Amazon update.

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This is more than just an update on Cheddar but I’ll start with him.

Cheddar is still very playful. He plays with the toys, hangs from the top of the cage and has been playing on the swinging perch.
He sometimes acts wild and starts attacking things that aren’t there.
This is a behavior I remember Merlin had in the beginning too.
He steps up fairly easily but…. When taking him somewhere he flaps his wings almost constantly. Not in an effort to escape……at least I don’t think so.. but I never had a bird do that, not like this.

Merlin.
In the morning his hormones are showing. Him and Cheddar will be in the back of the cage where I can’t see real good and I hear a lot of honking going on. By the season this is early .
He’s still kind of aggressive towards Luna but I’m not letting them out at the same time. Merlin gets a little tired of Cheddars playfulness but nothing dramatic.

Luna.
Luna is being a little bit more friendly with me but it’s very subtle.
Every evening she does this thing.
Bingo had a dance he would do and both Merlin and Luna tried to imitate it.
Every evening Luna does her version of Bingo’s dance while sitting next to me on her cage door.
It’s not an easy thing to record and I have to “sing along “ to encourage her. I will link one of Bingo’s dances as an example.

 

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I took Luna into the vet for a nail trim and checkup a few weeks ago.
Some of her nails were getting too long but taking her in is difficult, she’s very much like a wild caught parrot.

Since the nail trim she is having trouble getting around in her cage. I expected this to go away in a few days or a week max but it hasn’t.
Bingo would have problems after a nail trim but it was because the tip of the nails were no longer pointy and sharp.
Luna is different, for her it’s more about grip strength.
When she climbs along the front of the cage (where the bars are vertical) she can’t keep from sliding down.

I have some flat platform perches on order that should get here tomorrow.
But I wonder.
Does she have arthritis in her feet?
She does spend time picking at her feet. I thought it was cuz her long nails were bothering her but she’s still giving her feet extra attention.

Is she a senior parrot?
Because she was found on a sidewalk I got no way to tell. Hopefully the platform perches will help her.