 Dolittle, a former medical doctor, lives with an extended menagerie, including a chimpanzee named Chee-Chee, a dog named Jip, and a talking parrot named Polynesia (the uncredited voice of Ginny Tyler).Dolittle claims that he can talk to animals.In a flashback, he explains that he kept so many animals in his home that they created havoc with his human patients, who took their medical needs elsewhere.