Cockatoo Shopatoo - After nut purchases, Benji requests a bag of kettle chips
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Thank you for watching Benjamin the Best Bird! Benji is a rescue bird who sadly suffered in his first years on this earth. He repeatedly pulled his feathers in an emotional response, as they do, which killed the feather follicles. He will never have the lush plumage of a non-stressed bird. Though he is now happy, healthy, and not plucking, he will forever carry with him the signs of earlier stress.
Benji is an amazing bird who sadly must rely on humans for his entire existence because he would not survive on his own. That is not how a bird should live. Birds should be flying in the skies and living in the trees. But not all are lucky enough to be living that life. Instead they are existing in the lives that humans have forced them into.
Because they are extraordinarily cute, Cockatoos are a most popular pet - initially. They are also the pet to most often wind up at a rescue, or abandoned in a basement, garage, or outbuilding. Life with them is rarely what people imagine it will be.
They are a huge daily responsibility, live for over 60 years, destroy anything they can get their beak on, emit a dander that wreaks havoc on the lungs of any living creature in the home, can be aggressive during breeding season, are "one-person" birds who don't always make life easy for anyone who is not “their person," they bite, are more than willing to speak their mind (sometimes endlessly), and last but not least, they are LOUD. The sheer volume of their voice is the #1 reason they are abandoned.
Any noise over 120 decibels can cause hearing damage and elicit physical pain in your ear. The decibel level of a cockatoo scream is 120-135db. The noise is unlike anything I have ever experienced before, and if I didn't live with Benji, I would say that I didn't care to ever hear it again. Seriously folks, it's horrible. But it's their sound. It's what nature gave them to be able to communicate with each other while living in treetops - it was never intended for people's homes.
Their scream can be anger-provoking, like being punched in the face with sound. (A great illustration in film of how people can be affected: • Everytime the Boy Scre... ). Sadly, while anger is not the appropriate response to a screaming bird, it is the most frequent and common human response.
There are hundreds of thousands of these birds in rescues and sanctuaries all over the world, who were violently trapped, netted, grabbed... kidnapped from their homes, and forced to live with humans who later discarded them. There are more who were bred by people who think it's okay to do that. But it's not. Selling these birds to live in people's homes is like selling fish to live in sand. It's just not right. People acquire them because they are indeed adorable, but it is quickly learned that living with them is dramatically life altering and fraught with negatives. It is believed that more than 600,000 birds are given to rescues each year (or attempted to be given, but turned away due to a lack of vacancy). Parrot advocate, Mira Tweti, estimates that 75% of parrots live a life of abuse or neglect. 75%.
We need to provide homes to the birds who are trapped in this life with humans because they have no alternative. Let's allow the rest to live in the wild where they're supposed to be. If you wish to jump into bird ownership, please educate yourself, and then go to a rescue and save a lonely bird who needs love and care, or buy from an owner who cannot, for whatever reason, care for the bird any longer.
We must get pet shops to stop selling these birds. And we must get breeders to stop breeding and selling them. These birds are not designed to live with humans, and when they do, it takes very dedicated, patient (and hard of hearing is a bonus!), people willing to do the work for decades. If you think you are up for it, please make a difference in a bird's life, and adopt a rescue bird. You will change its life, and you will gain a forever friend.
I love watching Benjamin and mom shop together!💓😊
It is very obvious that Benjamin recognises the nuts and goodies that he likes 😅💜🥰. What a perfect shopping partner he is 🌺😀
yummy i love those chocolate Cherries 😋😋❤
@janettrites6671. 😀❤️😀
Look mom! No poopi'n!
@AxelWerner 😂
Benjamin loves his mommy Benjamin likes to help his mommy shop
Benjamin is such a great shopper. Knows just what he wants and isn't afraid to try something new. ❤🤗
😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
We enjoy shopping with this cute little boy 🥰
love me a shop with The Cure playing in the background and a sweet Benji climbing into the shelf for crisps 😅❤
@andreaDoubleU. 😂😂
What good taste you have Benji!! Shopping with you would be so much fun--thank you for taking me along on your shopping trip!!
