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Not much to update on Ruby really, she’s doing great, still love’s her toys, food, and still loves dancing to music.
She’s quite a feisty little madam at times, especially when she is chasing the other birds away!!
For a little one, she knows how to give it some!! 
We are slowly introducing her to the Java trees, she is a little unsure of them at the moment because she likes the security of her cage, but hopefully in time she will learn to relax and enjoy playing on the trees.
Since Lady plucked her wing feathers, she’s doing really well and has not plucked any more of her flights.
She enjoys the playing in the parrot room now that she has a few Java stands to fly to and from, and loves to tease the other birds when she is out playing and they are safely in their cages because of her!!
She still hates the children, and still loves to to start a drama with the dog, she loves to be fussed but will quite happily play on her own too.
She’s still the diva in the house, and tends to get her own way most of the time because if she’s doesn’t, she’ll think nothing of savaging those around her, then laughing afterwards!!! She’s an evil little madam when she wants to be, and she knows it!!!
Well, Rocky has well and truly settled in, and is now one very noisy boy 
He is quite aggressive at the moment but I am putting it down to hormones as it breeding season, which may also explain the noise too.
Thankfully I have no neighbours where Rocky is, so his noise is not a problem, and it doesn’t bother me.
He is madly in love with my other Amazon, but because he is soooo noisy he makes her even more scared of him, but he won’t hurt her and hopefully in time she’ll realise that, and he’ll quieten down a little
Next week he is getting his own Java Tree, which I’m hoping will help him build his muscles, as he will be climbing more, and have branches of different thickness to climb, grip, and balance on.
He is quite a character, and at the moment he is determined to rip my face off at every opportunity, but again, this does not bother me in the slightest. He doesn’t like the other birds apart from my other Amazon, and even chased my male Grey off his cage, and rightly so too!!
He seems quite happy, and is even happier when my other Amazon is by him, so once the spring hormonal period is over it will be interesting to see how he’s character changes.
Like my other Amazon, Rocky loves his showers, he dances and gets silly, which is lovely to watch
He seems to be eating more too, but I haven’t been able to weigh him, as my scales need a new battery, so once I get a new one, I’ll weigh him.
I think he is great, and I love him to bits, even if he doesn’t feel the same
Ruby is still doing great, still a happy little girl, and still whistling and dancing her little heart out.
We had a slight change around due to taking on another rescue, so we moved Ruby next to my Amazon’s tree which is in front of the window. Ruby loves it as she can see us when we’re in the kitchen, but the other side of Ruby’s cage is a plastic shelving unit where I keep food, bowls, newspapers etc. Ruby climbs down the side of the cage and chews whatever she can reach!!
On the bottom shelf I keep the newspapers, she climbs all the way down the side of her cage, chews them, then throws them around the floor
She chews the shelf itself, and basically anything she can reach.
When I spray her in the bathroom, she will also chew the shower curtain.
Of course she loves chewing her toys too, she just likes to chew everything else too!! 
Next week she is having her very own Java Tree, and will be out on her tree for most of the day, this will give her more variety, and an opportunity to climb more and chew more, as she doesn’t like to leave her area, which at the moment is her cage. She doesn’t have to leave her tree, so should still feel safe, but will be able experience the branches of the tree which will be good for her legs
In the late afternoon she will then go back into her cage on her textured perches, which will keep her feet in good condition, so she’ll have the best of both worlds. If she’s happy to sleep on her tree she can, and she’ll just go back to her tree at bedtime. She has slept on top of her cage before so, I’m sure she’ll be happy sleeping on her tree as she loves being out.
Over the past few months, we have been extremely busy. We have been decorating our home, and working overtime which has meant that Lady has had the attention she’s needed. She was coping very well, but a few weeks ago there was a sonic boom, which sounded like a vehicle had ploughed into the back of the parrot room. This of course shook the birds up pretty bad, and since then Lady has started to pull out her wing feathers.
I was very heart broken at first, as this as far as I’m aware is a first for Lady, but this week things have been a lot more settled, and Lady has been getting back into her normal routine, and there has been no more wing feathers plucked as yet. I have again resorted to the attitude that she is a plucker, and it’s what pluckers do, and I am now focusing on a new project for Lady and the other birds….
Next week I’m going to change the parrot room around, which should benefit all the birds, the reason for the change around is because none of the birds get on, which makes their play time very difficult to organise because some of the birds will chase the others (Lady being one of the chasers). The change around should work quite well, and will be much better for all of them, especially Lady
At the moment Lady is in one side of a double cage, then there are 2 other cages, and a Java Tree, from next week there will only be 2 single cages and 3 trees. Although it sounds a little crazy only have 2 cages when none of the birds get along, but there’s method behind the madness, and the plan should work very well. It would take to long to explain, but hopefully on the next blog I can explain in more detail, and by then the room will have been in place for some time.
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