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So no insurance and the lower than normal funds due to the truck issue and paying out of pocket for rental car gave me the chance to play nurse yesterday. Awe, not the kinda nurse you are thinking but a real one. lol I removed Pat's stitches for him, I think I missed my calling. Blood and gore just doesn't bother me, I actually get calm in bad situations, not sure why but I do. Put a June bug near me and I will panic and run for the hills, but a gaping wound draws me in. Okay, I could be rambling on, I have not slept in two days now so I could be a bit delirious. I pulled a muscle down my neck and under the shoulder blade Thursday, not sure how much help we are going to be to the guy we go and help out on Saturdays. He has had a bad week also as his partner was told this week that he needed to consider having his legs amputated. This means that he really needs to think about the 6 birds he kept, there is no way a wheelchair will be able to fit around the cages and the gnat infestation is so bad that birds will need to be removed to treat and even if he treats the gnats, he can't pick up fruit if it should fall to the floor so they will come right back. It is just not a good place to be right now. I am hoping Ixta, the grey will get to come home with us soon. The hawk head attacked me last week as I tried to clean his cage out for him, he was on my "okay, I will take him in list" until that happened, lol. They all need fresh air soon, their little noses were so red last week it was heartbreaking. He sent me an email earlier in the week about the macaws, that because he trembles so much more now, they won't step up for him hardly any more, that they are afraid he is going to drop them. I fear I am going to have to find them homes soon and really do not know where to turn. I can't take anymore in personally and the place that took his others, well, they are at full capacity and I wouldn't send them there anyway. There is Bird Haven, I may reach out to her and give her a heads up about the 4 macaws and see if she could help. He doesn't want them in a sanctuary for life, but for them to find them the right homes where they will be happy.

I have become a sprouting fool! And the garbanzo beans are the winner! All the fiddos love them so they get it twice a day. My first batch was quite big and only one bowl made it to the fridge on the 3rd morning, we had to run out so the other two large bowls I had rinsed and left out. By 4 in the afternoon, they smelled funny so I had to toss them out. Lesson learned, when they say 3rd day they mean it. I have another I started yesterday so they will get the wet ones this morning which they love more than when they sprout out. Bird updates: Gus, he has a foot/leg fetish with Koko but is in love with her. They are so fun to watch grooming each other and talking away. They get into the Too talking mode, throwing their crowns up and bouncing together. Beautiful music. Lily, oh is she a mamas girl. If I leave the room she flies to the floor and takes off running to find me. I had walked into the bathroom and she came down the hall. running into the bedroom after me. I saw her go by and said her name. She slid to a stop and came into the bathroom with this silly relieved look on her face. Still cannot keep her on her stand or the table or the counter or anywhere for that matter she just jumps to the floor. We have moved a cage into the kitchen for her when she gets wound up. It is safer for everyone and better for her so she isn't alone in her room while we are in the living room/kitchen. Koko... Koko Koko Koko. She is such a hoot and has taken to biting Pat. Ever since he got stitches in his finger, she has changed her view of him and he is now her chew toy. She can be perfectly fine one minute and then strike at him like a cobra. She has gotten about 5 chest and leg feathers in and is looking good! Spoiled? Oh yes she is. Here is another picture. That is lily's cage in the background. lol Koko doesn't hold still so she is always blurry!

I personally do not wear perfume anymore, and the Axe body spray only is worn once and a while. As far as air fresheners, there is only one I know of that is safe and it is a round disk looking thing, I can not remember the name of it, but is a citrus smell and works really well. I have several air cleaners also in the house but why chance it? What a lot of people do not realize is that even if your in another room, it is the hvac that pulls and pushes the air throughout the house. So unless you have a separate ac system in the room you want to use a spray, the aroma will still be sent through the house. Gosh I do miss perfume and scented lotions! lol

Now if someone would just teach them that the wood on the kitchen cabinets is not the correct wood for tool making! Poor Koko looks like she is a hardened criminal with all the chains and latches on her cage, she is "too" smart for her own good!

Didn't get to go yesterday. Hubby had my car since his is in the shop. He picks one up today after work and they will probably have his for a week or so, but next Monday I will be going!

That is great news that you got her back! And congrats on your new baby! You will have your routine down soon and the good news is you have two shoulders, one for each of them to sit on! Hubs is always walking around here with his two on his shoulders.

We will be receiving an amazon in the next few weeks. I only saw this one for a short moment but he sure made an impact. He was a part of the surrender we helped with and bless his heart when they were getting ready to towel him he shouted that Albert was scared and Albert was freaking out. When he was in the carrier he said the same and added to let Albert out, he is scared. His name isn't Albert, lol. In other words, he is going to be giving me a run for the money and i will be coming here for help! The sanctuary offered him to me, how can you say no when Albert is freaking out! She said he hasn't stopped saying that.

