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08-30-2009, 10:55 AM
I know this isn't a lovebird post, so Linda, feel free to move it if you need to.
Yesterday I drove 2 1/2 hours each way to bring my baby boy home. He's a 4-year old Red Bellied Parrot, and his name is Eddie. I'm still toying with changing his name but the first thing he said when I put him in his new cage here was "Hi Eddy!" as if by saying his name he would calm himself down. He was a real trooper in the car. I had him in a small carrier with a perch, and for the majority of the ride he sat quite contentedly and chatted away, preened, and really seemed to enjoy the ride. It made me wonder if he's been in a car before because he really seemed to like it.
When I got him home he was a little more off-kilter. At his previous owners place he was in a room with about 15 other birds, so he called for them a lot. And very loudly! Luckily my apartment is pretty soundproof, so I don't think he was bothering my landlord's family upstairs. I asked him and he said he couldn't hear anything. Which means the walls must be VERY soundproof cause my little guy was really screeching!! I imagine he'll probably do that for a few days at least while he gets used to the place and settles in. It must be really weird for him to be all alone with no other birds around.
I put him to bed around 8:30--he was already perched up on the highest perch and was obviously very sleepy. Actually, so was I and I wasn't long to follow. It was funny though, all of my other birds are used to getting covered up at night, but he didn't like it one bit. So I left him uncovered with a little nightlight so he could see if he needed to move around in the night. I didn't sleep very well. Every time I woke up I looked over at the cage and could see a little body up on the highest perch. It made me smile so much! It's so nice to have a bird again! When I picked him up it really made me miss Kiwi a lot, which I wasn't expecting.
It's just 9am now. I haven't gotten him up yet, mostly because I know everyone upstairs is still asleep. I don't mind letting him sleep in on the weekends. I have all sorts of nice fruits and veggies for him. I might actually bring him out and let him eat breakfast on his little playstand if he wants to. I need to get him out anyway because now that he has been in the cage I see where I need to rearrange a few things to make it easier for him to get around.
I just took one picture last night because I didn't want to freak him out with the flash. Can you spot the birdie? (hint: you can zoom in)
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IoIC6SZ32akxKhNPf7p3HA?authkey=Gv1sRgCK-Qi8zPwsTffA&feat=directlink
I'm sure I'll have many more stories as he and I get settled in and used to each other. I hope you don't mind stories of a non-lovebird on here. I'm still a lovie-lover at heart.
Yesterday I drove 2 1/2 hours each way to bring my baby boy home. He's a 4-year old Red Bellied Parrot, and his name is Eddie. I'm still toying with changing his name but the first thing he said when I put him in his new cage here was "Hi Eddy!" as if by saying his name he would calm himself down. He was a real trooper in the car. I had him in a small carrier with a perch, and for the majority of the ride he sat quite contentedly and chatted away, preened, and really seemed to enjoy the ride. It made me wonder if he's been in a car before because he really seemed to like it.
When I got him home he was a little more off-kilter. At his previous owners place he was in a room with about 15 other birds, so he called for them a lot. And very loudly! Luckily my apartment is pretty soundproof, so I don't think he was bothering my landlord's family upstairs. I asked him and he said he couldn't hear anything. Which means the walls must be VERY soundproof cause my little guy was really screeching!! I imagine he'll probably do that for a few days at least while he gets used to the place and settles in. It must be really weird for him to be all alone with no other birds around.
I put him to bed around 8:30--he was already perched up on the highest perch and was obviously very sleepy. Actually, so was I and I wasn't long to follow. It was funny though, all of my other birds are used to getting covered up at night, but he didn't like it one bit. So I left him uncovered with a little nightlight so he could see if he needed to move around in the night. I didn't sleep very well. Every time I woke up I looked over at the cage and could see a little body up on the highest perch. It made me smile so much! It's so nice to have a bird again! When I picked him up it really made me miss Kiwi a lot, which I wasn't expecting.
It's just 9am now. I haven't gotten him up yet, mostly because I know everyone upstairs is still asleep. I don't mind letting him sleep in on the weekends. I have all sorts of nice fruits and veggies for him. I might actually bring him out and let him eat breakfast on his little playstand if he wants to. I need to get him out anyway because now that he has been in the cage I see where I need to rearrange a few things to make it easier for him to get around.
I just took one picture last night because I didn't want to freak him out with the flash. Can you spot the birdie? (hint: you can zoom in)
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IoIC6SZ32akxKhNPf7p3HA?authkey=Gv1sRgCK-Qi8zPwsTffA&feat=directlink
I'm sure I'll have many more stories as he and I get settled in and used to each other. I hope you don't mind stories of a non-lovebird on here. I'm still a lovie-lover at heart.