Piper the Talking Starling

This is Piper a European Starling which i found i my porch last year when he was 2 days old. I raised him and he has bonded with humans. He has learned to talk and I finally tried to record some of it, in this video you can hear him say:
what are you doing?
hello pretty bird
you're a bad bird
pretty baby
Piper
bad boy
as well as kiss kiss noises, cat whistles, sneezing and coughing.
He does this ALL the time...never shuts up....LOL

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• talking
• bird
• starling
• pet

[MouseMovies]

I have one, 2 weeks old. What do you feed them as adults?

[LupineDivina]

@MouseMovies i feed mine a good quality dog food with chicken being the first ingredient. I buy Ceasar small dog food (i have a chihuahua anyways) and find the pieces are small enough for him to eat, as other dog food i have to crush into a manageable size for him. I also used the same food when he was young, only soaked. Protein is the important thing as starlings are insectivores. Dont use wild caught insects or worms or food designed for parrots.

[kawtoom]

Why such a small cage?

[LupineDivina]

did you not read the replies below?! good grief, this is getting monotonous!

you people should stop ASSUMING that what you see is the whole thing....and as already stated, he only goes in at night, he flies the house during the day.....

[skillcapeemoteplz]

Does he take dumps all around the house?

[dirkrocks123]

I mean @superstefferz

[dirkrocks123]

@superstezz u can keep them as pets if ur up to them, they are not protected by the migratory act of 1901 in most states

[NekoChibiGal]

lol sounds like donald duck

[cujo55544]

I own one, they're fairly easy to keep as long as they get lots of attention.

They hate to be ignored, above all else.

Anyways, it's a common myth that birds can't be returned to the nest, they can, songbirds have no sense of smell.

An imprinted bird, as lupinedivina said, can't be released. My bird got loose for three days once, when he came back he was nearly dead and I only managed to save him in the nick of time.... he would have died in the wild.

[SuperStefferz]

I really wish I could keep one of these as a pet, they're one of my fave birds! :D

[lindseylee77]

how cute! I am in love with starlings and hope one day to have one myself. I have some nesting on my porch now. I would only take one if he couldn't be returned to the nest though.