 Hello Marlene's fellow sniffers today. I have hacked Marlene's YouTube So you're gonna only see me yours truly Jenna McCullen and today I want to talk to you about my relationship with each bird now before I get into that I want to just say that the reason I hack Marlene's YouTube is because as you all know She's in Ireland and my very very smart sister decided to take all the footage that I could edit for her Her going to Ireland. It was also kind of like a vacation. Why not let her relax? She probably will post some videos maybe of Ireland her everyday posts that she does, but I have no videos to edit So I'm making my own so in case I need to do another one which I would love to do I was thinking of the next one would be why don't you guys leave comment or I mean In the comment section leave questions that you'd like to ask me and maybe I answer them that could be a really fun video I'd like to do that video I know you guys have a lot of questions because Marlene also told me that you guys ask to have me on this show Which I really really love and I really appreciate and I'm truly humbled by it So if you guys do have questions for me leave them below and hopefully I can make a different video Of me answering them so even if it's not next Sunday or this coming Tuesday I definitely will do it another time even when Marlene's back So since this is my point of view, let's start from the beginning I have lived with the birds my entire life when I was born we had Dooley and Marlene probably has talked to you about Dooley But if you don't know about Dooley Dooley was a little yellow cockatiel that my dad got my sister my relationship with Dooley was Not really developed now. I know not all birds are scared of kids, but in our experience We've definitely come across birds that absolutely are like what is this little human? I cannot handle it get it away for me It's too hyper birds don't like that I've noticed personally growing up with birds is that they like persistence Patience and calmness if you're allowed, they'll be loud if you're nervous, they're nervous So as I got older, I definitely Observed Dooley. We also had other birds. There was this other cockatiel that we had and I'm pretty sure his name was Bruce I'm not sure. I don't know if I named him or I couldn't pronounce he ate his name I had a very difficult with speech and I remember continuously observing them I probably was a little creepy to them, but I remember looking in the cage and being like Whoa, look at them eat or look at them make their little noises And although I couldn't hold them like Marlene does and created the bond like they do I really respected them. It was cool to just see this other type of creature I don't know if Marlene has mentioned this before but she definitely says that maybe I'm the dog person And this is just because birds made a big impact in Marlene's life like she loved these pets She knew right away. She's a bird whisperer. She knew right away like how to handle them I don't know how old she was when she first got a bird But I'm pretty sure she was 10 and at 10 years old I was like not calm enough for birds even at 10 like Dooley was not having it with me Not having it. No bird was having it with me at 10. I was just all over the place So the pet that made an impact on my life was definitely a dog So I'm known as the dog person, but I love all animals So the first interaction I had with a bird and truly focused and took my time and like saw us get the bird And everything was tied and this was when we lived in America And so with Ty, I think I was about 14 and I was just able to observe and then react So I definitely had bad moments with Ty. Ty definitely loves At first what we thought loves males more, but now he's obsessed with my brother's girlfriend CEO Don't know how she got his love But she did because Ty used to love Danny my brother like obsessed. They were inseparable Ty definitely was adjusting a little bit to moving with us because he had a previous owner who unfortunately couldn't take care of him And it it was it was a progress to get Ty to trust us at that time Ty Allowed me to learn how to get birds to trust you and that's truly patience persistence and Giving them their space and letting them come to you now with that information When marlene gets a new bird or when I don't want to say marlene's bird But when we get a new bird or I I like to use what I learned from ty Or even george george the african gray was a big big part of like that Really allowed me to dig further because he's a very intelligent bird And he even needs his own little space and he and he you can tell like when he gives you a look At like no don't pick me up now or I don't trust you quite yet or what are you doing? Or if he does want a head scratch african grays are great in that so but we'll get to george in a second so when I moved to california and Marlene had george picasso and jersey I was definitely a little hesitant. In fact, I was scared of jersey believe it or not I was I literally was scared. She was gonna bite me or or she was going to randomly like cuddle me and then Be scared and run away and I somehow by accident drop her or she saw something and she jumped I was so hesitant because ty was a very difficult bird And although ty is a