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Sammi’s Progress in 2011

January 23rd, 2011
Sammi's Progress in 2011

Hi guys, I’m so pleased with Sammi today!! He was sat on top of his cage and put his beak on the bars for a scratch so I braced myself and scratched his neck! Its the first time Ive done it out of his cage!

Also he keeps following me, where ever I am he will run along his cage to be close to me. I’ve not decided yet if he wants to be by me or wants to rip my head of lol!

He had to do a house swap with Tweak cos Tweak was flying to her old house as soon as she was let out and I didn’t want any conflict over it so now Sammi has his own ‘shredding station’ which he is so happy with.

Here he is having fun making a lovely mess of some cardboard and his Christmas card toy.


Im Getting There!!!

January 10th, 2011
Im Getting There!!!

First of all Tweak and Sammi had a house swap. Tweak couldnt let her old cage go and would fly to it as soon as she was let out so I was worried she would be hostile to Sammi over it. Sammi gladly accepted his new house and it had the perfect shredding platform on top!

Just lately Sammi has seemed ‘jealous’ when Im talking to Tweak. He keeps doing kisses and making alot of noise until I go over to him. If he is out of his cage and I move to the opposite end he runs as fast as he can to get to me! Now I dont know if its him wanting to be close to me or him wanting to bite my head off!!

The other day I had my first out of cage head scratch and since then he has been different with me. He will bow his head for a scratch in his cage with no fluffing up! He still does his nervous preening under his wing but its much less.

Dil thinks he will be stepping up for me soon but I dont want to push it cos its taken awhile to gain his trust, I dont want to shatter it in an instant!

Here is a video of him enjoying tickles


Christmas With Lady!

December 27th, 2010
Christmas With Lady!

It was Lady’s first Christmas with us, and she, along with the other birds, was spoilt rotten!!!
She was not too impressed with her new toys, as she is frightened of most things, but I have left them where she can see them, so she can get used to them.
However, observing how Lady reacts to certain objects has been interesting!!! For example Lady is frightened of new toys, but when we had to buy a new TV and entered the living room with a huge box, she flew over and sat on the box to have a munch! She’s not frightened of the chocolate tin either!!! Sometimes the things that we think she would be frightened of, she actually likes!!! She wasn’t too keen when I was wrapping the presents, she seemed to be frightened of the rustling paper, yet she will happily chew normal coloured paper.

Lady has settled in to her new routine with me going back to work, although she still plucks, she has adapted very well and seems happy.

Overall, I’m very pleased, and very proud of her progress. It doesn’t bother me that she plucks, I love her regardless, and I don’t see the plucking as a set back anymore, it’s just something that she does, and may always do.

Here are the presents my babies got this year.


Update On Trafford

December 21st, 2010
Update On Trafford

Well Trafford is settling in really well and starting to come into his own.

First he took a liking to Zuri’s cage and decided to take up squatters rights, this caused a long and drawn out legal wrangle between the two of them :)

This is Trafford on his kitchen swing where he likes to watch what I am up to in the kitchen

At first Traff had no interest in any toys at all, but now he loves anything he can destroy, paper, cardboard, my keyboard. I discovered this when I found he had stripped the wallpaper from behind his cage :) So I am pleased that he is now accepting and playing with new toys. Here he is playing inthe kitchen.

While Traff and Zuri are still not the best of friends, Traff does seem to be accepting Zuri more these days, so that is a good sign.


Sammis New House

December 18th, 2010

Sammi has just moved into his new house!! He looks so happy in there and moved in no problem. Tweak was so eager to move into her house that she moved in before if was built!!
Here are some photos of them both


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