Tiki, the Flying Explorer
My family has a lovebird named Tiki who is very unique. He is extremely adventurous and gets into all sorts of squabbles with Whitey, our timid budgie.
We first got Tiki from our barber (who regretfully couldn’t take of him any more), after Featherby, Whitey’s companion, escaped and flew away. He adapted to our house quickly and worked wonders for Whitey. Tiki would not leave his cage until Whitey left his, and stuck close to him. He made Whitey feel safer.
Tiki was already trained and taught Whitey bit by bit that humans would not hurt you, even though Whitey often annoyed him. After that, Whitey did whatever Tiki did. Then we found out that Tiki likes to chew paper, and Whitey started to do that, too.
Tiki also loves small spaces. You can always find his head poking out of unexpected places, such as behind shutters, on top of ceiling fan blades or kitchen cabinets. Once I couldn’t find him so I called, “Tiki, where are you?” and I found him in my locker bookcase where he had managed to nibble half the cover off of my copy of Hansel and Gretel.
When I bring balloons into the house, Tiki flies away, but won’t go out of the room because he’s really interested in this new floating “thingy.” My mom is a singer and when she does her voice exercises, he perches on her head. He is really interested in the piano and flies onto it whenever someone is playing.