lesser sulfured crested cockatoo and jerseys an umbrella cockatoo I still Didn't understand how drastic of a personality each bird could have as you all know jersey And I have a great relationship jerseys obsessed with me And I think it's because when I first moved in with her I have no bird. They're all chilling They like literally I mean, they're not really chilling code. He's slightly freaking out I don't know why he's on like a whole different level than the other two you want to come here I need a bird in my video And everyone keeps asking about you Yeah, so when I first moved in with them Jersey was the one of the easiest bonds to make for me because she was very interested in me She is not a biter probably has never even bitten me at all She does play hard to get sometimes with me meaning like in the mornings when I wake up and then she wakes up She doesn't want to necessarily come to me right away But you can tell she wants to be next to me because she'll be antsy and want to try to see where I am All the time also when I come to give her my hand. She's like no, no, no, no I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this and she'll back up as if like I told her her sweatshirt today doesn't look good And that takes about probably an hour or hour and a half even two hours in the morning for her to like I don't know. I don't even know what this means. I don't know why I think this is what's happening with her But I swear it's like she wants to see me. She wants to know I'm here She wants to be in the same room with me, but she won't necessarily step up to me Now this is kind of recent. This is definitely her personality coming out You know what since I'm talking about jersey, why don't we bring jersey? You want to do come on? She's doing that thing now because I'm here with a lot of birds. That's another thing if she sees me interact with other birds She gets very upset. She'll restart that whole I'm mad at you and I'm playing hard to get thing So she's definitely a jealous bird and she's specifically jealous if I I feed another bird Now I definitely can cuddle jersey if anything were to happen like meaning something scares her or you know She's on a person and a person is like a little bit nervous. She'll come to me right away I'd have to say jersey is one of the birds that trusts me the most Unless she's in her state of jealousy, then she she'll be like, um, excuse me. Who are you? What's your name? Oh, no, no, no, no. You can't pick me up. You paid attention to vinny today You know, I'd play I chase her around the house to the little hopping videos I hide and she has to come find me. She's definitely a very fun bird to have You know, she's a good bird to watch tv with especially like after you feed her and she's comfortable and had some playtime She's a good good bird to study with and she's just overall not too scary She's a very predictable bird and you can tell when something upsets her Or something bothers her and how she's going to react towards you That is a very good bond that I feel that I have with jersey And I think it's a very unique bond and I think that you know, anyone to have a bond like jersey and I is lucky You definitely though need to have the patience patience is key to get from no bond or connection with your bird To a bond or a connection with your bird and persistence now that i'm talking about persistence and patience This brings me into george again to not fight like me george. We're definitely not step up at all He was not a bird that was too interested in anyone But marlene and that's not a bad thing african grays bond with their mate or their owner Better than they do with anyone else. They're kind of really monogamous In that way So I had to take cody downstairs and put him in the aviary because he's so antsy He's flying everywhere in the aviary. He can fly. He can chew. He can explore and it's just so much better for him I thought I really wanted him to be in the video with me because one you guys have been asking for him all the time And second because while I'm talking about my bonds with him, I'd like to have him in the video So my relationship with george Definitely progressed. It progressed at first. He wouldn't let me pick him up and he was just like, who are you human? Why are you even trying to talk to me and slowly slowly? I started giving him his favorite treats not to him But like I'd put him in his bowl and then once that happened and and something made him fly or maybe let's say jersey Scared him and they were just kind of like not in good terms for that play time and he flies I'd be like, it's okay. It's okay. Like I'll help you I'm here for you and he wouldn't step up at first but you can tell he wanted to come to me because He's kind of a fatty so flying for him was very exhausting even one flight So this is a technique. I have used I show I take a cloth and I put it around my hand And what usually george used to do and cody does this too. I actually do this with cody too I'm in the process of like getting rid of this already So you would go to bite it and then the reaction of you not Hesitating or not being scared. They're like, oh, they're not scared of me. Okay So I'm just gonna step up and so it shows that you have confidence because if you approach the situation