This isn't a hiccup noise, just the motion, like a hiccup. I am sorry i have no other way to describe it. Her chest kinda jumps like she inhaled deep quickly. I have 3 that cough, funny when they do it at the same time because each is different. They came to us coughing.

All the birds were out yesterday except for Gus. I didn't realize that I don't take them out but Pat does and there were issues with me trying. They will not leave the inside unless they are either in a crate or we (Pat) has a good hold on them because they freak out so easy we don't want them flying off. With Pats fingers bandaged up, the too's will not go near him. I got Lily and Koko without a problem, Gus was doing good until he saw some cages out back that we were cleaning and freaked out. I didn't even make it through the living room before he got me to let him go. I tried the crate, I even tried toweling but no way, he was to upset by then so he stayed inside and didn't like that either. Koko is an escape artist with her cage. We were outside the other night after the birds had gone home for their dinner, I came inside to use the restroom and heard a too squawk that sounded closer than normal. I came out and there she was sitting on the gate that divides their rooms from the house. She has escaped before but never left the room, she has been out for full days while we were at work and still never left the room so now that she is venturing the house we gotta figure this out. I don't want her getting hurt by dogs or in reality, her hurting the dogs. We did get some cages and we were going to move the macaws into the bigger stainless ones which will give us the 2 double macaw cages for the Too's. Saturday, we were given 4 more cages that the 2 of the greys, who share a double macaw cage, can go into leaving a third. So I can have the 3 doubles for the Too's and one is a newer one that I don't think Koko can get out of, it doesn't have the swing closures on the food bowls but it has a latch mechanism. Going to give it a shot next weekend. I feel like all I do anymore is clean cages and stands. I have to take today off to get my house back in order, hubby requested this and when he says something like that I know it is bad. So I am off to start cleaning...again... lol

I have noticed one of my girls doing what can only be described as a hiccup. Just off and on yesterday. It is sad but when I hear someone with them I giggle, it is automatic with me and when Koko did it, I just started to giggle. Now I wonder if they even do. If it is more than that I need to get her in but don't want to be silly and rush her to the vet for a simple case of hiccups. They didn't last too long but it happened two different times. Thanks!

And today could be love again! Lol

How awesome and great food for thought. Pat has had a very rough week, from a large tree falling to getting stiches in his finger (not related) and getting bit on his other hand badly by a bird who didn't like the stitches to have his trucks catalytic converter stolen right off. Last night Gabby only wanted him. He isn't allowed to handle her right now but she held on to me last night until I took her to him. She loved on him, kissed him and "guarded" him. She even fed him a noodle. We thought it was just cute, but after reading your story, I think it may have been a little more than that! Dang these birds are incredible!

Both the cop (who showed up an hour and a half later) and the dealership said it is what's hot right now. The part runs a little over 1700.00 and the people who steal them make about 300 and it takes them less than 3 minutes to remove. Pats fingers are pretty pathetic looking! Haha i don't really mean to laugh but he made so much fun of how i held my finger after my monkey bite and now he has 2 fingers he is holding the same way. Lol.

Well this week just keeps getting better. Hubby just called from work again and i joking answered saying "now what? You never call me from work!" I got silence, followed by "someone took a sawsall to my truck and took the catalytic converter" God knows what else was cut. He called the police to file a report, they told him 2-4 hours and there is no guarantee that they could make it then. About to give up here! Lol

I had a dream last night that Gus plucked himself and was bare chested when I woke him up. It was so real that I am leery about going in there this morning, lol. My new infomercial: Hello new sprouters, did you soak just the right amount for your flock? Great, now remember as these soak and start to grow THEY WILL SWELL, giving you so much more than you started with! Oh my gosh, I can feed an army! Which I guess is good because I think I am starting my own Army birdcamp. Within the next few months there will be a 4 or 5 more moving in. A very weird amazon, who no one knows his name except he always say "Albert is scared, let me out", but don't call him Albert, because he will tell you that is not his name. 3 more greys (2 are retired breeders) and maybe a redfront, aka The Old Man. He is very, very old, old enough that padding was put under his perch so if he fell, he wouldn't hurt himself. That backfired because he was put off at that notion and moved down his perch enough that it wasn't under him anymore. lol ( I think she said he was in his 60's. I really can not remember exactly.) This should be interesting and I think my hubby is only ok with it because he hates our couch and said if we get them the couch has to go so we can put in more stands for them. lol Really getting more birds to get rid of a couch? Wouldn't it have been easier to just get a new couch? What ever works!! To top off our hectic last few weeks, Wednesday I got a call from Pat as he was heading to the ER, he had sliced his finger open and couldn't stop the bleeding. Ended up with 4 stitches in his index finger on the left hand. Later that night, Koko saw the bandaged finger and took the sides off the index finger on his right hand while he was giving her an almond. So now he can not even handle the birds or even give them a nut. He tried to help and get Gabby for dinner and she did her famous tuck, grab the finger and roll over and not let go move. So I have banned him from them until he heals. Funny, he said the bird bite hurts worse than the finger with the stitches! And during all of this a very large branch from a tree by the driveway fell, missed his truck by a mere 5". It is still there because it is too big for me to do anything with and what is he going to do? Go point at the limb and shake his wrapped fingers at them and hope it just falls apart? lol Good times, when it rains it poors I guess!