@bluebird0555. Glad you could come along! 😀😀
Benjamin's so fun to shop with!!🥰🥰🥰Thank you for taking us along too!! ❤
@nomorebadgov8873. Thank you for coming along! 😀😀
We now that he picked the chips does he get to snack on some? He's such a good little shopper
@shellygilmore6787. I will let him try one, for sure. And if he likes them, he can have one a week. That bag will last him all year! 😂
Benji is always right! He wants to try a new flavorl😂
I ❤the way you “shmooze” with Benji,,o so adorable 💖‼️
@ellenpapernick6503. ❤️❤️❤️
Amy, i feel like i know your stores better than i know my own! And you definitely have a far superior selection of nuts! I have to get most of mine from Amazon!
@birbluv9595. They have become known for their selection of nuts and candies. 🙂 I've never purchased them on Amazon - I wonder how the prices compare... 🤔
@@benjaminthebestbird is that Farm and Fleet?
@@birbluv9595 It is!
love how Benji is more than just the figure-head of the cart but also guide and purveyor
@eschwarz1003. He likes to wear many hats (as long as they aren't baseball caps). 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What an awesome fruit and nut selection...p.s. funny hearing you say "walking past the taffy".😊
@lb1460. It was very difficult! (I love taffy...)
Benjamin certainly enjoys shopping and quite happily and quietly rides the trolley! What a great nut and crisp collection you have!! Benjamin has very good taste; those crisps he choose are delicious 😊😋!! The Queen Anne Cherry chocolates look very similar to a brand we get here!! If your Chocolates taste like the ones we have you are in for a real treat ! Happy munching ,Mom and Benji ❤😊❤
That is so funny that he picked the bag of potato chips. He is just so cute. Over the top wonderful little boy.
That sure was funny...and Amy even bought him the bag he picked😊
I would lime to know if she has bought those before or he just liked the bag. Too funny.
@barbarafisher5494 He must have liked the bag because I've never had those before. 🙂
❤Hi Benji you are America's #1 consumer 🎉, Happy Thursday to You Benji and Benji's Mama and Benji's Family Crew,❤️🌹🕊️🧍♀️🌹🧍♂️🌹🐎🌹🐎🌹🐈🧍♂️🐕🦺🌹, Adorable Benji,out and about 🛍️🛒❤️🕊️🧍♀️👍🤗⭐,Ultra Cool Benji❤️🕊️👍
@user-zp8oh3wq1j. Happy Thursday, Barbara! ❤️
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I so want to go shopping with Benjamin
So cute shopping...💚
There’s no such thing as too many nuts. ❤
@asseyez-vous6492. 😂😂
Good choice Benji 👍
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Oh mum and when we are home again, you can start eating one of your cherry chocolate 🍒🍫 and I like to take a little bit out the bag yellow chips… Yummie 🫶🏼❤️🩵🇺🇸😊😘🫶🏼😄
@jolandahartgers6115. 😂
Oh Wow! How cool!
Blimey Benjamin your spoilt for choice here 😮😊😊😊
@Dan-zb7vn. So exciting! 😀
Queen Anne, what is that ? It looks like what we call Mon Chéri in France, a brand of cherry with chocolate around it (industrial product). My mom love them but love even more the very good ones made by chocolate makers called griottes au chocolat (a very good kind of red cherry with a bit of acidity that have been kept a while in brandy until they are full of it. The cherry is hided in dark chocolate). To eat the good ones, they keep the tail on the cherry, that’s beautiful to see. Gourmands are everywhere isn’t it Amy and Benjamin ? 😂😂😂
@Valjao67. I have a feeling it is similar to the Mon Chéri - it's mass produced, but gosh darn yummy. 🙂 The brandy-soaked cherries sound absolutely delectable!!! 😀❤️
Awesome!
