 Hello my snippers my name is Marlene McCohen and this is Vinnie oh Vinnie looks like he's excited to be here today like he might not fly away uh-oh he heard me he's planning his escape but don't worry I have Cody as backup I'm not gonna bother Cody just yet it's like he heard his name I don't know if you guys heard him he made the cutest little noise I'm not gonna bother Cody just yet I'm gonna wait until I exhaust all my options with this little star because this is Storytime Sunday and today's story is about Vinnie but before we get on to our story let's talk about our engaged not caged feature today I have chosen right in the middle of the reveal today I have chosen bitty the parakeet to be our engaged not caged star first of all how cute is this picture is this bird not photogenic why I really was drawn to this picture was not only the beauty of bitty herself but the caption under bitty's picture was just so amazing this photo of bitty was posted by Rachel Elizabeth Hammond who is the owner of bitty and said that bitty had been sick recently and even though bitty doesn't like to be touched she accepted her medicine in such a sweet way as if she knew that the medicine was helping her my god guys that is so cute you have to agree this is the cutest bird and you can see why I obviously thought bitty was a great choice for this week's engage not caged feature if you guys would like your bird featured on my youtube channel hashtag engage not caged on Instagram and follow engage not cage my Instagram page of course I had to get Vinnie back and see if he will stay in his story as much as possible Cody's laughing he's like that is impossible let's talk about Vinnie so you guys know some things about Vinnie that you may have heard me discuss first of all you know what a crazy insane scary bird Vinnie has been previously and because of those times there were moments when Vinnie was not flighted because if Vinnie was flighted and he wanted to land on somebody he would attack them in the craziest manner he was so scary that I would make fun of everyone I'd be like oh you're scared of a little pink bird meanwhile he would latch on to anyone he wants to bite and just attack them like crazy so I understood it but I still had to have a little fun with it every once in a while he's back there going yeah so Vinnie was previously a scary bird but as far as I can see Vinnie has grown out of it he's improved he's flighted as you guys can see he doesn't want to be in this video because he's flighted he doesn't have to be in this video that's okay I have Cody as backup right baby Vinnie if you want to talk you should just come you should come back in the video so we know what you're saying Cody's like this is nice but it'll be two seconds before I get on your head life is wonderful did you hear him honk he honks like there's a car outside far away in the distance that's his thing it's so funny you always feel like someone just arrived but really it's just Cody back to Vinnie I'm gonna leave Cody on my head because it's really the easiest situation except no because Vinnie is destroying that basket so I gotta go get him did you guys hear Cody he just said you're so cute he says that what yeah you said that he says that every time I bring a bird to me especially Vinnie it's like he knows I'm gonna say that to Vinnie but he also says it to me like Cody thinks I'm cute he told me I know anyhow now that we've already had enough shenanigans in the first five minutes of this video I want to tell you what Vinnie did today Vinnie I'm gonna tell them what you did today okay so you have to behave yourself so Vinnie has been pretty well behaved he hasn't chased anyone down in a while he doesn't want to stay here with me you're sorry what are you sorry for why don't you just come here and be in the video come no no Jenna Jenna's not gonna be in the video you need to be in the video what what you can't laugh you need to come back in my video not you why do you think I'm talking to you what what what Vinnie I want you to come back here now I'm not the ruler of my own house what are you scratching no no no I don't know why I thought for this video I was gonna be like here's Vinnie and this is what Vinnie did today and forget what Vinnie did today the way Vinnie has behaved today should have indicated how Vinnie was gonna behave for this video why are you flying around like a crazy bird not you you're fine you're fine yeah you why don't you come over here and we'll do this video well guys I had to settle for this spot you see where he is and Cody may or may not come out for you guys to see him over here it's okay I got to do this demo for you anyway of the day so here's what happened I'm about to do a new movie so the producer comes over Chris you may have seen him in my whatever Wednesdays Chris comes over to discuss wardrobe in my head I always imagine these kind of meetings to go like this they come over I'm drinking tea we have the discussion I have all my notes ready I'm well prepared he loves my ideas I have the right outfit maybe we talk with the other actor and we get it all sorted that's not what it's like what it's like is hold on Chris um I just got to make sure the bird eats his apple before oh I'm sorry she's screaming because you just walked in and she likes you and Jersey needs to see you say hi to her say hi to her okay Jersey it's okay Christmas to you Vinny don't fly over there let me just bring you down sorry I'll be right with you let me just make my tea okay I'm making my tea do you want anything oh no you don't you don't drink hot stuff um let me get you a water real quick Picasso where are you come back here meanwhile Cody flies to my head I put him down and I'm like Cody it's okay I'm not leaving I just need to get everything sorted is anybody hungry here here's a cracker for you here's a cracker for you they love like these gluten-free Mary's crackers it's unbelievable and I'm handling them all Picasso do you