Mira
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The Captain is Home!
For those who don't know me- yesterday evening, I adopted a TAG (supposedly). Here is a little bit about him and an update about his first days home! Unfortunately, I won't have any pictures to share until my camera comes back from repairs.
The former owner passed away- leaving her husband, who's in his 70's, care for all 6 of her birds. And now he's mine!
The wife, seemed like she loved her birds very much- I'm surprised she didn't create a will for them. Every bird had their own diaries, which she wrote in almost every single day. I came home with 15 diaries plus another 8 about his mom! Most of the diaries are either falling apart or the writing is illegible but, even so, I've learned a lot! He was previously known as Captain; he's a CAG (yes, the husband was wrong, he's not a TAG) about 15 years old and is banded. He is tame but is territorial to men when around his mate. A few of his favorites are bananas, carrots, grapes and "fingers" (I'm assuming, she meant he was a nibbler). Apparently he knows over 500 words; there is a diary filled with pages and pages of things he knows to say and recognize. I also found out, that his mom, Jewel, was an anniversary present from the husband almost 23 years ago! Looks like I'm going to be doing a LOT of reading for the next few weeks.
When we got home, I left him alone in the bird-room with the cage door open, just in case he wanted to explore a little. Sure enough, he fell in love with the play gyms I made him- particularly the ones with shred able toys and bells.
I almost had a heart-attack last night when he started screaming like crazy! I ran to the room to make sure he was alright and found him on the foraging perch with mashed banana all over his face. Later I figured out, he was actually saying "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yummy, yummy, yummy!" but at first it sounded like a drowning cat.
I spent the rest of the evening watching him. He is certainly a clown! I'm also beginning to understand why she calls him Captain!
Anyways, that's it for now. I will be back on, hopefully, soon with pictures!
ETA- One more thing... Does anyone have ideas for names?
Originally I thought Jelani ('mighty' in Swahili) would be the perfect name, but am now thinking perhaps 'captain' or 'banana face' in another language would be more appropriate.
For those who don't know me- yesterday evening, I adopted a TAG (supposedly). Here is a little bit about him and an update about his first days home! Unfortunately, I won't have any pictures to share until my camera comes back from repairs.
The former owner passed away- leaving her husband, who's in his 70's, care for all 6 of her birds. And now he's mine!
The wife, seemed like she loved her birds very much- I'm surprised she didn't create a will for them. Every bird had their own diaries, which she wrote in almost every single day. I came home with 15 diaries plus another 8 about his mom! Most of the diaries are either falling apart or the writing is illegible but, even so, I've learned a lot! He was previously known as Captain; he's a CAG (yes, the husband was wrong, he's not a TAG) about 15 years old and is banded. He is tame but is territorial to men when around his mate. A few of his favorites are bananas, carrots, grapes and "fingers" (I'm assuming, she meant he was a nibbler). Apparently he knows over 500 words; there is a diary filled with pages and pages of things he knows to say and recognize. I also found out, that his mom, Jewel, was an anniversary present from the husband almost 23 years ago! Looks like I'm going to be doing a LOT of reading for the next few weeks.
When we got home, I left him alone in the bird-room with the cage door open, just in case he wanted to explore a little. Sure enough, he fell in love with the play gyms I made him- particularly the ones with shred able toys and bells.
I almost had a heart-attack last night when he started screaming like crazy! I ran to the room to make sure he was alright and found him on the foraging perch with mashed banana all over his face. Later I figured out, he was actually saying "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yummy, yummy, yummy!" but at first it sounded like a drowning cat.
I spent the rest of the evening watching him. He is certainly a clown! I'm also beginning to understand why she calls him Captain!
Anyways, that's it for now. I will be back on, hopefully, soon with pictures!
ETA- One more thing... Does anyone have ideas for names?
Originally I thought Jelani ('mighty' in Swahili) would be the perfect name, but am now thinking perhaps 'captain' or 'banana face' in another language would be more appropriate.
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