 Something very big is about to happen today and believe me you guys have been asking me about this for a while And I didn't make this happen. It's crazy. It just came to me and I Don't even know if I can tell you what is happening. So I don't even know how to explain it because I have to go I have to go do it Hello my sniffers and flighters and newbies. I'm so happy to have you guys here. I'm really excited today is a very Big day. I'm very nervous about today. I don't know how to tell you what we're doing But I want to tell you this first I wrote a disclaimer and I put it in the description box Well, I haven't done that yet But I did that because I don't want to have to say this right now and interrupt this programming This is going to be a very Interesting amazing video you guys have been asking me about this forever And I just want to let you know that I did not make this happen this came to me hence the disclaimer in the bottom I don't know if I should just say what's happening. Just say what you need to say Just say you know the song just say what you need to say, okay? I don't I'm really nervous about this basically you guys were asking me whatever happened to Merlin Do you guys remember Merlin when I went to visit parents first with Heather and she was looking for a bird And then we just happened upon Merlin the African gray. Well, I Didn't pursue getting Merlin for either me or Heather because it didn't seem to me like Heather was ready for a bird That was the first thing and to I didn't need any more birds and Honestly Merlin was in a good place parents first is a fantastic place. He was engaged not caged He was hanging out all the time my house wouldn't have been better than where he was except that we had a really good Connection, but that's why I have this disclaimer below and I encourage you guys to always read descriptions before making uneducated Comments because it's just one thing that annoys me people not reading and gathering info and assuming things But what's important to me for you guys to understand right now is that one We're Merlin. Thank you George. That made it a lot easier for me We're getting Merlin and I will tell you more about why we're getting Merlin But I just want to let you know when I said that we didn't seek out getting Merlin It's exactly what I said, but I don't know if I can say why we're getting Merlin but basically Rose contacted me and Wanted me to have Merlin more on that later And I'm not gonna film when I go in there right now because I just don't know if it's appropriate But I will take my camera in if if she allows me to film that'll be fine If not, I'm gonna document bringing Merlin home. I'm just shocked. I guess so this is what's happening. Okay. This is it. Yes Has he ever bit you You're gonna come home with me today And me you're gonna love you forever You're gonna see other birdies Do you want to go? He's showing me where he wants to go You wanna go in the carrier baby? How about we back up? I know you like backing up It's okay. There you go. That went well. It's not too bad, right? No, not at all Merlin I put you in here, but that doesn't mean that it's gonna be like this So I'm here with Merlin He's always following Rose like he likes to look at Rose like I think he wants the confirmation that he's gonna be okay Oh, he sees the cage being moved right now. He's watching that It's okay baby, you're coming with us. It's okay. You're coming with your cage and with us Okay, baby. You're gonna come with me today He's so cute. We're gonna find out. He seems cute. He's making a little cute noises. I think he likes me I'll find out soon. That's why it's important now for you to socialize with him a lot because we know he stepped up to me Sad Always feel sad for the bird Like I'm happy he's coming with us, but like hard changes Like every time like even when she gave us a rocky like I cried for her because it was like It's hard like Yeah, I know but she knows he's good Okay, so sauna serious note now it's raining What's going on california, but we need it so it's good now We could go home and make lunch for Merlin in us. You could tell she just loves the birds She's just so good with them What I wanted to tell you guys is now is a very important time for us to go home and give Merlin space But also socialize with him But in a way that's comfortable for him let him get to know his surroundings walk around So let's just see what happens whistled to him. See if he cares Stop he was dancing when I did it last time You picked him up before we picked him up. He was dancing. He was like he bought me his head I wonder what Cody's gonna think of all this We're here Merlin I'm falling in love with you like the moment I've seen it like the moment I saw I got a chance to play with him Like just to talk to him I already found love with him. He's got that cute face You know what I mean? Like he's got that little cute face And I love the little tiny feathers that he has on the sides. You ready to get out Merlin? Come on. Let's go I'll get you get him. I'll get the cage. Okay, wait. So what's our plan of action? We're gonna set up the cage Somewhere for now the idea is maybe keep him away from his cage so that way he can actually