want a carrot and I'm like just just a minute Chris don't worry he's like don't worry I got it hey uh can I just check out your 5d while you're doing all of that no problem yeah just check out the camera like I'll just be here chasing around all of the birds because they're really excited dog is excited Sandy's crazy now that he's walked in did you want to go outside let me just put her outside so I can hear you okay I think I've got it situated I'm making tea the tea is ready the birds are kind of eating everybody's calm next thing you know I'm having a discussion I'm like so anyway yeah um about that one scene I was thinking that if I came into the house wait a minute Picasso oh okay Cody landing on my head I'm sorry Chris I just um you know you know how they are I just they just want to be with me all of the time Cody that's not funny this is what a meeting really goes like in my house Cody thinks that's funny we decide that after I get situated I gotta go up and look through some things that I have to work on the wardrobe because I had a very specific dress in mind but I knew that I had to bring all of the birds upstairs with me or they were going to throw a tantrum especially Jersey Jersey was not gonna be happy if I left her downstairs and I can't take Jersey and not Picasso because then Picasso would be really really upset now I can't take Jersey and Picasso and not Cody because then I would just feel really bad because Cody is so cute and he's so attached to me it's kind of insane but then I can't take Cody and Jersey and Picasso without bringing Vinny but sometimes I can because Vinny is often not interested in doing what everybody else is doing a lot of the time Vinny is like nah man I'll stay here but as I'm leaving with the birds I realize that Vinny kind of wants to come I can tell he's doing the like are you bringing me so I'm like of course I'm bringing you you come upstairs too and I will find a place for all of you and everything will be so beautiful and I will pick out my wardrobe and Chris will like my dress and it will just go really smoothly well I'm climbing up the stairs with four birds you guys might have seen this on my Instagram me going up and down the stairs with four birds it happens a lot a lot of you said how long did it take you to get that picture no it took me one second because they're all always four of them on me so it's kind of like a thing this is how I get up and down the stairs with all of them I know you're gonna say where was Rocky Rocky was watching his television show he has like his own schedule he's on his stands and I can't include Rocky with these four birds one I can't carry him with them and two he would just attack all of them so they kind of have their routine and Rocky has his own complete different routine that's why you'll see me with these four a lot and not Rocky so Chris has been to my house many times we've filmed here he's completely accustomed to it he's fine with all of the birds he knows I'm bringing him upstairs he knows that if I don't they're gonna scream everyone that comes over to my house knows it's not really a big deal when I get upstairs they have their spots Jersey and Picasso are gonna sit on top of the shower and they're gonna sit there and hang out and Picasso is gonna hit on Jersey and everything is going to be beautiful and easy and as long as Jersey sees me then there's not going to be much screaming and if I just keep an ear out for when Picasso flies then I'll make sure he's not chewing something he's not supposed to chew Cody I have to put him like in a basket with toys okay can you stop banging on my head and in this basket he plays with his toys and he just sits in there very very happily in fact he loves going into the bathroom just because you can't wait to see if his basket is there Vinnie generally will sit on top of the faucet and just chill there if I go too far he'll fly after me but for the most part Vinnie just stays put and he's a really good bird so I get everyone in position everything's going well suddenly Chris enters the bathroom and Cody flies that's kind of funny because I actually mean Vinnie Chris enters the bathroom and suddenly Vinnie flies down and darts at Chris's feet and Chris is standing there smiling and I'm like run and he like casually starts walking back and I'm like faster faster and he hides in the closet so let me paint this picture when you go into my bathroom there's closets in the bathroom so there's this large bathroom and then closets so he starts hiding behind the closet door but as he's closing the closet door Vinnie is charging at the door and so he knows to be careful not to shut the door on Vinnie he's being very gentle and Vinnie looks kind of harmless he looks like he's charging and walking like he wants to be friends but because of my voice Chris knows that maybe Vinnie has other intentions I don't know if Vinnie has other intentions but I know his history and I'm not gonna trust him with guests so I say don't worry I'm just gonna pick him up and I'm gonna put him up where he belongs on this faucet in his spot and now that I'm in the room he should be fine I put him up there Chris comes out next thing you know Vinnie goes charging at Chris like crazy and I go run run and he hides in my closet but Vinnie gets into the closet quickly so Vinnie's in there flying around and I'm like Chris get out of there and Chris runs out and I shut the door and Vinnie is flying around in the closet like a very angry bird and I open up the door and Vinnie is screaming his head off flying and flying so hard that I'm scared to go in so I shut the door and I'm like oh my god it's like Hitchcock's the birds in there and he's like yeah and I'm like I'm really sorry about that so we get to talking a little bit and then Vinnie starts making screaming noises but I know he hasn't moved so I'm like as long as he's not moving and he's in the closet like for five minutes he'll be okay it's a big closet