Milo the Patagonian Conure

by Lynn
(Michigan)

Patagonian Conure - Milo

Milo is a Patagonian Conure. She is around 7 years old. Milo likes about anyone but is rather shy around people she doesn't know. Of course she is mostly my bird and allows me to do most anything with her. She loves to cuddle, dance, play our made up games, and sing opera.

Milo came from a bad situation. I found her at 6 months old on the floor of a man's house living in a dog crate and eating dog food. Because Milo did not have the proper food at a young age her joints grew wrong and because of that she will always need to be on medication for pain. The poor girl had to learn how to climb, play with toys, eat normal food and interact in a normal way with people. It's been a bumpy road, but now Milo is by far the best bird a person could have.


Patagonian's are not known for their speaking ability but this girl can talk! Hello, I love you, come here, peekaboo, Milo, beaky, and bye are just some of the things that Milo can say. She can also squeak like a drawer opening, yipe like a puppy, meow, wolf whistle, and the most famous, the opera singing!

I love Milo most though because if it wasn't for this girl we may have lost not only our home but our lives as well. There had been many storms in our area causing brown outs. One night I guess our refrigerator had had just one too many and shorted out. Smoke filled our home and from a smoldering wire behind our fridge.

We had a dog at the time too, but the dog did not bark. But Milo, smelling smoke began to scream. Now Milo never ever makes noise in the middle of the night, let alone a scream like this! She just wouldn't quit. As I got up to let her know that it's not okay to make that much noise while we are trying to sleep, I smelled the smoke and knew right away what she was trying to say. Long story short, the house was okay, we made all made it out safely, and Milo was a hero!

I just thought that everyone should know what a great bird Milo is. She may be small, but we have a huge place for her in our hearts.