Kiwi's 8th adoption-day (and "18th" birthday!)

Kiwibird

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Today is Kiwi's 8th adoption day! We will never know his actual age or hatch day, but we were told he was "about 10" when we adopted him, so we counted him as an even 10 and have gone up from there. He may now be a "legal adult", but he will always be my special little guy! Celebrations began this morning with a yummy dish of warm mash and lots of orange slices, with oranges being one of his favorite fruits. He also got an abundance of various nuts in which to forage in his "new" toys. The money fairy kinda passed us over this year, so unlike years past, no fancy new toys or 'gadgets', but I did make him some "new" designs out of toy parts we already had and hung up a bunch of his favorite rattles. I also re-arranged his upper perches and swing.

In all the years we have had Kiwi, both before and after he was socialized and trained, one trait this bird has always possessed is utter fearlessness! While many birds are pretty traumatized by a cage re-arrange or need time to adjust to a new toy, one must practically beat Kiwi off with a stick to even be able to hang new things or re-do the cage. He is just so curious and intrigued and excited by everything which enters his domain. I barely got my hand out of the cage before the impatient little beastie barged in to check out the new layout and get down to he business of playing with his new toys. He's such a character and I love him so very much!

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I typically find a variety of vile produce in my dish which I am expected to eat (grumble grumble), but this morning I got nothing but oranges! Woohoo!


My 'new' toys!

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(filled with paper and beads and baubles he likes to play with)

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These toys MUST be played with IMMEDIATELY!!!

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Congratulations Kiwi!!!

You have clearly choose and trained your Human's very well!!!
It proves that even a Demon, Blue-Fronted Amazon with great effort, huge amounts of tolerance, mixed with a lite -bite or two, can manage to create such very attentive Humans!

I have been working with mine for near 32 long months and they are being to show signs of appreciation of all my Long and Hard Work!

Again, Congratulations my Fellow Goose Honker!!!

Your Partner in Demon Works: Julio

By the way: Great Pics!
 

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Happy adoption day Kiwi ❤️


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Happy 8th adoption day Kiwi. You sure hit the jackpot today. Your new toys look amazing.
 

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Congratulations to Kiwi, April, and Joe!! There can be no doubt Kiwi is one of the best cared for and happiest Amazons on the planet!!
 

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Yes indeed Kiwi! Happy Happy 8th adoption day to you! Looks like Santy Clawz came early too with all those home made toys and gadgets Mommy has made for you :D

I gotta hand it to you April ( and all the others who are computer savvy) LOVE the photo shopping! And Amy says honk honk to you Kiwi :)


Jim
 

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Happy Happy Gotcha Day Kiwi. Your Mom sure does love ya.

April those toys are amazing! Both the store bought ones and the ones that are DIY. LOL makes what we did for Salty's B-day look puny indeed!

I love the first pic, with the hat - perfect photoshoping. SO, we have:
Santy Claws
The Beakster Bunny
The Floof Fairy
Who else visits our FIDS ?
 
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Congratulations Kiwi!!!

You have clearly choose and trained your Human's very well!!!
It proves that even a Demon, Blue-Fronted Amazon with great effort, huge amounts of tolerance, mixed with a lite -bite or two, can manage to create such very attentive Humans!

I have been working with mine for near 32 long months and they are being to show signs of appreciation of all my Long and Hard Work!

Again, Congratulations my Fellow Goose Honker!!!

Your Partner in Demon Works: Julio

By the way: Great Pics!

Julio-

Yes, it took many bites, but they did eventually learn how I like to interact, what kind of toys I like, treats I like to find in my toys etc... I am still working on training them to feed me nothing but potato chips, pizza, cheese and mayonnaise, however, no luck (yet). Keep the goose patrol on their toes Julio!

-Kiwi
 
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Happy Happy Gotcha Day Kiwi. Your Mom sure does love ya.

April those toys are amazing! Both the store bought ones and the ones that are DIY. LOL makes what we did for Salty's B-day look puny indeed!

I love the first pic, with the hat - perfect photoshoping. SO, we have:
Santy Claws
The Beakster Bunny
The Floof Fairy
Who else visits our FIDS ?

Give it a couple years and you'll have enough toy parts stored up to make it look like you went all out for Salty's b-day too:p We quite literally have 2 storage drawer units full of toy parts to work with and a fair amount of recycling that gets pre-recycled as toys before being actually recycled:rolleyes:.

I don't know about other homes, but we get Santa Talons around here, and he gives presents to all the naughty birds:16:
 
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Happy Adoption Day to Kiwi :D. I love the juice can idea April!

Great free foraging cups! They all had sharp "lips" on the tops, so I cut that part off with a utility knife and used a lighter to make sure the edges were smooth and safe:)
 

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Happy belated 18th, Kiwi! April, Joe and Kiwi, Congratulations on eight years together! Kiwi is a very fortunate guy. LOVE the photos and all Kiwi's wonderful new toys.
 

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Happy Belated 8th Adoption Day & 18th Birthday, Kiwi! As usual, looks like your mom has taken great care of you!

I am definitely cosigning with Julie on the juice cup idea! Great for foraging! And that toy corner looks fantastic! I'm inspired to up my toy game for the Eclectic Duo!
 

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Happy Belated Hatchday/ Gottcha Day Kiwi! So many wonderful toys, lucky Boy!!!
I am so borrowing your ideas, April!
 

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Happy 18th and HAPPIER 8th, say I!

You two are a wonderful duo, and we love you both!

Wouldn't be a flock without you all.
 

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