Leo bathing in a public fountain

[RavenSpiritKnows]

I hope Leo didn't catch any people germs. People are dirty.

[yerboogieman]

It's amazing how our conures are so alike. My Cockiteel is almost nothing like my conure.

[TheAmazingTango]

My Tango LOVES water fountains!

[rax7]

wow you are not afraid that he would fly away?

[KippTheKidd]

@rax7 Totally not. We did a lot of training with him when he was very young. He did this bath thing pretty much every day. He'd fly off to a tree over the swingset and dry off while my son would play on the playground. Then he'd ride the swings with us (there's a vid), and show-off some tricks for bystanders - he would fetch dollar bills :)

[GrimmjowProduction]

@KippTheKidd He would... would??? "Would"... as in past tense... what happend to the gorgeous little thing?!??!?!?!? D:

[KippTheKidd]

@GrimmjowProduction Read the comments in the "Goodbye leo" vid

[DistantLives]

You lucky lucky people :D (including Leo of course)

[casper19966991]

i would like to mention that you cannot teach all parots to free fly only some eg sun conure, macaw, cockatoo, and ive seen in rare ocasions budgies and cockatiels

[emdevo]

it's so pretty! and cute! :)

[blondalicous]

what breed is this bird?

[jasongover]

your bird is very pretty I have a turquoise green cheek very cool video how did you get to the point where you take him outside

[JamesAndAurora]

What a beauty!!!

[redamo24]

I don't think its a good idea; to bathe a bird in a water source meant for people.

[jackpfree]

@redamo24 what harm will bathing a bird in a water fountain do

[MasterJoker202]

I have a question for anyone who can answer me. I am thinking of getting a conure. I spend most of the day away from home (since i'm in school), let's say from 6:20am to 3:30 - 4:00pm,so obviously I cannot give him attention during that time, but I can give attention the rest of the day up until nighttme. Is that ok?

[dailyvagabond]

@MasterJoker202 Well I have 2 Sun conures myself and have a similar situation cause i'm a student too. but when i got my conures it was during summer break, so i can at least tend to their needs and help then adjust. and when break's going to be over i lessen my time with them day by day so they'd get used to me not being there. i try to play with them at least an hour a day. They're doing great you just need to find a set up that works for you.

[saskiastars]

@powersamoan fuck u

[pinkypinkstery]

@powersamoan you're terrible

[mayonakaame]

I love this bird! He reminds me of my childhood sun conured. I loved that bird and she loved me, I miss her =(

[saulat007]

its a very beautiful bird from where did u brought it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[purplepunkdancer]

He is a gorgeous bird. Beautiful color. He's so adorable!!

[powersamoan]

I once had one of these conures too, but he pissed me off so I stomped him to death.

[smilingfaye]

@powersamoan i hope that is not true....

[bradshka]

What a lucky bird!

[Tsanalretentive]

This is too precious...sights and sounds alike.

[Ylaal]

Brrrrrr! COLD WATER lol

[TheCrazyNinjaPro1]

I am looking to get one of these birds. (I fell in love with the one at my local petsmart, named him birdo! XD) but there so expensive. And I've never had a parrot before, tho my mom did have a canary. Would they be good to go on being taken back and forth from house to house?(Parents are divorced) And is there any way i can get them cheaper then 600 dollars?

[sandirandy]

he was a happy bird.. you can see it. he experienced more than most "safe" birds that never see the outside of a cage.. keep having fun Leo.. wherever you are flying now..

[pleaserstilleto]

Never allow your parrot to swim in a public fountain. Conures do not have an imune system and can catch diseases. Read up and gain knowledge before your ruin your birds life.

[figurativeElement]

@pleaserstilleto

If the bird didn't have an immune system it'd be dead in the egg.

Almost typed womb for a minute there.

[tthomaselli2]

How did you teach Leo to not fly away on you if you ever took him outside, etc.?

[zevah23]

i am so in LOVE with leeeooo!!! :)

[0reema]

WOW! He's so beautiful.

