What a weekend

Well, we did it. We took Izabo to a Ren Faire. She had fun and was definately the center of attention wherever we were. We would have taken Cairo and Zeke too, except they are still petrified of the stroller :( It was pretty darn hot out, which did take away from the fun a bit but I would do it again next year if we can.

Unfortunately, it was in the middle of county farms and cottonwood trees. My allergies were less than pleased, and decided to let me know this the rest of the weekend through Sunday night at bedtime.

We stayed at the Faire for a few hours then left to head home and hang out. We being: me, Toney, Mistie, Vahn, and Hana. It was a full house :) Had frito pies and rootbeer floats for dinner mmm.

Twas a great weekend.

~Posted from Heather's iPhone

A Parrot is the only pet that will tell you "I love you"

A wise friend posted that saying, and it stuck with me. Yesterday I got frustrated with the birds and I stormed off to the bedroom. When I came back out to the livingroom where they were a few minutes later, Cairo looked at me and said "are you ok?" and he kept asking till I responded. Then Zeke chimed in with "are ya workin?" They were quiet and content after I told them I was fine and I was just watching tv :) Its really amazing how intelligent these kiddos are sometimes!


~Posted from Heather's iPhone

Our Zekey Bird

Zeke has been with us for almost 6 months now :) I have to say, greys are amazingly intelligent. He tells me when he's hungry, when he wants off his perch, when he likes what he's eating... And watching him when he's thinking, you can really tell he's processing new information!

I called Tammy (the lady we adopted him from) to see if maybe she knew his actual hatch date. She didn't :( Apparently Zekes original owner (we are his 3rd home) got him at Traders village or something like that, so no one really knows his hatch day just that it was in 1992. So we are going to celebrate his hatch day on New Years every year! That would put him at 17 years and 8 months old right now :)

He's doing really good too :) He loves eating baby food and yogurt, but only off a spoon. He will eat cockatiel sized pellets now instead of just seed too :) Zekey won't touch most fresh greens, but looooves apples and strawberries. He's a bit more accepting of new things, and will ask fist if a new toy is good hehe.

We just bought a stroller to take him and Cairo out on walks and such. Zeke was petrified of it at the store, but after 4 days it is now sitting next to his cage and/or playgym (depending on where he is) and he's ok with it. I can't get him in it yet, but maybe by Saturday I will? We shall see.

That's about it for Zeke updates for now.

~Posted from Heather's iPhone

Harness training and more

So, I am attempting to harness train Cairo and Zeke. You can see the progress I'm having with Cairo in the pic. Zeke is at least allowing the harness to touch his back for half a second before getting twitchy :)

Cairo has learned to say "I'll be right back" and a few more garbled sounds. Izabo says "rawr" and Zeke is trying to sing opera like Cairo.

Saturday the 26th we will be going to Middlefaire just north of Hillsboro. We got permission to take Izzy as long as she stays harnessed and away from food vendors :) It'll be lots of fun I think.

In other news, I got another iPhone as the G1 just wasn't cutting it anymore and we are working on getting Toney one again as well.

~Posted from Heather's iPhone

whats red and black and white all over?

me! I dyed my hair black and red on labor day, deep red not bright red, and it blends nicely :)

Cairo is being very jealous of Zeke and is a stinker every time I try to hold Zeke. I dont remember juggling 2 birds being this difficult before /:

thats about it for now

Family update

The fids are doing great!

Cairo has 5 feathers grown in on each side now and flys fairly well, though he is a scaredy cat still.

Zeke is finally eating pellet along with his seed mix, so hopefully we will have him off seed soon and on to healthy human food.

Izzy goes for a 4 mile bike ride every morning with Toney to get some outside time before it gets too hot. She has also learned how to play dead sort of, it’s a work in progress.