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Friday, September 26, 2025

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A London computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot, Ziggy, kept repeating her lover's name. 

 

 

 

The African grey parrot kept squawking 'I love you, Gary' as his owner, Chris Taylor, sat with girlfriend Suzy Collins on the sofa of their shared flat in Leeds, northern England. 

 

 

 

But when Taylor saw Collins' embarrassed reaction, he realized she had been having an affair'meeting her lover in the flat whilst Ziggy looked on. 

 

 

 

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Ziggy even mimicked Collins' voice each time she answered her telephone, calling out 'Hiya Gary,' according to newspaper reports.  

 

 

 

Taylor said he had also been forced to part with Ziggy after the bird continued to call out Gary's name and refused to stop squawking the phrases in his ex-girlfriend's voice, media reports said.  

 

 

 

'I wasn't sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go,' he said. 'I still can't believe he's gone. I know I'll get over Suzy, but I don't think I'll ever get over Ziggy.'  

 

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