confidently They will be confident and feel more calm. So me of coming like this I'm not hesitating because if they do try to bite me it doesn't hurt and I'm confident And then they see me as a confident person and a person that wants to pick him up So then after all I didn't even need this and I don't know why I need this with african graze But I do and I think it's a really good trick because again confidence is everything with birds and If you don't have confidence they will sense that and be nervous So after we got over that I could say step up george come on And he would step up no matter what I never got nervous about it. I was totally confident about it Maybe he'd like, you know, pinch my thumb while you hold his little feet and he'd bite it and it wouldn't hurt But like it was just kind of like he's trying to like game bus like I want marlene I want marlene and then after a while george could hang out next to me Like if I were doing this video, he'd probably be right here or on my shoulder and I wouldn't even bother He wouldn't he would trust me. There's a trust. It wasn't I couldn't pick him up and kiss them Or missa I massage his head just a little but I couldn't like, you know, like love on him Like marlene does now because I'm talking about african graze. Let's go to cody cody is similar to that Um, cody is though more hyper and more outgoing than george Like definitely having him fly all over the place and even gonna put him in the aviary That's not how george was george had maybe bursts of like five to ten minutes of like here's the highlighter And he'd like chew chew chew chew or or like he'd want he'd see a piece of wood or a piece of paper and like he just You know want to play but then we last five or ten minutes cody on the other hand a little bit of a handful He definitely is interested in everything flies to everything. He's like, what's this chew chew chew? What's that? There's a drawer. Let's open the drawer. What's in the drawer? Oh my god This is amazing and then like you're like, okay. He likes the drawer Let me like put toys in it. So like when you open the drawer, he'll have toys and it's toys that he could chew Nope, he gets over that and then he's like, oh my god, let me eat the drawer and it's like this bird is so smart He's forever evolving and everything that like he wants to play with he gets bored of real quick And then he's like, what's the next thing? Where can I fly to now where what who he's just hyper And so my bond with cody is definitely much slower because he really doesn't trust me And it's also because I around the time we got him. I was always with joey So it's as if I was basically living out at the house And so I didn't get that time like I did with george where like every morning I'd wake up You know really give him juice and you know talk to george and be like george Do you want some juice and he'd be like juice and he'd know cody's a little bit more skittish than george George was just like, I'm sorry. Everyone's flying and freaking out the world could end in george or just be like Where's my carrot? Where's my cheese? I want beans. So he was definitely more put together cody's very like Who made that noise? Oh my god, there's a toy over there. Oh my god, you're opening the drawer. Oh my god, you're making You're making breakfast. What are you making? What's over there? What's on the stove? How does the stove work? How does this work? Oh my god, you're opening the door. Who's here? Like he's just seriously all over the place And he's obsessed with marlene like anywhere marlene goes even if marlene's okay Stay here. I'm gonna cook right here. He's like, what are you cooking? And then lands on your head or lands on on her shoulder. I mean, it's just cody's a handful He is actually you wouldn't think so because marlene's just so used to it marlene's again is a bird whisperer So like to her his behavior is just like just adorable and she can handle it and it's no big deal And the only reason it's hard for me is because again I need to build that bond with him and I need to make make him trust me Because even if he doesn't necessarily love me or want to hang out with me or want me to scratch his head In a situation when now i'm babysitting I need to know if there was like, you know Any sort of natural disaster or maybe he's not feeling well and I need to take him to the vet god forbid or We randomly need to move. I don't know I need the bird to know and I need to feel confident myself that like I can at least pick him up safely and put him in a travel Cage or I can pick him up and take him to a location that he needs to be Especially if like little things like maybe he right now is flying around and he was flew on a Flew on something and make sure he's not going to ruin anything That kind of stuff is very important for me with all the birds that you know that we have because I just want to make sure I can be the best bird parent or babysitter that I can be definitely codie I'm still working on this four or five days alone without george halali It's good because now like I said, I use this technique on codie. I need it sometimes when he knows he did something bad He's like, no, I don't oh, what did I do? Oh, I chewed the box that's on the counter and like, you know, he gets