Sammi

Its been awhile since I put up some pics of Sammi so here goes -

Enjoying his veg

Being a porcupine :0)

I left a cardboard box in their room this morning that had contained a few Christmas decorations. BIG mistake as Sammi has now shredded it into a million pieces!! It amazes me how fast he can reduce a box to nothing :0)

Here are a few photos of Tweak too

Snuggle time under her blanket

Sorry its been awhile since I posted on Sammi.
He is still his lovable self and still madly in love with Dil :0)
It was quite funny the other day, I was tickling him on the head whilst he was sat on top of his cage and usually he doesn’t like this and I can only manage to tickle him when he is inside his cage. Anyway I was being rather brave and he stuck his head down and next thing I knew he flew and landed on my arm!! I literally held my breath cos when he realized he was on my arm he instantly fluffed up so I knew sooner or later Id be feeling the sharp end of his beak!! He bit my arm but it wasn’t one of his hard bites as it was more like a pinch :0)
He has a new little trick now too, I was using Dil to get him used to me but now if I go near him when he is on Dils arm he will bite Dil as if to say ‘get her away’!!!

Sammi and Tweak are out of their cages most of the day together. Although they both have the run of the room they tend to stay in their own space and I don’t often find them together. Although saying that they will quite happily sit together now which is really nice.
They are always chatting away to each other and what one does the other usually mimics.

His favorite game is tormenting the cats. As soon as he hears them he will start mewing and he has got our cat perfect!!!
I’m still hoping to gain more trust with him and I have come an extremely long way. Dil strongly believes that he is OK with me but my body language is causing him to bite cos he puts his head down for a tickle and I keep flinching so that is something I really need to work on. I think if I could be that little bit more confident Id get that step further!!
I’m even considering buying a falconers glove so I wont be afraid of him biting me :0)

Also we are in the process of cage hunting. Think we have found one we like. Its a huge double cage where they can either live in together or it can be separated in 2 halves so cant wait til we can afford it!!

Sammi still adores his box and has chewed a huge hole in it now but he loves to get in there and have a good old relax.
I will have to get some photos and videos to update his blog further. That will be my task for tomorrow :0)

Sammi is really a big part of the family now. He still adores Dil and tolerates me when in his cage. He decided to do some renovations on his house and added a lovely window and a bigger door. He loves spending time in there and one morning I went in to see him sticking his head out of his ‘window’ and he did his usual high pitched ‘hellooooooo’ he had somehow escaped his cage and wanted to spend the night in his house instead!!

Here is a video of Sammi in his new house. He really loves it in there!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZjUDoEGfQ

Well Dil has finally made Sammi’s shredding house!!!

As soon as Dil put him on it he was straight away exploring and getting stuck into it. The middle panel comes straight off so we can get him out easily and clean it. I think he will absolutely adore it!! It has a nice cosy perch inside and a nice high one on top.