Updates and Musings About Life with Parrots
When I started this blog, I added a bunch of links to my sidebar in order to share other great parrot resources. Since then I’ve added a few links here and there, but quite a few more parrot blogs have either sprung up in the mean time or come to my attention; and quite a…
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Nothing sillier than a wet parrot 🙂 Here’s Mika looking like a wet chicken after a shower: Here’s Stewie sporting a faux-hawk. Mika loves her showers, always getting good and soaked, while Stewie prefers a more gentle misting (or a bath in his water bowl).
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Mika made me proud this weekend. Not only did she take a couple of flights that didn’t involve crash landing behind the couch or into the recycling bin, she also ate her first pieces of fresh food since she’s been with me. Ordinarily, when I offer her something that isn’t dry and hard (pellets, nuts,…
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After a long day at the office, one of my favorite things is to rub Mika’s neck, press my nose against her and breathe in that adorable pionus musk. I love the way she smells. And when she starts to close her eyes, I know I’m scratching her in just the right place. Yeah, right…
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The long weekend was the perfect opportunity to give Stewie and Mika lots of attention and out of cage time … simultaneously. I’m constantly reminded not to rush them — so far their introduction hasn’t been the smoothest process — but we made a lot of progress if you keep in perspective that animals can…
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Haven’t had a chance to update the blog with the big news: I got a second bird! Mika is a two-year old white capped pionus — a total sweetheart of a parrot. She joined Stewie and me last weekend. Mika, the white capped pionus, reading a Washington Post story about the rising cost of vet…
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