all weird I'll have to use this But then if I'm like codie, do you want to come upstairs? Do you want to go outside? Do you want to hang out? Do you want food? He'll step up to me in that way. So that's pretty awesome I'm definitely glad and I got that only like from yesterday and today and that's to me That's a success and I'm very excited to see where my relationship goes with co with codie because marlene Does this thing where she'll grab them and twist them and like I'm dying to do that Oh, actually I did jersey and I didn't do Picasso. How crazy Picasso's awake now. Can you step up? You want to step up? Let's talk about Picasso. Now you guys know that Picasso Is one Good bird and he definitely is one of my favorite bonds that I have now. He's just an angel He's good with kids and even if he's not necessarily happy with being around them Or something bothers him His little beak he'll just kind of warn you he'll give you like a little limber like no no no I don't want to step up no no no I don't want to do this and I respect that because that's his way of saying like no and then at the same time It's not harming another person and he's so gentle and he's so playful I love watching him play with his toys and how he's so interested in like my homework I'm not joking. So let's pretend he starts getting interested in my homework or my laptop keys And then I'm like no no we can't do that and I give him a different toy to play with He'll play with that other toy and I it maybe takes a little enticing a little bit Or I need to find a different toy for him to play other than my homework or my laptop But I can get there with him He is a sniffer like you could watch tv with him and then just look over and sniff him I could do homework and look over and sniff him And he relaxes and he feels your energy right now. I think the reason he's playing a lot He was sleeping two minutes ago and I think the reason he's playing is because he sees me like trying to make this video Or cody was flying around and I had to go up and down So I think he he got my energy and now he's like, okay. I need I need to eat. I need to play I need to chew I need to shred and I love that about him. I love kissing him. I love how he flies I love how he tells you what he wants and he'll scream at you He'll be like, hey, I'm over here or oh my god. I see a carrot. Bring me over here a carrot You guys also know that I love conures. He's kind of like conure size. I don't know why I love the small little ones I think cuz like they have so much personality all birds have a big personality It's just conures you think to yourself like they're so tiny and they have this personality of a macaw You're like, how is this possible? Like they're just this cute little thing and I love how Picasso like He's so little and you can have him on your shoulder and you'll even forget He's there and he makes himself comfortable and if he needs to go to the restaurant He'll fly to a stand or his cage and you know poop in his cage. He's just a very well rounded bird You went to a good school. He had good parents that loved each other and you traveled a lot You can't like not love Picasso He's definitely the type of bird that I would recommend other people to have Especially as a first bird type of bird that like, you know, I want a low-key steal and take home with me Jersey and Picasso are definitely one of the top bonds that I have with the birds. We have Leo you want to talk about Leo? Come here. New step up is one of the newest bonds I have Because he's you know, the newest bird Leo is just an amazing bird Picasso is like this as well too, but if you didn't know anything about birds and then you met Leo or Picasso You'd be like, oh my god. I want a bird too Now Jersey wants to come to me because I'm holding Leo He would want this type of personality because he just relaxes. He feels your energy. He's to himself He likes playing but then also he loves eating. Oh, I don't know why I love birds that play and eat I love those two things. Actually, he's not very much into toys. He'll be a little bit But Picasso definitely loves toys and it's just so entertaining watching him play with toys And he may not be big on toys, but he's definitely big on relaxing and getting love from you That's another thing Picasso does not like being pet. You can't pet Picasso like you can with Leo You can just smell Picasso and this is back kind of situation But as far as Leo like you can pet him. He's very gentle with his beak He's good with children and that's definitely a good sign because if I were to have kids and I had Leo It would definitely be the type of bird that I can teach my kids about how to handle birds What different types of personalities and how birds can be in a positive light because sometimes birds are not in the Best light for kids like I mentioned before they're they're very nervous around children or they can be not every bird is Like obviously Leo's not scared of babies. So right now, you know, Leo is getting up there with jersey and Picasso because look at this As you guys know, his owner passed away and that's why he was at birds plus So I kind of have a feeling the reason he's very relaxed is because he's a little bit older And when I say a little bit older, I have a feeling he's like 