Hi Everyone
On Wednesday 19th October a Parrot called Zulu came to stay at my home. She is a Great little bird and has really settled in already. She came with her cage from her old home which she is very protective of and I soon became aware of the fact that I couldn’t get her out of it. If I put my arm inside to get her to step up she would bite me (Not a good start)
I had ordered her lots of Goodies that Paula had said she could do with, All her food things that she enjoys eating and a few new Perches to condition her feet and beak among other things. Now I just had the problem of trying to get all her new things inside the Cage.
My Daughter came in from school all excited to meet Zulu, who I have been told doesn’t like Small people, she greeted Dana with the same contempt that she had been showing me as she was still in her cage having no one go near it. I opened the door and let her come out on her own accord. After about half a hour of her thinking about it she came out and I set about giving her cage a good wash and putting her new things in for her. I left her out as I couldn’t get near her to put her back in. Dana came into the room with her denim jacket on and Zulu took flight around the room and landed on Dana’s arm so she placed her back in her cage for the night.
On Thursday Zulu’s stand arrived. Try as I might to get her out of the cage to test drive the new stand I couldn’t. I left the cage door open and just went about my business around the house. Dana came in from school and we tested to see if she could get her out. On failing that Dana was off out and put her jacket on to go to her friends….. Zulu was dancing and Dana tried once again to get her out and Zulu stepped up onto Dana’s arm. Its the Denim. We can now get Zulu “step up” whenever we want as long as we have denim on your arm. She will even fly to your arm if you have a piece of denim on it. I have made a Denim sleeve from a old pair of Dana’s jeans that we can all place on our arm and Zulu quickly steps up or will even fly to it. That’s that problem solved.
Zulu loves her new Stand. Every morning I “Arm Up” with my Denim sleeve and take Zulu to her stand. She then sit there all day going up and down the ladder and fly’s around the ceiling and lands back on her stand. She is not worried about any noise going on around her like the Hoover or the phone ringing, But she had panicked a few times when I moved the table while hoovering which made that dragging noise and when she dropped her beloved Pine nut which hit the tray of her stand with a bang and she went into full panic mode flying around the room not knowing where to land but I quickly put the Denim sleeve on and she landed safely on my arm. She has got use to the routine now. Zulu know’s that I let her out every morning to come and spend the day out in the Living room with me. She only really speaks when I’m out of the room. She has asked me “Whats Wrong?” and “What do you want?” and she says “What” in a deep mans voice which has taken me by surprise a few times. Mainly she likes to whistle.
She is not happy about the new perches I placed in her cage, In fact she hasn’t been any where near them. I can see me having to make a “Denim Sleeve” for them. 
All in all I think she is happy, she doesn’t even mind my Pomeranian who takes no notice of her. I can’t touch her yet, she will take food from my hand, will sit on my leg while I’m watching T.V. and will stay on my shoulder while I walk around the house. (I hate this as I fear she will bite my ear) I let her do it as I want her to know I’m nice and won’t let anything happen to her. She is enjoying coming out every morning at 10am and gong back to her cage at 8pm. (Her stand is in the Living room and her Cage is in my bedroom) so she always has company.
