Christine9
09-11-2006, 12:26 AM
I am tired, and it has been a long day, but things went so well with bringing my little guy home from the airport. I have to tell you, I have been kind of stressing over it for the past week, worrying that something would go wrong. I didn't sleep much at all last night, but things couldn't possibly have gone better.
The cargo office ending up being easier to find than I thought. Thank goodness for signs, lots and lots of easy to read signs, since I get very nervous driving in the city when I don't know where I am going. Plus, there was practically no traffic.
His flight was scheduled to leave Florida at quarter past 7 pm, and was to arrive at quarter past 10 (only a three hour flight), but it did end up being delayed roughly 40 minutes. So he left a few minutes before 8 and arrived in Boston a few minutes before 11. No word of a lie, but he was literally on the cargo office's counter at 11:02. It didn't take them more than 5 minutes to get him off the plane and to his new mommy! I am completely and utterly impressed at Delta's service. Of course it helped that he was flown counter-to-counter, so he got special treatment, but still- they were wonderful. I could tell the lady who brought him off the plane, and to me, was a little smitten with him, lol. She was peeking in the crate and talking to him while I was signing the receipt.
I was expecting him to be incredibly nervous when I got home, but things went better than I imagined. I took his little carrier out of the crate, put it on the floor, and opened the door. I wanted him to be able to come out on his own. I thought it would take awhile, but it only took less than a minute and he walked out. I tried to see if he would step up, but he flew off a few feet instead. He did let me pick him up after he landed, though.
So I put him in his cage, and even though it was extremely late (I think it was about 11:40 when we got home), I left the light on in the room (my son's bedroom is where he is being quarentined), so he get used to his cage a little. I was really worried about him not having water in quite a while (he didn't touch his carrots on the plane), but while I was in the other room, emailing the breeder to let him know he made it safely, my son saw him drink a little. (I was very relieved, since I didn't want him to go to bed without having a drink.) About 5 or so minutes after that I saw him eating from his food dish- how's that for settling in quickly! It seems my new guy is quite the brave one, especially after experiencing a plane ride. I am proud of him already.
After about 15 more minutes of me sitting by his cage and talking softly to him (he seems so friendly, he comes right up to you when you sit near him), my son decided he needed to read him a bed time story. It was so cute, he (the lovie) started closing his eyes while my son was reading it. Poor little fella, it's been a long day, and he was obviously tired. So I put them both to sleep.
I think his name is going to be Coconut. He is such a pale yellow, he looks almost white, and it just seems to fit. Plus he is from West Palm Beach, FL, and I really wanted a name that would kind of pay tribute to where he is from. And since Palm Beach is named after Palm trees, and Palm trees have coconuts, well, it seems like the perfect name.
Well, that's it for now. Wow, this ended up being long- I think it is because I am so happy he is safe at home. I'll post pics as soon as I can, when I think it won't bother him too much. :)
The cargo office ending up being easier to find than I thought. Thank goodness for signs, lots and lots of easy to read signs, since I get very nervous driving in the city when I don't know where I am going. Plus, there was practically no traffic.
His flight was scheduled to leave Florida at quarter past 7 pm, and was to arrive at quarter past 10 (only a three hour flight), but it did end up being delayed roughly 40 minutes. So he left a few minutes before 8 and arrived in Boston a few minutes before 11. No word of a lie, but he was literally on the cargo office's counter at 11:02. It didn't take them more than 5 minutes to get him off the plane and to his new mommy! I am completely and utterly impressed at Delta's service. Of course it helped that he was flown counter-to-counter, so he got special treatment, but still- they were wonderful. I could tell the lady who brought him off the plane, and to me, was a little smitten with him, lol. She was peeking in the crate and talking to him while I was signing the receipt.
I was expecting him to be incredibly nervous when I got home, but things went better than I imagined. I took his little carrier out of the crate, put it on the floor, and opened the door. I wanted him to be able to come out on his own. I thought it would take awhile, but it only took less than a minute and he walked out. I tried to see if he would step up, but he flew off a few feet instead. He did let me pick him up after he landed, though.
So I put him in his cage, and even though it was extremely late (I think it was about 11:40 when we got home), I left the light on in the room (my son's bedroom is where he is being quarentined), so he get used to his cage a little. I was really worried about him not having water in quite a while (he didn't touch his carrots on the plane), but while I was in the other room, emailing the breeder to let him know he made it safely, my son saw him drink a little. (I was very relieved, since I didn't want him to go to bed without having a drink.) About 5 or so minutes after that I saw him eating from his food dish- how's that for settling in quickly! It seems my new guy is quite the brave one, especially after experiencing a plane ride. I am proud of him already.
After about 15 more minutes of me sitting by his cage and talking softly to him (he seems so friendly, he comes right up to you when you sit near him), my son decided he needed to read him a bed time story. It was so cute, he (the lovie) started closing his eyes while my son was reading it. Poor little fella, it's been a long day, and he was obviously tired. So I put them both to sleep.
I think his name is going to be Coconut. He is such a pale yellow, he looks almost white, and it just seems to fit. Plus he is from West Palm Beach, FL, and I really wanted a name that would kind of pay tribute to where he is from. And since Palm Beach is named after Palm trees, and Palm trees have coconuts, well, it seems like the perfect name.
Well, that's it for now. Wow, this ended up being long- I think it is because I am so happy he is safe at home. I'll post pics as soon as I can, when I think it won't bother him too much. :)