As I was thinking like I got a peck I gotta send merchandise. Maybe I could bring him up there to work with me. Yeah, you ready to go? Come on. Let's go. Let's go What did he say? Out Okay, guys, I'm 100 confident that Merlin's just gonna love me So I think it's really important that George be the first person to get Merlin out because I think that like Oh, he's excited Hi I just want to tell you though as soon as he saw Harry he barked Did you want to step up? Danny Want to step up? Yeah Are you? He came right to you Step up Pretty bird You like guitars? He's seeing his surroundings He's looking at everything. He's probably wondering where his cage is It's a little scary. I know He's analyzing everything That's how I love African Grace Hi Merlin Seems comfortable He does, right? But you know, they're in a hypersensitive time right now So it's like they'll let you do things that they might not normally let you do Remember when we pulled out Nellie and Monty? So what we should do right now is like step up for me step up to you step up for me step up to you So just that everyone sees how to socialize a bird when you first get them Because things move fast in this house in terms of getting to know a bird Hi Merlin. Hello. Do you want to step up? Good bird Step up. You want to step up to me? Step up So it means that you're gonna need Step up Good bird, but try your lessons Sometimes it's about another hand Step up Good bird, Merlin Good bird He likes you though He likes me already. So we know he likes me. So that means that when you hold Merlin You have to hold Merlin for longer and and spend time away like Away from you Right, like I should leave Me and you time don't tell anybody okay. Don't move fast around them like waving your hands and such You did good Merlin. Do you want to do more? Let's do it again again Again time for step up step up Good bird Okay, you guys see I put my thumb up so he can't go up to my shoulder So that he's going to have to step up to George. Do you want to step up? Do your other hand You want to step up? Come here Come Later, you're gonna have to be the one to take him out of his cage and such Obviously he had a connection to women, but I also believe when a bird sees you visit step up Step up step up. No good bird You go to step up mama. It's okay Okay, it's your first day It's your first day This is why love african greys are so interesting, you know like you know that just as much as you want to look at them They want to look at you. They're looking at everything. Yeah Do you hear that? That's cody banging his dish cody's like Let's go over on it. No, he doesn't know what he wants to know What does the kitty cat say? No She said don't give him a pistachio. He doesn't like pistachio and he gets mad that he's offered a pistachio No pistachios for you. You did so crazy. You don't like pistachios I never met a bird that didn't like pistachios And also it'd be very important for you to be the one to feed him. Oh, did you see? He you want potty? Yep, mommy knows everything potty. That was time for potty Time for pot. That's the first indication of like what his potty reaction might be No more birds. Okay Promise Literally merlin like it met me and like Wanted to be mine and then the universe made it happen, but the universe needs to understand Oh, you talked You like that So we're just spending time with merlin hanging out generally Y'all is want to keep them lower than you stay in front of them I'm sitting a little bit behind him But generally you'd want to make sure that he feels comfortable You're a fancy face. Oh, you're gonna say something Go ahead. We listen You thirsty What was that? You got a deep voice Oh Merlin, you saw what you sound like a wizard His feet are actually pink You know what's that? All right He's got like reddish. What's he saying? I'm not sure, but he's got a deep voice But the the problem is people are gonna say that we're talking over him, but he talks when we talk. Yeah flock talks. Are you flock talking? What do you say you see his feet they're like They're like pink What do you want to say? They're not black. They're pink. Do you see that? It's special And he also has blue feathers on his head. Do you notice that? Blue? Yeah, like cody like cody. Yeah under the feather to see it. We should try to feed him something I guess an assemble is cage. I do have to start my process of getting out of here. Do you want to go to mommy? Step up Good bird Good bird Look at your big head. He's got a big head. Look at your big head. It's so cute He's got a big body too. Want to sit on my shoulder? Oh, he's gonna do shoulder bird. He just fluffed up like we should have tried to put him on your shoulder Step up Good bird Merlin. Come. Come here. Step up Step down. Step up Good bird Thank you. Put him on your shoulder Want to step up? Yeah Yeah, he's on my shoulder That's good. So we know that so far. What do you say? He's always talking next to you. We know that so far he can be on george's shoulder What do you say? I think he said george. That's george. I'm marlene Okay, what's up buddy? How you doing? How you doing name marlene? I'm marlene. Name merlin. Name george Okay, marlene. I'm marlene Merlin george I'm george Oh, you