[SuperOreoMan173]

Leo is so adorable...I've watched several videos and he just amazes me! Has he ever flown away outside?

I have two green cheeked conures (parent raised, so they're not as people-friendly) that just turned one, and I've been trying to teach them stuff, but so far I've only gotten them to bob their heads when they want a treat (and now they "say yes" whenever you're eating as you walk by their cage) and shake your hand. It's really funny, because they have totally opposite personalities...

[KippTheKidd]

@SuperOreoMan173 Leo hasn't exactly "flown away". Sometimes he wanders further than I would want. Once he was chased by a predator and hid (which worried me), but he was doing "the right thing" at the time, and everything was fine. Since we did a lot of flight training when he was young (during the window of opportunity for learning to fly), he's never been caught by the wind, stuck in a tree, or lost.

[PwincessJenni]

@KippTheKidd Wow great job

[WireMan7620]

He's gorgeous! I'm amazed at how well trained he is.

[Z3R00NE]

sometimes... all you need is a cold shower ^^

- and everything works out in your favor ;D

[trichards6542]

Do you usually let your bird dry off in a warm place after he takes a bath? I heard if the feathers get saturated in water they can catch a cold. Absolutely gorgeous bird by the way.

[KippTheKidd]

@trichards6542 He usually only wants a bath at the park on a warm day... he would hang out in a tree until dry, then he'd come down and play on the swings with us. If he got too cold, he would come down and crawl into my shirt.

[angelialvares]

Oh I'd love to kidnap Leo. I've fallen madly in love with him. Can you give me your address?

[15unicornpower]

I have a couner but he's lazy but he's not a sun couner he can only shake and sing a little

[cherrynoel1]

I have a sun couner too

[nailhead123]

I think that bird is just lovely colors and I like how that bird is trying to take a drink from that small water fountain.

[wild666Jaguar]

so cute! I take my sun conure for walks at summer and he have sort of a leash on his ring on the foot.

[danialphaomega]

jejeje we had a conure name pajarin and he did the same thing when he heard my mother in the kitchen and he would take a bath in the sink lol..........

[stonedemokid679]

why doesn't he fly away are his wings clipped?

[abledbody]

@stonedemokid679 he has been exposed to the outside since he was young

so he wouldnt want to leave his "pack"

and no his wings are naturally grown out

[abledbody]

@stonedemokid679 and the reason i (and yes thats me im kipps sun) said "birdy cant fly?" is cause water puts allot of weight on the wings of birds

[SunnyEspeon]

What a beautiful Sun Conure you have! It's so pretty! I have a Jenday Conure named Lucky Charm. They can be quite handfuls, can't they?

[CameronSabo]

Woah double rainbow all the way across the bird! WOW its so bright and intense!

[ibanedfrmrs2]

poor bird was he sneezing lol? our sun conure loves his baths aswell.

[theonlypranker]

120 people own a bird 2 people shoot birds good bird anyone can tell that he has been well taken care of and has never been abused

[dixievfd55]

2 people were blinded by Leo's plumage and missed the like button.

[KippTheKidd]

@dixievfd55 LOL that must be what it is!

[dixievfd55]

@KippTheKidd He's a very pretty bird.

[tthomaselli2]

@dixievfd55

Better make that 3 people who missed the 'like' button.; Morons...

[dixievfd55]

@tthomaselli2 Some people have no appreciation for natural beauty or realize that in all those videos Leo was a very happy bird.

[tthomaselli2]

@dixievfd55

I'm sure he was.

[zegersious]

@dixievfd55 if u giv ur 8 y/o all the candy he wants, give a 16 y/o keys 2 ur car, let ur teens hav all the beer & cigs they want - theyll b happy too. Ive no doubt Leo was a very happy bird. My point is, you can bring happiness and joy to a life - without having to expose it to risk and potentially harmful behavior. I love my birds, as I am sure these folks loved Leo. But part of loving your kids, is doing whats best and setting limits. They aren't your pets, their your babies. At least mine r.

