{"id":3702,"date":"2019-12-03T17:53:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T22:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/squirrellips.com\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2020-01-30T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T18:40:09","slug":"proud-parrot-celebrates-pet-mans-21st-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/squirrellips.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/03\/proud-parrot-celebrates-pet-mans-21st-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud Parrot Celebrates Pet Man&#8217;s 21st Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND&#8211; A<a href=\"https:\/\/squirrellips.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/19\/theres-an-increasing-number-of-pet-owners-turning-their-carnivore-humans-vegan\/\"> pet human<\/a> male from the UK has celebrated his 21st birthday and his macaw daddy made sure the whole world tuned in to the special event.<\/p>\n<p>Parrot Charlie Floyd, 43, and his wife Polly Floyd, 38, posted a two minute video to their YouTube account of themselves singing to their favorite little boy, a 21 year old human male named Buster whom they adopted when he was just 3 years old.<\/p>\n<p>When Buster was only 3 years old, Charlie found the cute little thing lying on the sidewalk after barely escaping a tree fire.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Buster&#8217;s parents weren&#8217;t so lucky, so Charlie did the honorable thing and brought the injured human into his home where he&#8217;s lived a spoiled life ever since.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3709\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3709\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D&#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#039; viewBox%3D&#039;0 0 640 360&#039;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/squirrellips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SquirrelLipsParrotMan2-min.png\" alt=\"Two red macaw parrots wearing clothes looking at man inside bird cage.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proud parents Charlie and Polly singing &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; to their favorite longtime pet Buster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Caring bird wife Polly helps take care of their pet when Charlie&#8217;s busy at work away from the nest, where he&#8217;s employed as an office manager.<\/p>\n<p>Buster is a pretty human, with gorgeous brown tufts of hair and a shiny skin coat. 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