like it We're gonna pressure wash all the cages because we have to pressure wash this one. So we'll do all of them. Look We want to go on the cage. We're going there fix his swing Where's the swing supposed to be? The swing needs to come. It lower? Was it lower? He's telling you Is that your swing? Yeah Did you say yeah? I didn't say yeah. We're putting all your stuff back Okay guys, so This is what happened. We went grocery shopping and got a lot of the things that she told us that merlin like And she said he likes baby food mixed up with his vegetables So george went and bought this inorganic baby food from whole foods Like mango. Yeah mangoes We couldn't get him off of the cage because he's cage territorial So george brought the stand over and left it there and then next time This one he was in the kitchen and my fridge was open and he saw me with these things He flew down to the floor Coincidentally, I put these at the bottom of the bridge and he walked over he flew down Walked over and showed us that he wanted one. So we opened it and he started drinking it These are good because they lost the clothes Oh, you want more? Oh, that means he knew like she didn't show you she didn't buy those exact words You don't even know what she liked. She might have bought that then He knows what she puts in there Yeah, but what bird knows to drink out of these look he's going You don't want anymore. I get it They were at the bottom of the bridge Like right here's just a coincidence that I put them there because like I didn't find any other place And he walked over and showed us that he wanted it the first time I brought it out He flew down. So I was like, oh, maybe he knows what these are, but I didn't I just imagined old school baby food So a little bit of an update what we've been doing is um Merlin is somewhat quarantined in a way Like he's not coming in contact with any of the other birds We're not sharing anything and we've designated a stand for Merlin But he's a little bit different than the Senegal's because the Senegal's I didn't know what she had I had never seen those birds before Merlin We had seen previously and quarantine is so that you know that in a month or so the bird is still healthy And it's already been like three months since we saw Merlin. So he should be good There's just something to know about how we're gonna take some precautions But just kind of like with Leo how I knew Leo was also fine and Lou specializes in quarantine So she's here and they're kind of sharing the same space if you know I was trying to keep him kind of like over here out of the way Then Vinny pepper mouth I could smell the pepper mouth in here George gave him this You're done with it. I know you don't want anymore. He likes the fridge. So if he likes when you open the fridge Yeah Merlin flew down And then climbed up Ellie Say hi Ellie. Hi Ellie's George's dad Merlin just like walked over to him on his own account and climbed up to be next to him So Merlin obviously has a buddy Merlin. Do you like Ellie? Hi sweetie Oh Okay, guys, I got to go up and mail some shirts and stuff get your Vinny gang shirts So i'm gonna bring him with me so that I can focus on him And probably the dogs because the dogs are coming too. Where do you want to sit Merlin? You want to just kind of sit on my shoulder? Let's do some mailing. Oh, you want to say something already? He's gonna sit right here on this chair By the way, one thing that you guys should know one trick is like the more you include them in different spots If you guys notice his cage is nowhere in here, obviously So you're including him in different spots, but on different things. You're turning different things into purchase He doesn't actually have a stand up here He's forced to sit on this chair and that's actually very helpful because it gets him acclimated to just doing Different things and being everywhere with you. So he's just gonna sit here while I package your shirts Basically, I just ate dinner and he sat here the whole time and then as soon as the food came out He said want some Yeah, he he was very inclusive Did you include yourself in everything Merlin? He's been very inclusive today. Rocky, what do you have to say about all this? As usual, it's like you like bread but too much bread, right? Yeah. Oh, you want it? He's so cute You're about 14 months. He's like, I'm cute too Yes, you are you're here. Why are you doing this kind of stuff? Come on. Let's go Anyway, so that's day one with Merlin The main thing I want you guys to know is how inclusive we are with the birds kind of like right away It's his moment to know how things here are going to be different, you know, not necessarily better I'm sure he had a great time over there It's just that like he needs to know that he's gonna be included right away while he's hyper sensitive while he's a little shocked While he's open to things But I'm sure he's had a very long day and I bet he's very tired right now So I'm gonna put them all to bed. I love you guys so much Don't forget to check out my links in the description box always read the description box hashtag reading and dreaming For my smart sniffers and for you flighters. 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