30 something and I see birds It's kind of like, you know, they live as long as we do maybe a little bit shorter But I feel like, you know, when we go through our kindergarten stage and like we're like the crazy twos Or, you know, when you're a teen and you're like, no, leave me alone, mom I don't want to be next to you. You know, I swear birds are like that's where jersey's going through that right now So I think as she gets older, she'll relax and I think he's a little bit older because like he already knows what he wants I'm so glad he came into our life because when we first thought about it, I was like, are you crazy? A sixth bird? I was like, oh my god. I don't know how this is gonna go I'm glad it's going so well because he's definitely the type of bird like as marlene said that there was any sixth bird This is the perfect sixth bird. I feel like I'm in I say I'm in love with every bird So I have my last two birds is rocky and vinny. So let's start with vinny Now vinny, we did get a while back. Vinny has a love-hate relationship with me again I got it to the point where he'll step up to me in case of any sort of thing like he's in an area He's not supposed to be or we're moving and I need to help out or god forbid There's a no a natural disaster and I need to kind of help out. I have that trust with him He'll definitely come to me. But vinny gets jealous. So like if marlene's next to vinny's box Marlene's probably fine. If george and I are next to his box, we need to run So it's not that I have a bad relationship with vinny He just again trusts marlene more like codie and george did and that's normal because marlene really takes her time with each bird And uh, just to add codie and george have a good relationship as well He also steps up to him they can cuddle and they can do all that kind of stuff So I'm sure if I like lived here and really took my time with codie. I'll end up I'll be able to cuddle him as well even marlene put him on me while he's sleeping and I've cuddled him before I just I'm not always here and again persistence is key persistence persistence persistence with vinny He sees me in a good light and I see him in a good light. We dance together We I give him a lot of boxes. I make sure he has his own little area of treats I make sure he plays a lot and I don't know if I mentioned dancing But dancing is very important because he loves loves loves loves dancing and I love dancing with vinny I love the arguments. Oh that he can talk. It's so cute. You literally feel like you're having a conversation with a bird I like doing that with him and like I call him like hi tweet tweet and he'll do who go tweet tweet tweet Oh, it's so cute. It's in the morning I'm getting carried away. I love that he loves boxes. I don't know why I love that. I think it's adorable I I I guess it ties into the whole I like birds that like playing with toys and it just brings me joy It makes me feel like they're learning or they're working their beak and they're not bored and I just like it I just makes me feel good as a bird mom that birds adorable and he smells so good His sniffs are so good You see I can't do that vinny is not a bird that like likes head scratches or like You know, I pet him in the mornings when I go in there and I'm like you want to step up Maybe he does maybe he doesn't if he doesn't I like pet him because then it's like it's okay You didn't step up to me. We acknowledge that like you don't want to step up, but he doesn't really like it He's like, what are you doing? So I definitely have a positive relationship with vinny. It's very fun Now that I'm babysitting something where to scare him and he's flying around like the dog If the dog starts scaring him and he flies and he lands on me I'll be his trust person and I wish I could kiss him But I know he's gonna trick me if I try to kiss him. He's gonna bite these lips He has an obsession with these lips. They've been bitten before another reason I think he doesn't trust me as much is because I have the dogs follow me consistently and vinny's very nervous around dogs And so that makes him be like, I don't want to be next to Jenna like she has too many dogs around her That's my relationship with vinny and because I'm talking about the dog thing that brings me to rocky We first got rocky. He actually was attached to me. My energy was like I was so in love with him I thought he was beautiful. He smelled like a god like macaw smell It's just a whole other level like I love vinny's and I love macawsos But like rocky's is just that's an addiction. I am I swear. It's not just the breath. It's the feathers It's just amazing. So like you could be next to him like by the cave and he'll just Oh good. I swear So when we first got him I was determined to make this bird love me at the beginning It was working and he would take my hand. He would go like this to it He would puke on me and I was in love and he let me give him head scratches. Oh my god guys I was in love. I was like, that's it. This bird is mine. He's like only a year younger than me We'll live together forever. He's gonna be my bird. That's it. I'm stealing him. I'm so glad we rescued him I'm so glad he loves me and all that jazz But then he realized That the dogs sleep with me and he realized that I will go