It is so much fun seeing them in an egg to their eyes still closed to fully flighted poop machines! After I left Monday, I went to the grocery store, the feed store etc. Got home and hubby pointed out that I had bird poop all over the front of my shirt, even little foot prints of poop! Goes with the territory is all I can say! lol

My guess as to a feeding cage is when they feed the"other" food, lol. The fresh dinners of messy spaghetti (like my guys had last night) It is a wonderful idea to have that because all of my cages are a mess today and it will take hours to clean them now, but who can deny them of it?! Have fun camping, enjoy the time!

I am such a sap, reading this made my eyes swell up. To be loved so fully is such an amazing feeling!

Oh my gosh! That is every day here except that it is the green pellets that they throw for the dogs and the next day nothing but green dog poo! I put a lock tight lid on the dog treats because of just that and Gabby the grey showed them Toos where and how to do it! All three of ours also grab with their feet, stare you down and toss it to the floor as if to say "oops".

What a cutie! Congrats!

So today I got to help with the blood draws for DNA and also all the other stuff. 4 new babies, only one blue throat, the rest are red fronts, oh so pretty. KimKim, Ozzy took it like a champ and still let me hold him afterwards. Took some doing but he came around. He is an awesome bird and if I had my choice, well RayRay because of who he is but then Ozzy, without doubt! Riley is also a sweetie pie. Did not want the blood tests at all and is way stronger that he looks, lol Didn't want anything to do with me after that! Wait for it....Wait for it.... Here are your pictures! Ozzy waiting for his evening meal.. Ozzy getting his yummies... Riley waiting for his turn on the faucet. ( that is where they are trained to go for their meals, lol. Makes clean up a breeze!

KimKim.... I got Ozzy pictures and Riley too! Couldn't wait to tell you. Soon as I get them up loaded I will post them for you. :-)

For the first time, all our fids were able to be outside at the same time! It was so wonderful. They had a good ole time and I even got Bongo rubs and kisses at bedtime!

It has been so busy here my poor birds probably are very mad at us. Right after work Friday and all day Saturday was spent at a new friends home cleaning his cages and scrubbing floors and walls. This is the man who surrendered 11 of his birds, he still has six. 4 blue and golds and 1 grey and 1 hawk head. 1 guess who I bonded with.. lol Yes, the grey. The first time I say her she came down to where I was and just talked to me and we "bonded" some. Yesterday hubby saw her first and at the time he was lugging a big black bag and a shop vac and she was not happy about it. When Pat was done, she got better with him and wasn't freaking out but with me she was bobbing her head and telling me i'm going ( cuz we were breaking for lunch and I told her I would see her later ) when the door opened for us to leave she said we were gone. Ever since this mans partner fell and got burned, she has been plucking so she would fit right in at our house! lol. The hawk head, oh my is all I can say. Beautiful doesn't begin to describe her, but mean as fire and knows she is because she laughs at you when you look at her. We had to clean her cage so I opened the door, asked her if she would step up and she put her little foot out, feeling proud that she did that I proceed to put my arm in and BAM, followed by her HaHaHa's. She didn't get me cuz I pulled away really quickly. I didn't tell Pat how she is either, we wanted to see how she would do with him and she did exactly the same and even came running after Pat with those beautiful head feathers fully out. She was still out when we were done in their room and I was told to keep an eye on her as I was leaving, I told him I was and I side stepped past her which brought on her evil laughs at me. Sad but it was too funny not to laugh back. He has given us 3 cages so far, 2 are huge and stainless steel, beautiful scalloped top with the fold down door and 1 Cal-Cage that is so big after we broke it down, nothing else would fit in the bed of the truck. There are still six more cages for us to pick up. 3 are matching large white ones and the others are smaller - he also has 3 or 4 stands for us. He feeds his flock nothing but organic and boy are they healthy, no seed or pellets either just a few nuts that are also organic. He gave me a book on feeding them like that, I think its called Who Stole My Peanuts. ( he may put pellets in their bowls, it looked like there were some but he didn't mention them so not really sure.) So now my schedule has another day blocked out to help with birds. Mondays are the baby days and Saturday is at this house. Oh, my B&G Bubba, had his butt roid frozen again and it finally looks like a butt hole! Never in my life did I think I would get excited to see a working butt hole on a poop machine! Lilly, Gus and Koko have been really good during our time away and I think this cage time has done Lily wonders. Knock on wood!!!! We will see today. They get to go outside. We put a divider in the large aviary so all 3 can go out at the same time.

Yeah for you both!