[dixievfd55]

@zegersious You can't eliminate all risk. I don't own a parrot yet, but if I did, I am pretty sure I would not take their approach mostly because I don't know how they did it. Free flight can go sideways very quickly.

[zegersious]

@dixievfd55 ur absolutely right, u cant eliminate all risk. BUT u can take precautions 2 protect ur loved ones. 4 example, theres always a risk of a person getting hit by a car. U cant eliminate it. BUT, theres a difference in looking both ways before you cross (still a risk) & running into the middle of the street w/o looking. My sun conure's free flighted & spends most day s out of cage w/me. However, I NEVER leave him unsupervised. Theres still risk, but not as much as if he werent supervised

[SMSKS3000]

i <3 sun conures <3333

[thermiscira]

it can still fly away one day ,you shouldent take the risk because it would not survive on its own,cause its born it captivity.and not to mention hawks or eagles might eat it

[susaneharley]

What a beautiful conure! So cute fluffing his feathers and sidling around to get wet!! :) Very nice video.

[zarynkristel]

What a gorgeous, colourful baby! I'm a proud owner of a Pacific Parrotlet and am fascinated by any species of the parrot family! I've never come across such intelligent, cute and mischievous little critters and each 1 is a pleasure to watch-great vid and thankyou for sharing it with us! x

[tandrampb]

aww very pretty

[tippo1449]

Haha, he tried to grab the water..

Sorry to hear about his passing. :[

[Ladyyize]

loookkk at meee:>:>:> i like it i like it:))....he really like water..wash wash

[zipperhead53]

He's absolutely gorgeous!

[MrTontonbear]

何て可愛い♪ (*^▽^*)

[grantika445]

im glad leo passed away peacefully. my 18 year old sun conure was attacked by my grandmas dog after that she lived for a few hours then died.

[TheMissingNoMaster]

Oh my God, what kind of bird is that? I would guess a sun conure but the colors on his feathers are way to vivid.

[KippTheKidd]

@TheMissingNoMaster Yup. He's a Sun Conure.

[MrSuperFuTuRe]

@KippTheKidd

why he doesn't fly away ?!

cuz i had a bird once

and we were best friends

then next day he flew away :(

[KippTheKidd]

@MrSuperFuTuRe Sorry your bird flew away. :(

Young birds can learn to fly much faster than adults. Birds that do not fly outside when they're young, in the wind and high up into the trees, can usually only flutter around without much control. If an inexperienced bird flies outside, he will panic and flap until he is very high up. He'll likely end up scared, and when he attempts to come down, he'll be flying too fast to land. A predator will quickly see this bird as an easy catch.

[rearnessfactorof11]

@KippTheKidd thats so sad :(

[ferbfan12]

@MrSuperFuTuRe same thing with my cockateil :(

[oOHulaGirlOo]

@TheMissingNoMaster You must not have seen a sun conure before. They are all vivid and beautiful :)

[AllyMarvin]

oh my goodness this is the cutest video on earth

[TreyRust]

haha, he looked like he was trying to grab the water with his foot like a perch

[hjones1]

He was soooooo beautiful.

[carebearnmbr46]

That is too cute! He's having a blast!

[doritoesPLAY]

It's amazing how he trusts you all so much and how his wings were never clipped.

[tatersquaw]

Love watching all Leo's video's. Especially the one where he knocks on the window to come in with the rest of his flock.

[Trebgah]

Leo must have bonded with him really well. He doesn't even think of flying away whenever you take him outside.

[greengrendel]

@Trebgah The bonding is only half of the work, because if you bring outside a parrot that loves you but does not have good flying skills, it will fly too high, or be carried off by the wind, and get lost. Parrots are not homing pigeons, and all birds need to slowly learn to fly.

[KippTheKidd]

@greengrendel So very, very true. Birds have a learning window too - when young, they pick up flying skills much faster than when they're an adult.

