons, and you'll get a lot more than that. Animals know what we make the effort to teach them, and it's enrichment for both of you.

I'm sure it will be fine when they get their furniture in and it starts looking and feeling more like home. It's currently totally empty. He will be stressed for a while as they are packing and things disappearing at home and then reappearing at the new place. But it will all come together.

@@feliciagaffney1998 and, smelling : )

@@kaceyross8955 yes! That, of course, too. 😊

Or eating pistach

not sure about bird senses, but with a cat or dog I'd suggest that once the soft furniture is in place it would make the new house smell more like home/family too

Now that he knows the sound, it won't matter if the alarm never goes off again. Apollo learned a new noise, and he'll probably remember it forever...