Trafford

Trafford has been with us a week now and today we gave his nails a trim as they were very long and well in need to a trim and file!

So we let him come out and then Rick wrapped him in a blanket and held him while i gave him a manicure, he wasn’t overly keen but I’m sure he was most grateful after wards as it must have been much more comfy for him.

Once i had finished his nails he enjoyed a long cuddle wrapped in the blanket by Rick, he was even closing his eyes.. Bless! He is most definitely a mans bird!

Here are a few photos of him enjoying his cuddle –

Well Trafford has been with us now for just over 4 days and he is settling in well, he has started to chat a lot more and feel at ease here with us, I get a ”good morning Trafford” in the morning and he also has been saying ”See you in a bit” he Cough’s and Bark’s and also shouts what sounds like ”Stephen!’ and has even done a smoke alarm which I was warned about by his last owners.

He loves his palm oil on toast in the mornings and also his bowl of fresh fruit and veg which he clears every morning.I have also started to mix pellets in with his seed and he is starting to eat them which is good.

He does a strange thing in the evening where he licks the cage bar for about half an hour sometimes longer not quite sure why he does it?

All in all he has settled in really well and loves looking out of our window watching the world go by!

We let him out tonight as he seemed so settled, he came out on his own no problem and Rick went over to see if he would step up on to his hand but don’t think he was quiet ready for that, so we just let him sit out and enjoy some time out of his cage.

Well today we collected our newest re home!

We went to see a lovely lady and her hubby to meet them and tell them about what we do with our rescue, they contacted us a few weeks back asking for some advice on re-homing they have a Grey called Trafford (yes after Man united!) She has owned him since a hand reared baby which she brought him from Pet Smart! He is now 12 and will be 13 years old next month!
She has loved him dearly but now things have changed and she works away 3-4 nights a week and he is spending more and more time in his cage which she feels guilty about but she didn’t want to sell him as she couldn’t know what sort of home he would end up in or if he would go from home to home, so after a long chat with her she wanted us to take Trafford there and then! Which was a bit of a surprise!!

So Trafford is now here he has settled in OK spent the first day hanging on the side of the cage and most of yesterday shouting ”Jamie….Jamie” at me and ”what’s up Traff!!!” and when i opened a can of red bull he did a massive Burp!!!

He has tucked into some mixed veggies and fruit and tried palm oil on toast yesterday and he chucked it on the floor and just sat there pinging the bars! but this morning he tucked right into it and enjoyed it as he did his veggies and fruit mix.

Here are a few photos of Trafford.