[destructosk8ter21]

thnx for telling me its safe.the people at the pet store said not to take him outside

[destructosk8ter21]

if you bring birds outside they want to go with the other birds so there is a good chance he will fly away

[KippTheKidd]

@destructosk8ter21 Leo's been outside, with other wild Conures, hundreds of times. It's all about understanding how he thinks - we're his flock, so he might visit other birds, but he comes home with us.

[Badheadphones101]

hes like AUGH ITS COLD lol

[Pozorrogo]

lmao take it easy little guy! Dont drown ;D

Very cute vid, I love the colors on your bird he is beautiful!!

[Pitoupine]

omg adorable!!!! iw ish my cockatiel could do that ....wow it's great being able to take your baby outside like that :) hehe thanks for the video!

[agenthuhn]

Beautiful bird!!

[WishingBabyX]

:( I miss my cousin's Sun Conures so much I wish They Don't sell away! :( Too Bad they sold him away a few months in 2009 :(

[IdentifyWithResearch]

Gorgeous bird.

[MrLaughandgrowfat]

How old do they have to be to get those blue parts?

[MclarenF1GTRfan]

how do you allow him outside or train him to not be able to flyout side i obviously know u need to clip the wings so he cant fly but what training specs do you need

[KippTheKidd]

@MclarenF1GTRfan I never clipped his wings. You need to build a really good bond of trust, usually before he is old enough to fly.  This is why I will never buy a weaned bird.

[CatSqrrlGrrl]

@KippTheKidd Are you considering getting a new bird, now? I hope you will put up videos of that one too, if you do! :)

[rabbler0user]

@KippTheKidd what do you mean when you say "this is why i will never buy a weaned bird"? what are the pros and cons of it? did you wean them yourself?

leo is an amazing bird- and the bond between you two is beautiful. if i ever raise a bird, i hope i can achieve that level of trust :)

[KippTheKidd]

@rabbler0user Raising an unweaned bird is tough - like raising a baby for a short time. It requires food every 4 hours or less, and you have to very particular about temperature and clean-up, and you need a brooder to keep the bird warm. Most people just don't have the time to do it, but when you do, you get a great bird.

My wife and I weaned Leo. It was major pain and carried some risk, but it was totally worth it.

[babyeyes1]

thats really cute wow.. my parrot hates water but once hes in it he knows theirs no escape haha

[monkeybananafling]

love the double sneeze ^__^

[shalaandbridget]

i like this one when ever my bird hears water running he trys to figure out were its comming from and trys to take abath leo is very talented

[headbitchincharge7]

you were just, like, taking him for a walk... or fly? that's pretty cool.:)

[NoobTubeAccount]

The reason the bird didn't fly is because he loves his family and they love him back. Think about it this way: Would you rather have some feed you, bath you, play with you. or. would you rather be by your self. Get your own food. Run from predators??

[K2rkaMilllu]

so cute

[PartyMusicalArngmnt]

Hello !!! From Sushine. A+(5*****5)

[Pandabbit]

So cute. Lucy just started taking baths (new environment and all, pretty stressful and breaks up your day). I have to cover everything with towels to keep her soaking my room. :) When she gets more comfortable we can probably move to the bathroom.

[AnimeFreakGaI]

lolx....he didn't fly away?

[jccasts]

that is so cute and funny at the same time hahahaha i am laughing like carzy and it" so cute hahahso funny

[cullotte3]

I love sun conures so much. They are so cool!!

[chloe4585]

omg how did u train it!

[GContelli]

nice video , great close up :)

[Sarakechi]

Ahw.. Sun conures is adorable!

[nebilmetalhead11]

tell me im getting a sun conure how did you train him to have free flight and always come back

[greengrendel]

What a lovely bird... I also love how the camera sort of shows all the single water drops...

[maire9864]

Birds (I think) each have there own distinct personalities as individuals and not species. Leo is a perfect example and is an adorable lovebird! Hes gorgeous! <3

[WolfLuvar15]

lol he's a puffy birdy

[birdlady423]

Leo is so gorgeous and has so much personality.

[JinkinzProductions]

at 0:22 the dogs tail looks like my old dog!

