Bright blue parrotlet Sukie speaks her mind, demands control and takes female sexual empowerment to a new level as a bird dominatrix.

“Sukie is really dominant like she is the only one of the birds who will bite and peck at the other two if they aren’t acting the way she wants them to and she always takes the food first,” said owner Carrie Black, a 22-year-old sociology major from Watkinsville.

But, control over behavior and food isn’t the only place Sukie takes matters into her own hands; she is also the boss in the bedroom.

“What is really weird is that she will mount the male birds, which really defies nature because she can’t really do anything once she is up there,” co-owner Laura Gamble, a 20-year-old music education major from Dunwoody, said.

“She is just so dominant that she will just climb on top of Mikey and Willy like a boy bird would mount a girl to mate.”

According to Black, Sukie’s two boyfriends have such sweet and submissive personalities that they not only allow her to mount them and boss them around, but they will also follow her around and walk around the room single-file.

“They will just go with the flow and let her lead the way as the leader,” Gamble said. “Both of the boy birds are just so sweet and chilled out, but I think Willy is the most personable when strangers come over.

Gamble explains that although all three of the birds are very outgoing and friendly with her and Black – and have even been trained to give “birdie-kisses” – they are very shy around strangers. Generally, they like to spend time with one or two people.

“Willy is the most likely to participate when strangers come over and kind of play along with them and sit on their finger. But they are usually very shy,” she said.

“But, once it’s just the birds and us, they will climb up to sit on our shoulder when we are reading, and they will chirp along when I play the piano.”

“They love singing along with the piano.”

Editor’s Note: Each week, reporter Courtney Smith will profile a quirky pet that belongs to someone on campus. This is the fourth installment in the series. If you or someone you know has a unique pet you’d like the University to know about, e-mail Courtney Smith at c5s@uga.edu.