2011 October

This evening we decided that we would try Rosie out with Frodo and Bilbo, we decided to do this because they land on each other’s cages and kiss through the bars.

Stevie and I are not novices in introducing birds so we felt confident that if things did not work out we would be able to separate them without the use of towels, water etc.
Both Frodo and Bilbo were already out of their cages, so I opened Rosie’s cage and let her out, she flew to the play stand and stood playing for a while; both Frodo and Bilbo kept an eye on her, but did not approach her.
Frodo and Bilbo then flew to Stevie and Rosie watched them, she then just flew to Stevie and landed on the back of the sofa, again, both Frodo and Bilbo watched her but did nothing, Rosie then jumped down on to Stevie’s shoulder, which ended up with Stevie having Rosie on one shoulder, Frodo on the other and Bilbo on his head, so I grabbed my camera and by the time I took the picture, Bilbo was stood behind Stevie on the sofa, but I took the picture anyway.
They were out together for 30 minutes with no incidents; it was great to see them out all together and behaving nicely to each other. We’ll now be letting them out together for short intervals and build up their confidence with each other.
We are very happy how this introduction has gone so far and we hope it continues.

This is Rosie who was rescued by the AGPC.
When she was rescued she came to live with me (Julie), Stevie and the Hobbits, Frodo and Bilbo.

Rosie arrived on Saturday 15/10/11
Ann-Marie and her partner John collected Rosie from her owner Jack who sadly had to find a new home for her due to his work commitments and her health needs; they drove all the way to Glasgow with her and handed her over to Stevie and me.

Rosie travelled well and only plucked a few times on her journey (Rosie plucks/ mutilates herself, she also has other special needs)

When she arrived I popped her in a cage and let her settle, after about an hour or so I went and let her out of the cage, she came straight to me, giving me kisses and dropping her wings.
After a couple of hours I popped her back in the cage and settled
her down for the night.

The next morning we were greeted with “Hello” from her, and she came to the bars of her cage and gave me kisses and dropped her wings again.
Although she was happy in her cage, Stevie and I decided that because she will be with us for quite a while we would buy her a new larger cage, so off out we went and bought her one, which is now being slowly filled with shredding and preening toys etc.

Rosie enjoys out of cage time, but she needs to be constantly distracted as she plucks all the time until she bleeds.
Rosie is a beautiful looking girl even without most of her feathers, she’s not a bad little flyer but her landings are a bit iffy as she has no tail feathers and some of her flights are missing too, she also was a clipped birdie, but her flights are growing back.

We know to get Rosie on the right track with her health and diet will be a long process and will take lots of time, love and patience, but we know we’ll get there with the support of the AGPC members.