so it's not a big deal I saw he was sitting on a basket Cody you need to stop that so I saw he was sitting on a basket and I'm like he'll be fine next thing you know I decide let me open the closet and just check on Vinnie I open the closet I check on Vinnie I shut the door I'm like okay he's really calm down Chris I think we're good we get to talking and I realize that there's a dress that is in my closet that I think would be a good idea for maybe the film just see if Chris agrees with me or not I go into my closet Vinnie's there I'm like hi Vinnie and I start pulling out the dress and it's in like the dry cleaning bag and Vinnie flies at it and it's on top of the dry cleaning bag and he's attacking it and I'm like Vinnie calm down when I tried to put the dress back he started flying all over and landing on my head and suddenly it was like this evil Knievel came out and he became old Vinnie that everybody was scared of so suddenly I'm not too sure and I'm like Vinnie calm down and he's just insane flying around and landing on me but he's not biting me thank god and I'm like okay I need to get this bird to a safe location safe from himself because he's flying around and safe from Chris because Chris is a guest in the house and we don't want any guests in our house to have a crazy Hitchcock experience I say Chris I'm in the closet just give me one second I'm going to get Vinnie to safety and take him downstairs I pull Vinnie out and I'm kind of like doing like the hold his foot thing and I'm like okay we're gonna go and Vinnie just starts charging at Chris like flying all around in a big circle and I'm like oh my god not again hide and Chris goes come on because there's like this little toilet area in there and I go get in the room and I go just stay in there and Vinnie's like flying around and like he's landing on me and he's fine and he's not biting and finally I just bring him out of the room and I shut the bathroom door and I think I'm gonna take him all the way downstairs but I remember Picasso's cages in my room and I put him in there and I shut the door and I go oh my god safety and then I realize where are you Vinnie I don't think Vinnie liked the idea that a man was upstairs in my closet I think he felt like it was a violation Vinnie was not Cody you're just like making my hair so beautiful for this video it's unbelievable like I don't even think I can ignore it anymore your work is just outstanding anyway I don't think that Vinnie appreciated a man even though he knew Chris he really hasn't had much interaction with Chris because remember Vinnie doesn't go to everybody Jersey sees Chris and is like hi oh come here not touching me hi but Vinnie never even wanted to come upstairs before when I'm bringing somebody over or going upstairs so Vinnie will come with me but at certain times of the day when he knows that there's a routine that I'm doing so if I'm like it's time for a shower Vinnie's like yeah I'm down let's go upstairs other than that Vinnie wants to be downstairs in his territory hanging out so on this particular moment when I wanted to go upstairs and Vinnie showed interest from far away like take me take me take me I thought it was strange but I didn't think it was strange enough Vinnie's really mad he's going to attack Chris sort of way I thought oh wow this is a development this is an unusual time for Vinnie to be interested in hanging out but he wants to now keep in mind for those of you working with your birds or training with your birds if you start learning that your bird only wants to come out at a certain time that doesn't mean that I stop offering them to come out every other time if I know that Vinnie wants to hang with me at nine o'clock and four o'clock that doesn't mean that at five when I'm doing something I won't invite him I invite every bird every single time to every single activity that I think is possible because you just never know when they're gonna say yes and the one time they say yes leads to the yes the next day and the next day that is why I invited Vinnie to come up but it was very unusual that he wanted to and the fact that he wanted to leads me to believe that he knew I was gonna go upstairs with Chris Chris is an amazing guy it's not like he wouldn't trust Chris specifically it's just like he didn't feel comfortable with a man being upstairs in my room and Sandy's like that too Sandy is really nice to a lot of guys she loves guys but she doesn't like them going upstairs that's my dog by the way my small black and white dog she barks at any guy especially if they try to go upstairs so I just found that to be very interesting today we definitely had a hitchcock moment up in my bedroom with Vinnie so I don't know why I expected him to behave in this video and that is my story time Sunday I hope you guys enjoyed this story I had fun putting the pieces together of Vinnie's personality and how protective he is I always say that if a burglar came into this house I would just let Vinnie loose they would lose their mind they would be terrified Vinnie would just land on them one moment and he would go for them and it would be over I think they would be freaked out enough so yeah Vinnie is a pretty impressive bird in that manner and today I think he really displayed what he can do so we're gonna go back to being very careful about who Vinnie is around I've always been like that with Vinnie anyway so that doesn't matter that is my story time Sunday I hope you guys enjoyed it I'm sure that gives you something to ponder over thank you guys so much for watching please subscribe follow me on social media I will put the links below I also have a link below for products I love if you guys are wondering what kinds of things that you should get when you're getting a bird or if you just want to see my list favorites I tried to put all the products together that have four star reviews at least or things that you've 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