Honky Potter

Merch: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Music: Happy Haunts by Aaron Kenny *** Why does Alex honk? *** When I got Alex as a baby, he would bob his head and squeak. I would bob my head and squeak back at him and say “hello Alex!” Eventually, he started to mimic me mimicking him, and over time it just got more and more exaggerated until it became the honk you see today. *** What is he saying before the honk? *** Technically, he’s saying “hello Alex.” But it’s also a bit of “hello Dommi” for his son Dominic, and a bunch of other names of other birds I’ve owned. Because Alex has spent most of his life with lots of other birds, they would tend to teach each other to talk rather than listen to me, so he’s never been very good at speaking clearly. *** Is Alex Lonely? *** I often get comments from people who feel sorry for Alex beca