I have never seen anywhere with that big a selection of nuts before!
It’s weird because I’m British and I had a dream I was walking around an American supermarket last night 😆.
He’s such a good boy shopping! 🥰
@SparkleLuna77 That's so ironic! 😀😀
@@benjaminthebestbird I dont think you know what irony means. Her dream is odd but not ironic.
@@gigiis526 I was thinking more of dramatic irony, but thank you for the clarification.
The best little shopping companion in the world--Benji.
@nadinemasteller1089. ❤️❤️
It always makes me happy,knowing how happy he is on his lil shopping trips!❤❤❤❤❤
@user-gg6lr2lc1v. ❤️❤️
Queen Anne cherries! Yum! We used to eat them once a year while we were opening our Christmas gifts!
@nancycinnomnbontreger7146 We always got them at Christmas time too! (And that's why they were on sale in February... 😂)
So cute! And so well behaved! I'm glad Benji can shop without getting stressed!
@jeffhammel4305. Agreed! It's nice to have something that gets him out of the house, and socializing, without the fear of predator birds coming after him. He enjoys it so much, lately it's been difficult to get him to leave the store. 😂
What an amazing shopatoo trip 🎉
Benjamin was an experienced shopper. The cherry chocolates are one of my favorites...yummmm 😋
Can Benji have a chocolate?
I laughed when Benjamin hopped out of the cart and climbed on the rack to get the yellow bag of kettle chips in sour cream flavor 😂
Is this a recent shopping trip?
Thanks for sharing 🎶🎵⚘️🐦
The best chocolate covered cherries I've ever had came from Premise Maid chocolates. They're in PA and do sip.
@nadinemasteller1089 👋 Thanks for the tips ⚘️🐦
Just checked the P.M. website. It looked amazing.
@aseaoasis8725. Agreed - chocolate covered cherries are delicious!
No, birds can't have chocolate (so the chocolate cherries are all mine!). It has caffeine and theobromine in it, which can cause a heart attack in birds, who already have a very fast heart rate. I think it could also induce cause seizures or tremors, and can cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Yes, the shopping trip was yesterday - Tuesday - when it got up to 74 degrees here. Whoop whoop!
@benjaminthebestbird Wow... thanks for the info about chocolate on 🐦 🐦⬛ 🦜
74 F ??? 😱 Today, it was 67 F in my city, south coast California.
I will look for 🍒 chocolate tomorrow 😋
@nadinemasteller1089. I don't know if I should thank you for the recommendation, or chastise you. 😂 I now have a box of chocolate covered cherry "cordials" on their way to me - along with a box of MARZIPAN!
I enjoyed this :)
@creekbird_homestead 😀😀
That place looks a lot like Farm & Fleet
@DeKalbGal. Good eye! It IS a Farm and Fleet! 😀
@@benjaminthebestbird 😅😅😅 The piles of nuts gave it away. I could smell the tires 😅😅
@@DeKalbGal 😂😂😂
Can't get used to seeing people being allowed to take animals into grocery stores, on public transport and in passenger planes in the US.
I ❤ it 😊
@flowerpower8722. It is true that not everyone appreciates it. But not everyone appreciates small children in those same spaces. And on the other hand, there are people who find great joy in seeing kids and animals out enjoying the day, living life, getting out of the house and socializing. When Benji and I shop, some people meander on by, while others are drawn to him - and those drawn are always wearing BIG smiles. Benji loves making people smile. 🙂❤️🙂
@user-gg6lr2lc1v Me too! While I love seeing all animals out and about, I can't get enough of tiny dogs riding in shopping carts, popping out of people's coat pockets, or being carried in puppy-packs. 😂
@@benjaminthebestbirdI agree!!! ❤❤❤❤ over people any day🤭 I will find the cutest video n send link! It's a lil🐶 😂😂😂😂! I'll send when I find it!'😘2 u both!!!!
@@Darla-p8v Thank you - I look forward to it! 😀