BeatriceC
New member
- Feb 9, 2016
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- Parrots
- Goofy (YNA), Oscar (Goffin 'too). Foster bird Betty (RLA). RIP Cookie, 1991-2016 ('tiel), Leo (Sengal), Charlotte (scarlet macaw). Grand-birds: Liam (budgie), Donovan (lovebird), RIP Angelo (budgie)
Given that she's most likely a girl, her human wants to change her name. She's never really liked her name anyway. I'm voting for Betty, since it sounds so close to Buddy, and even nearly identical if you say it just right, plus she's super sassy, like Betty White, so it fits. Of course, I don't actually get a deciding vote, so we shall see what her human comes up with and then I will work on transitioning a name when it's decided.
Now for the real update. She's settling in quite nicely. She is, of course, still a bit skittish. I still have to use a folded up towel on top of my hand for her to step up on* to get her out of her cage, but once she's out, she'll step onto my hand without a problem, though she prefers to scoot up to my elbow. We're working on that.
*Like this, if you're having trouble imagining it.
She came to me with a pretty tiny cage. Her human was in a less than ideal housing situation and was doing the best she could, but that meant a less than ideal cage for her bird. I helped her acquire and refurbish a used cage, plus went through my spare toy and perch collection, and hit up the clearance bin at my local bird store (because any excuse to go shopping is a good excuse), and have gotten her moved into a more appropriately sized cage. I still have some things to do.The droppings tray had some really bad rust, so that had to be painted, and it's still drying/airing out, so there's newspaper on the bottom of the cage until the try can be brought in. Also I'm trying to track down replacement bowls for the tray that's part of the actual cage, which is something I've never seen before, so I'm having to make do with bowls that attach to the side. I'll post a picture of the tray (which I still haven't cleaned and de-rusted) at the end of the post, to see if you guys have any ideas on what brand the cage might be and where I might be able to find replacement bowls. Anyway, she's adjusting exactly how one might expect a parrot to adjust to a new home. She's a little tentative, but not frightened, and is slowly starting to explore the cage. This is good.
She's also beginning to explore FOOD. She hasn't even touched her seed bowl since early yesterday morning. Her favorite foods at this point seem to be anything she can convince me to feed her directly from my plate. We had ravioli with chicken and broccoli last night and she even took a little pasta and broccoli off MrC's fork and she is very frightened of men in general, so this is progress from even yesterday.
And now for some pictures!
What's that pink box you're holding (my phone is in a pink case)? Does it taste good?
Broccoli from Auntie Maggie's dinner plate! Score!
Why are you taking pictures? Can't you see I'm eating breakfast here?
And this was moments after we put her in the new-to-her cage for the first time. She was a bit weirded out and stayed in that spot for about a half hour before she started to explore.
Now for the real update. She's settling in quite nicely. She is, of course, still a bit skittish. I still have to use a folded up towel on top of my hand for her to step up on* to get her out of her cage, but once she's out, she'll step onto my hand without a problem, though she prefers to scoot up to my elbow. We're working on that.
*Like this, if you're having trouble imagining it.
She came to me with a pretty tiny cage. Her human was in a less than ideal housing situation and was doing the best she could, but that meant a less than ideal cage for her bird. I helped her acquire and refurbish a used cage, plus went through my spare toy and perch collection, and hit up the clearance bin at my local bird store (because any excuse to go shopping is a good excuse), and have gotten her moved into a more appropriately sized cage. I still have some things to do.The droppings tray had some really bad rust, so that had to be painted, and it's still drying/airing out, so there's newspaper on the bottom of the cage until the try can be brought in. Also I'm trying to track down replacement bowls for the tray that's part of the actual cage, which is something I've never seen before, so I'm having to make do with bowls that attach to the side. I'll post a picture of the tray (which I still haven't cleaned and de-rusted) at the end of the post, to see if you guys have any ideas on what brand the cage might be and where I might be able to find replacement bowls. Anyway, she's adjusting exactly how one might expect a parrot to adjust to a new home. She's a little tentative, but not frightened, and is slowly starting to explore the cage. This is good.
She's also beginning to explore FOOD. She hasn't even touched her seed bowl since early yesterday morning. Her favorite foods at this point seem to be anything she can convince me to feed her directly from my plate. We had ravioli with chicken and broccoli last night and she even took a little pasta and broccoli off MrC's fork and she is very frightened of men in general, so this is progress from even yesterday.
And now for some pictures!
What's that pink box you're holding (my phone is in a pink case)? Does it taste good?
Broccoli from Auntie Maggie's dinner plate! Score!
Why are you taking pictures? Can't you see I'm eating breakfast here?
And this was moments after we put her in the new-to-her cage for the first time. She was a bit weirded out and stayed in that spot for about a half hour before she started to explore.