[tkavalanche24]

my sun conure was jealous when he watched this video, he wanted to get in the water too

[buni27]

hello the bird dont fly away why ?

[oSTUPIDBEEPo]

conures get their flight wings clipped.

[KippTheKidd]

No, his wings are not clipped -- he is fully flighted. Look at his other vids.

[sherbanan]

how come he never goes to fly when he is out side just would like to know

[xxjacobxx3]

also, if you clip them they will grow back within a few months.

[IRSPONGEBOB]

That's a silly question, the bird loves his family, the people who feed, love, and play with him, why would he fly away from them? :)

[HALDikopter]

same with parrots, but what about a loud firecracker, some other large bird or anything else which make the bird fly away in panic and loosing 'his family' out of sight, getting disoriented... especially in dense urban areas.

[IRSPONGEBOB]

Well, the person who owns Leo, said that he has trained him to do certain things whenever those situations happen, he doesn't panic or runaway.

[MartaMurder]

the colors are so pretty its so artsy!

[HeavenOfTrance]

WOW.. it s so great.. to see people not clipping their bird's wings.. MAN your such a good human!! =' )

[xxjacobxx3]

i think it is neccessary to clip the wings untill they get used to you. I dont see what is wrong with it either way though.

[cigomamin]

wich kind of birt is leo is so nice colorfule

[peaches2perfect]

He is a Sun Conure. Very beautiful birds! If you're thinking of getting one though, be sure to do a lot of research online first. Have a great day!!

[vidguy007]

There are quite a few Leo videos I've missed. I'm watching them all this afternoon.

Bo, my sun conure, does not like playing in the water, it's so cool watching one who does. So long Leo, you had a good life.

[animalfreak7]

wow, that looks so beautiful with the water and all the colors *.*

[vgb]

my sun parrot will chase across the table to my laptop and goes near on it whenever it sees leo bathing near the fountain. it will do like leo, to drink the water.. dance around or just gives leo a kiss. lol.. leo got a fan of it own kind... LOL..

[alienpoki]

Actually what a lot of people don't realize that the arc flow of the water fountain is actually designed to keep bacteria from going from one person's mouth to another, even if some people are stupid enough to put their mouth strait on the opening of it.

[Muffolino200]

THAT IS SO CUTE

[crazyandsocool]

Are you not concerned about bacteria from strangers' mouths??? I would be weary of letting my parrot near a public fountain. You don't know who's been on it. ????

[KippTheKidd]

Nope, not worried about it at all. Wild birds bathe in MUCH worse. Many bacterial and most viral illnesses can't transfer to birds anyways. I'm more worried about drinking from it myself!

Leo also eats a lot of the same foods we do -- including our scrap (minus a few unhealthy foods), and gets lots of exercise, so his digestive and immune systems are very healthy.

[Hissanrach]

You certainly know how to take care of your bird, and it shows! I wish I could get my bird to not fly to me when I call him.

[KippTheKidd]

haha, I think you mean the opposite.

[nicoletot]

Human Slavia is bad for any bird.

[snager80]

i guess that;s why we're not supposed to drink from those public fountains..

[MoonJumpingCow]

Rooney will do that too. We can train him were to go but can never stop him going places...like the doors. Any tips?

[KippTheKidd]

I don't really know... The top edge of doors are convenient but dangerous perches. We have considered shaving the top of the door a little lower so it doesn't pinch his feet. Sometimes, we'll squawk and chase him off... but really, it comes down to training the people in the house to check the doors before closing them.

[frzsabet]

Oh Yayyyyyy..

[mangolefty]

WATER FOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD: BEWARE!

Beautiful video to watch, Leo is sooo colorful with his blue tipped wings, and the water looks like floating diamonds!

[indy1110]

Yeahhh! The colors of Leo, and the bubbles of water floating around...

I think I was more hypnotized by the water fountain than Leo ;-p. It's so calm...

[Lovemakeup94]

Woow the video quality is amazing! and Leo is ADORABLE!!

[Mykai73]

yay first view and everything!