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Post by Emily on Mar 24, 2014 14:07:52 GMT
Long time no see, everyone! I hope all of you are safe and sound. It's been a couple a busy months for my family and I. Of course you guys never left my mind! Bubbles and Whisper love their new cage position by a window now that it's warmer out. Conveniently outside of that window is a bird feeder for wild birds. You should hear how loud they get sometimes! Whisper and Bubble have perfected the art of Pepper's call sound now. I feel like I have three cockatiels. Whisper has become a bully to poor Pepper and has even pulled a tail feather. I see Pepper taunting Whisper by running around their cage. I feel like every time I look at them I'm watching an episode on of a dramatic soap opera. Pepper is 9 months now but only now is she growing back a tail feather. In fact she grew one tail feather and a minute later it was pulled out by Whisper. I'm not sure if something might be up or if she's just a late bloomer. The wolf whistle is her favorite sound ever now but she only does it when she's calling me or my husband. I'm trying to figure out what whistle sound I'll teach next. Other than that, all of my feathered children are in good health and I still have plans on getting two more budgies in August! TL;DR- All feathered family members are doing just fine and enjoying the nicer weather now.
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Post by kmic on Mar 24, 2014 14:15:39 GMT
They are so sweet! Love the picts! (And the TL;DR version but I did read all of it..definitely not too long for me)
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Post by dianapalmer on Mar 24, 2014 14:50:56 GMT
Hi, Emily. So nice to hear from you. My budgie Snowy likes to stand on my cockatiels' tails :-(,
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Post by Perla MV on Mar 24, 2014 18:12:37 GMT
Emilyyy! so happy to hear from you! Your babies are so beautiful and sweet! I wish mine would imitate anything I whistle haha the only thing Leelo does is imitate the babies' cries when she wants Poki to feed her hahaha she's such a spoiled little bird
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Mar 24, 2014 19:40:28 GMT
welcome back!
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 24, 2014 19:44:48 GMT
Welcome back! We missed you!!
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Post by Sarah on Mar 24, 2014 20:23:25 GMT
Emily!!!
I've missed you!! Its great to see that your birdies are all happy and healthy. I hope you will be able to talk to us more often now!
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Post by Pammy on Mar 25, 2014 0:00:47 GMT
Emily!! I'm so happy you're back! I'm so glad we've stayed in touch a little on FB, but I've sure missed you here. Whisper, Bubbles and Pepper look wonderful. My first thought upon seeing Pepper's picture was how very clean her face is. Mistletoe is a very messy boy and usually has peas mashed all around his beak. How is Sophia, the darling, beautiful girl? I would love to see an updated pic of her. Hope all is going well with your family. How are the renovations coming along? Or have you decided to move to a different home?
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Post by Emily on Mar 25, 2014 3:28:51 GMT
Thanks everyone for the wonderful welcome back! I feel right at home again. I will definitely be on here again as much as I can. I also hope to try my hand at breeding budgies within the end of this year or beginning of next year (When I get two new additions to my budgie family). Diana, do your cockatiels care if they're being stepped on at all? I haven't seen that happen with Pepper yet but I won't be surprised when it happens now haha! Pammy, I am definitely glad we kept in touch on FB! Sophia is adorable as usual. She loves to say "no" and also "Moomoo" which is the name of our bunny. She's starting to become a picky eater though so we're working on that. She also got her first haircut since she was sporting an impressive mullet (lol!) We also decided to move since I was so over all the issues we were having in our previous home. Here is miss Sophia showing off new teeth
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Post by bree1818 on Mar 25, 2014 12:07:06 GMT
Awwww she's beautiful. Look at that smile!
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Post by lisamarie on Mar 26, 2014 3:09:00 GMT
Sophia is such an adorable little girl! How old is she now? I love her blonde hair!!
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Post by Emily on Mar 26, 2014 13:29:58 GMT
Thank you! She is 15 months old now
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Post by dianapalmer on Mar 26, 2014 13:58:17 GMT
Emily, The cockatiels are not happy when Snowy stands on their tails! Actually, he kind of stands on thm and grabs them by wrapping a foot around the feather. However, I think they are learning about how to avoid it.
I know how awful it is when you have issues with a place where you live! I went through this with a coop apartment I had. I was SO miserable there because of very difficult neighbors. Everyone kept telling me to move, but it wasn't so easy to do for various reasons, including financial.
Now, though, I LOVE where I live. I am in a two bedroom manufactured home in a senior coop community. I am at the end of a dead end street, with lots of space between me and the other homes. I have a beautiful view of a mountain from my dining room bow window!
Are you happy where you live now?
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Post by Pammy on Mar 27, 2014 4:00:02 GMT
Ohhhhh, so beautiful. What a sweetheart she is. You're a lucky, lucky lady!
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