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Post by Pammy on Dec 26, 2013 23:59:30 GMT
Here we are on Christmas Eve. Little did we know our days of bachelorhood were behind us….  Santa Claus came! He's very, very quiet. Shhhhhh, we slept right through it!  Our kids. We do a good job peering down on them from our high horses (er, perches) --  We got girlfriends!!!!!!!! They sure are pretty, but we feel shy. So do they.  |
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Dec 27, 2013 0:10:05 GMT
aww, that is cool  |
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Post by Bluebirds on Dec 27, 2013 13:04:17 GMT
Awesome Pam!
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Post by lisamarie on Dec 27, 2013 14:55:50 GMT
Great pictures, Pammy!
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Post by Emily on Dec 28, 2013 3:21:37 GMT
Kringle and Claus, you better be classy gentlemen to those beautiful ladies! I bet Kringle will choose the bright green and Claus will get the blue darling. |
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Post by Pammy on Dec 28, 2013 6:30:45 GMT
Emily, the way I understand it, it's the females that do the choosing, but my girls are still kiddos, and it's my boys that are interested for now. In another thread, I posted about Kringle's antics and what's happening so far, but I do hope it shakes down to how you said, with Kringle & Noel together and Clausy & December together. I just think the color combos look prettiest that way. But of course it's up to them....
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Post by rdkntriker on Dec 28, 2013 18:44:28 GMT
I love seeing smiles
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Post by Emily on Dec 28, 2013 20:30:49 GMT
That's what I thought too, Pammy! You'll have to really update us on how the flock sorts out their relationships. What if Kringle gets both girls  Wuh oh!!!! |
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Post by Pammy on Dec 29, 2013 4:29:07 GMT
Today was really an amazing day for my budgies! Kringle & December have cemented in their special friendship. Kringle is absolutely in love, after such a short time, and December is now returning his affections. She was gently nibbling at his head and the sides of his face this evening, and she stays close when he comes to be beside her, which is nearly constantly. When one of my kids takes December from the cage and over to the couch for some cuddling, he very loudly flock calls to her, and as the evening progressed, he even started flying to the shoulder of the kid holding his lady love.
The amazing part, though, is the miraculous strides that were taken in taming these birds today. My kids got everybody out of the cage, and held them off and on all day! Those birds sat on shoulders for long stretches of time, perched on heads, walked on arms, and nestled in cupped hands literally all evening! Everybody but Clausy. He got some mandatory loving, but he kept wanting to go back to the cage. The other three came miles tonight, in their journey toward being tame. I got tons of great pictures! I will post a few when I get the chance, hopefully on Monday.
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Post by Sarah on Dec 29, 2013 7:14:41 GMT
Pictures pictures pictures!!!!
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 29, 2013 15:41:03 GMT
Oh, that sounds so wonderful, Pammy.
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Post by lisamarie on Dec 29, 2013 16:54:20 GMT
Did i say how jealous I am  |
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Post by Pammy on Dec 29, 2013 22:41:57 GMT
It's just so miraculous and amazing and hard to believe - the turnaround in taming. I do want to be perfectly clear that there is still quite the chase that happens when my girls are attempting to catch the budgies. December is fairly easy for them to catch, but Noel is more of a challenge. Still, they get her, and then they put them on their shoulders or arms, and Noel likes heads, so she gets on a girl's head and twizzles herself in and under her ponytail, and Kringle flies over and joins the throng. Kringle keeps flying back to the top of the cage, and then back to December and then back to the top of the cage and then back to December, but the two girls just stay and stay with my kids. It's really cute. I will do pictures when I can. My hubbyman is hogging the desktop.
I hate to say it, but everybudgie seems to like those kids more than they like me. My husband jokingly told them that Mama isn't going to let ANYBODY hold Mistletoe. It's not true, of course. I do want him to bond with the whole family, but gee, it really is tempting to keep him for myself.
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Post by lisamarie on Dec 30, 2013 3:23:20 GMT
My boyfriend has been home from college and i swear Lucy is being mean to me and so sweet to him (which i love that she's nice to him) but i told him no more! She needs to "re-bond" with me. It's been awhile since i've had her towel set up on my bed with her toys so I think tomorrow after work that's what I'll do. They definitely do need daily attention - i'm seeing that now. Since i haven't been able to much because of the holidays
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Post by Pammy on Dec 30, 2013 3:57:04 GMT
I have to admit that I'm a bit concerned about how much backsliding there will be once my kids all go back to school on January 6th. We will go back to business as usual, with me greeting the birds first thing in the morning, and holding whomever will allow it (used to be Kringle) and giving them their veggie breakfast. Then I go about doing household chores and taking care of my little boy while the birds do their own thing in or on the open cage. I stop by their cage throughout the day and talk to the birdies for a few minutes, and see if anybody is interested in finger perching for some millet or a nutriberry, but I don't just play with birds all day the way my kids have been doing this week.
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Wuh oh!!!!
