Bella is doing very well right now.
She has finally got to the point that she enjoys taking a shower with me. The first time I tried this she screamed like it was the end of her world.
Now she flappers her wings and really gets into it. It’s like taking a shower with a fan/breeze. The one thing I wonder about is as soon as she gets into the bathroom with me she starts shivering/shaking. Is this normal? It’s not cold. Could she be nervous even though she enjoys it? I try to give her a shower once a week. I think it helps reduce her urge to pick her feathers.
There is a woman on youtube that has a CAG named (of course) Einstein. She calls him her Red Butt Chicken. She put up a compilation of him saying Red but chicken and red but Corn and red butt cleaning. It was so cute I decided to teach this to Bella. After about a week of saying this to her today she started repeating it. This is the first time I have heard her polishing up a word/phrase. Within about 1.5 hours she went for “I think she said…” to clearly saying Red butt chicken.
Bella is still not much of a hands on bird. She only rarely lets me scratch her neck and only sits with me if she wants to eat something I have to eat.
Her feathers are looking pretty good and has been playing with her toys more.
I am at work now and working this weekend but I hope to be able to upload a new photo of her on Sunday (with luck) for all you photo junkies out there.
She is such a joy to have in the house I can’t imagine how I went so long without a CAG. Even if she did not talk I enjoy the noises she can reproduce so perfectly.
She has finally got to the point that she enjoys taking a shower with me. The first time I tried this she screamed like it was the end of her world.
Now she flappers her wings and really gets into it. It’s like taking a shower with a fan/breeze. The one thing I wonder about is as soon as she gets into the bathroom with me she starts shivering/shaking. Is this normal? It’s not cold. Could she be nervous even though she enjoys it? I try to give her a shower once a week. I think it helps reduce her urge to pick her feathers.
There is a woman on youtube that has a CAG named (of course) Einstein. She calls him her Red Butt Chicken. She put up a compilation of him saying Red but chicken and red but Corn and red butt cleaning. It was so cute I decided to teach this to Bella. After about a week of saying this to her today she started repeating it. This is the first time I have heard her polishing up a word/phrase. Within about 1.5 hours she went for “I think she said…” to clearly saying Red butt chicken.
Bella is still not much of a hands on bird. She only rarely lets me scratch her neck and only sits with me if she wants to eat something I have to eat.
Her feathers are looking pretty good and has been playing with her toys more.
I am at work now and working this weekend but I hope to be able to upload a new photo of her on Sunday (with luck) for all you photo junkies out there.
She is such a joy to have in the house I can’t imagine how I went so long without a CAG. Even if she did not talk I enjoy the noises she can reproduce so perfectly.