outside while he's outside And I'll play fetch with the dogs or I'll take him for a walk or you know, I'll play with him on the ground Rocky didn't like it. He felt that I love the dogs more than him Which I don't it's just completely two different loves as we know birds are so unique. They're not a regular pet It's a different bond. I broke his trust and he just didn't like that I like dogs, I guess and he just slowly slowly started getting away from me And he would start nipping me and biting me and another thing is I did have a doggie crate for harry outside And when we would take rocky outside, um, this crate was kind of next to his cage And so when harry was in trouble, I put harry in it But when harry wasn't in it and rocky was outside or next to it He would go inside it. So I think rocky also made the connection of like she loves the dogs more She's giving him the crate that I love and like it just didn't work between us. You know, so we had a breakup I'm kidding. I'm so jealous of george and rocky's bond. I am so jealous I don't know when exactly like rocky and george created their bond, but till this day I'm jealous he could be here and rocky lifts up his beak and george will like kiss it and like he'll just keep asking for kisses guys It's adorable. I wish I had that with rocky I want to squeeze in love and massage and smell rocky so bad I don't think you guys are aware of how much it kills me But if we were in a certain situation where he wasn't in a location he wanted to be or if he You know, we need to move and I need to handle him rocky trusts me in that way He one time flew away. I was freaking out. We were all freaking out and I was babysitting him, of course So he flew away a cat scared him or something and he flew and I like had no idea And then all of a sudden like where is rocky and then cut to i'm running around the neighborhood calling marlene She's going on the next door app trying to see if anyone found a bird. Oh, thank god and the next app someone saw bird I went to go get him They had him like this really big dog cage and it was really awesome for him because they were trying to find the owner They were really good about it and then like brought him out in this big cage And they're like, so we're gonna like walk to your house or we'll put him in the car And I was like no, no, no you keep your cage. You don't need to do this I'm gonna pick him up and they were like, what are you talking about? And I was like I'm gonna go pick him up and they didn't understand that concept to them was like We try to pick him up and he bites and I was like, I know he usually bites me But believe me, he's so nervous right now that like I'm a familiar face He's going to step up and I put my hand in he was like And he like stepped up to me and they were in shock They were a little bit nervous that like I may have like tried to steal him and say He's my bird like they even were like, what are his coloring? What distinct mark is on his face that would make us believe that he's your bird and like I was like Oh, he has a tear drop mark on his beak and it's a light black color Then they were like, oh, okay. Yeah, he's your bird. It was so funny So then me picking him up and going right in the cage and picking him up That was even more of a confirmation because he truly trusts me So I had him in the car and Rocky was just like so happy to be next to me and recognize me and like feel safe That I could pet him wherever she wanted and I was in heaven for those 10 minutes And I was like Joey, listen to me. You may not be necessarily a big bird person But to touch and pet this bird right now, it would be one in a million I need you to pet him and he did he pet him and he got that good head scrap You could tell Joey was so amazed with like what he felt like what he smelled like how he's doing this How rocky is enjoying it at the end of the day Rocky truly does trust me So I guess I'd have to say my top birds that I have trust with is Jersey Picasso and Leo and three out of six is not bad. Um, and then probably Cody comes after that Vinny and Rocky. Yeah, so that's recap of my relationship So if you did like this video, let me know and if you are new to this channel I'm usually not the face of this channel. Usually it's my sister Marlene McCohen Oh, and we're gonna pretend this m stands for McCohen and not Marlene because I'm here today. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh before I go I wanted to add That a lot of you guys are adding me on snapchat. I don't use snapchat as much anymore I think the best way for me to communicate with you guys is instagram and my instagram is at Jenna Sarah. Thank you for watching I hope you like this edition of Jenna hacking Marlene's youtube and hashtag my point of view I hope you guys like this video subscribe to my sister because she is amazing And if you want a bird or thinking of getting a bird any sort of anything with birds, please like below and subscribe Love you guys. Bye So I'd like to add that now that I'm done with the video. She wants to cuddle with me See, I told you she plays hard to get. I don't know if she's jealous that I was holding Leo before and Picasso or like videoing myself But now here she is cuddling with me Playing hard to get Oh, one of the best kisses ever