A Better Life for Kringle & Clausy

I can just sit in my chair and watch Lucky play, so I know you pleasure

Lisa, Mistletoe has his own cage, per Mary and our Sarah's strong suggestion. His cage sits right on top of the budgies' flight. Just this afternoon I gave him his first play date with the budgies, and it went very well. Interestingly enough, Noel scuttled right over to him and wanted to eat next to him. Clausy also came close to check Mistletoe out. I was quite surprised! Mistletoe also really likes to take sips of water from the budgies' LIX-IT water bottle. His favorite thing in their cage is a simple piece of red cotton yarn that I tied to one of the natural perches. He truly enjoys picking at it and trying to untie it.

Mistletoe is now having his second visit to the budgie cage. He ate some of the budgies' pellet crumbles. Noel likes to go sit by him, and he pushes her back when he thinks she's too close. Oh! December is meeting him now! Now he went out onto the front porch (comfy perch I have curved and attached just outside the front door). Both Kringle and December have gone to sit beside him. He opens his beak and silently pushes them back just a little, out of his personal space. Soon I will rescue him and let him snuggle on my shoulder for a while. That's his favorite. He burrows into my hair and grinds his beak until he falls asleep.

At bedtime, Mistletoe will return to his private cage, for both his sake and the budgies' sake. I hope to eventually house the five of them together in the big flight, but not until I am completely certain all will be well, even if I'm not looking. For now, it's supervised visitation. They are all such little characters and so very much fun. I'm just having a ball with my five feathered babies.

Emma also loves string or yarn. She can untie knots, and enjoys it.