Lady – Almost A Year!!!!

Lady has been with us 1 whole year next month!!

I can’t believe it’s gone so quick, and the progress she has made during the past year has been amazing!!

When she first arrived, she was a very nervous bird, who wanted constant attention. She wouldn’t play with any toys, and all she wanted to do was sit on our shoulders all day, and of course she plucked. Although she is still a nervous bird, she now loves to play with her toys, and doesn’t take long accepting new ones. She still wants to be on our shoulders all day long, but she will happily entertain herself with her toys whilst we are out and has become very independant.

Lady has a strong charactor, and can certainly rule the roost at times, she picks a fight with the dog, the cats, and chases the kids out of the livingroom!! So, there are times when she has to be rained in, but overall she’s an amazing bird.

During the week, I made the decision to change Lady’s cage. Her cage was quite old, the only thing that was decent about it, was that it had a play top. It was extremely difficult to clean, and was very small. The spare cage I had was a little bigger and it had an open top.
So, with my mind made up, I proceeded to strip Lady’s old cage down, and swap everything to her new cage. I had braced myself that the change over would be traumatic (as she’s probably had her cage for most, if not all of her life) and that she would pluck herself naked.
The change over was a little traumatic for her, however, she only plucked her ususal few feathers but she didn’t eat for over a day!! She’s absolutely fine now, and is eating again, she’s still a little nervous climbing around her new cage, but overall she’s accepted the change well. I think it helped that I placed her toys in a similar positions to her old cage. This change will only be temporary, as I want her to have a bigger cage, hopefully before the end of the year.

Lady is booked in to the vets next week, along with my other birds, for a full blood work, so this will upset her!!! I am hoping they will get the all clear, and be 3 happy, healthy birdies

Lady has become a big part of our family, and I couldn’t imagine life without her, and I’m looking forward to spending many more happy, fun filled years with her

Here is a pic of Lady on her new cage