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Syd Meets The Sunshine!

April 23rd, 2011
Syd Meets The Sunshine!

Well it has been a while now since I did a update on Syd, she has settled in really well she is still quite bald but this is a lot to do with being hormonal rather than through boredom.

She still really enjoys her swing and coming out and shredding a cereal box to 10, and still mumbles her words when she speaks, she is enjoying being part of the crazy gang here and as the weather has been so nice over the last few weeks she has been spending a lot of the day outside in the big day flight with the others here….

She is quite bossy when she is in there with the other greys and will go looking for the others and push them out of the way she may be small but she is BIG in character!

She still goes crazy for Cashew nuts and will do anything for one!

Here are a few photos of her enjoying the sunshine!!


Cheeky Bum?

April 21st, 2011
Cheeky Bum?

What a character Cosmo is!!!  He is fantastic and is so funny.  Cosmo picks up new words very quickly from both me and Hughie but also from Billy and Echo too.  He loves to make a farting sound so every time he does it we say “stinky bum” to him.  Within a few days he was making the sound followed by “cheeky bum”  ha ha!  It took him a few days but now he says stinky bum although sometimes he likes to mix and match  lol.

He loves to whistle the tune to pop goes the weasel but I don’t think Billy likes it  - he keeps shouting “QUIET!” at him.  But Cosmo is quick with his response of “up yours”.  Nice!!

Cosmo is still very much more for Hughie and Hughie can do pretty much anything with him.  So we got a harness to try and here is the result – 1st day we got it

As you can see he took to it really well so we are building up the length of time he has it on so he can eventually get out with it.

We also finally found a new cage for Cosmo as his original one wasn’t the greatest.  He’s been moved in a week and settled in straight away.  Here he is on the day he moved in eating his tea.  We did want something a bit bigger bit this is much better for now.

As you can see Cosmo is really beginning to explore everything around him and the other 2 are getting used to him being here.  He is also getting better with me and if Hughie’s not around he will come to me for a wee head scratch.  He loves his food and clears his bowl at tea time every night but he was trying to feed some of it to Hughie the other night.  From the look on his face I don’t think Hughie was too impressed  lol.

I’m sure there’s going to be many more tales to tell with the terrible trio  :)


Casper – I am not afraid of new toys…well not this one!!

April 20th, 2011
Casper - I am not afraid of new toys...well not this one!!

 

Well well well. So much for been scared of new toys…. Casper is really wary of new things like most Greys. I usually leave a new toy on the floor by his cage for a couple of days then hang it on the outside until he shows an interest in it. Then it gets put inside for him. I had been in the loft and found all the baby toys we had put aside for when we got a Grey. This particular one is a shape sorter. Every hole has a button which when pressed or the shape is put in makes a noise. Also when your hand or in his case his head goes in the top of the jar, it plays a tune.

Well I put it down on the floor as usual and he was off the top of his cage and on it like a bird posessed!!!! Ok so he hasn’t worked out the shape thing yet but loves pressing the numbers and repeating what it says……Circle hahaha, Heart I love you etc etc. He does enjoy putting all the shapes in the jar and then getting them out again. He was so tired as we put the shapes one end of the room and the jar the other. So funny to see him running back and forth haha. He did not want anyone joining in beyond that though. Its my game and I am not good at sharing yet thanks very much!!!!

He was at it for over 2 hours and not a peep from him except the incessant noise the toy makes haha. My sofa was left alone last night hahaha.


Casper’s New Home Made Playstand!

April 14th, 2011
Casper's New Home Made Playstand!

Here is a photo of Casper sitting proud on his new home made play stand that we made him!

He seems really proud of it!!

And one of the main man just because its a cute pic!


Update on Sammi Boy!

April 12th, 2011
Update on Sammi Boy!

Sammi is still doing really well. He is still very wary of me and even though I managed to handle him before its not been repeated yet :0(
He is still very much Dils bird even though I do EVERYTHING for him! I dont mind that though as he is very happy and thats all I want for him. He still gets excited if I go in their room and if Im paying too much attention to Tweak he will bang on his cage. I must try to get a video of him doing it because its quite funny. A few weeks back though he had a nasty graze to his head and the only way I can think of that he got it is from banging the cage. He kind of lifts the top roof tray up and lets it drop but does it over and over to make a loud bang, the corner is quite sharp so Im pretty certain thats how he did it but a dab of F10 and all was fine :0)

Seems as the weather has been nice we moved his cage right by the open doors to outside. He really loved this. You could hear him singing from the top of the garden. Next time were going to move his cage outside but Id hurt my back and was too risky to lift it.

He adores his pellets now. I find he isnt as big an eater as Tweak is as he always has a little of what he has left over where as Tweak eats the lot then chucks her bowl to the floor when its empty!! When in his cage he loves a good spray but is a little on edge if out of his cage. A few times Ive taken him to the big shower and given him a really good soak!

He still says ‘good night’ quite a lot, he doesnt say Sammiiiiiiiiiii any more but I think this was a nervous thing for him because if something stresses him out (not really happened lately but when we first had him) he would constantly say it. He does our front door creaking perfectly and ive often thought Dil has come home early. He also does Alfie (our dog) whining but he doesnt really bother with him much, just makes cat noises at him :0)

I must take more photos/videos and get them on here!!


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