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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Jun 4, 2014 21:06:19 GMT
Our little friends are fast, firm friends. Diggory doesn't let her bully him overmuch, and she shares her space very nicely. We see them cuddled up, preening and feeding each other, and calling to each other if they are out of sight. Diggory loves Faith's closet, and climbing her clothing. Twitter is jealous of food, I'm afraid that will never change. Diggory is still a bit skittish, yet he lets us handle him without too much fuss. He seems to startle easily. Twitter is a stinker, and does everything on her own in her own time. Sometimes we can't even tempt her with millet, which she usually adores. I'm pretty sure it's a great match in personality for both of them. Attachments:
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Post by kmic on Jun 4, 2014 23:41:11 GMT
It's so nice to read about them. Glad everything's going well!
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Jun 5, 2014 0:05:29 GMT
beautiful pair
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Post by Pammy on Jun 5, 2014 3:24:59 GMT
Aww, so much fun to have them, huh? They're very pretty.
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Post by lisamarie on Jun 9, 2014 16:36:30 GMT
They're a very pretty pair!!
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Jun 21, 2014 19:59:03 GMT
A little romance for the pair - watching the sunset together Attachments:
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Jun 21, 2014 20:13:48 GMT
aww lol
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Jul 2, 2014 3:34:13 GMT
Twitter and Diggory have discovered a love of peanut butter ~ Attachments:
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Post by dianapalmer on Jul 3, 2014 0:48:19 GMT
Oh, what cute peanut faces!
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Jul 3, 2014 2:18:14 GMT
mine hate it lol
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Jul 15, 2014 17:01:56 GMT
Well, it seems that Diggory is never going to be a graceful flyer. We let the pair out a couple of weeks ago, came back to check on them and he had flown into something so hard that he had dried blood all across the top of his cere. We got him cleaned up and gave him a week to get healed, then let him out to get some exercise. We are quite nervous about letting him out to fly now, he seems to bump into things no matter what we do. We keep the window covered with blinds, but we can't do anything about the walls. He's a very pleasant fellow, just not graceful.
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Post by dianapalmer on Jul 15, 2014 19:27:06 GMT
He will learn to do better in time.
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Oct 27, 2014 16:59:05 GMT
Here's an update on our funny duo. Twitter has discovered a new sound, she likes to make a very soft, short cooing noise when I come in to chat with them in the morning. She will answer me for quite a while, looking me in the face while we talk. Diggory is always a little skittish the first minute or so, then he watches the two of us talking. Diggory has discovered the joy of getting out of the cage. He simply demands it sometimes, bobbing his head, jumping around and clinging to the door until you open it. Quite the little bossy boy! He has found a favorite perch on the shelf above the cage, on top of a small statue. He can peruse the room and pretend he's king, I guess Both birds love their veggies, and refuse to eat any fruit. We have tried long periods with strawberry, banana, and apple, they simply won't touch it. I did get sneaky on them and mixed in some tiny chopped apple with some grated carrot, chopped zucchini and diced up egg. I think they ate some of the apple by mistake but they sure left a lot of it still there. Peanut Butter is a hit from time to time, they either eat none or cover themselves gorging on it. Question: they refuse to take a bath. period. We have to mist them or take them into the shower for a cleanup. Is this normal? I thought birds loved to bathe! You can imagine what it's like after a peanut butter fest and no bath! Anyway, they are doing great. Diggory will be a year old on Nov. 5th, so we are feeling quite happy to have him with us so long without any major incidents. They seem very happy together, but not "romantic" at all. I guess best friends will do. Attachments:
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Oct 28, 2014 13:26:01 GMT
Thanks for the update. My females love to bath but my boys don't. quite weird lol. I would just keep doing what you're doing. Have you tried putting peanut butter on some apples?
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Oct 28, 2014 16:56:53 GMT
Luvs, I haven't tried peanut butter on apple - what a great thought! We'll have to give it a try. Or maybe some chopped apple IN the peanut butter :-)
Funny, the dynamic duo had a cage-cleaning yesterday, and this morning Twitter has a bunch of feathers on the bottom of the cage where she sleeps. I wonder what they were up to while we slept...
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