3 weeks

[SRSeedBurners]

Seems like Greycie has been with us forever now. Maybe I've core-dumped all those years in between Greycie and Odie, my last Grey. Really makes me want to kick myself for holding out all these years when I had the itch all along. I think I've been holding out hoping to get Odie back someday.

 

Nicknames for all our pets seem to come to me - hers is 'flying rat'. She has a habit of finding anyone in the house that's into something, especially food. Being fully flighted, she has no problems getting there.

 

She now does this routine where she gets over-excited and launches into an aerial sortie making one or two rounds around our living room and then strafe into the kitchen. All the while she's making this low guttural scream/yell. Sounds to me like what they do in the wild. When she does this, I'll yell out a warning for anyone in her bombing range "FLYING RAT WITH HER PANTIES ON FIRE!!!". It took a while before my daughter got the point of the 'panties on fire' bit - red tail feathers, in case you don't get it. I'll go get her and launch her a few more times till she's had enough. Really fun to watch.

 

She likes to play the Grey version of soccer with a little whiffle ball. It is the cutest thing. She is in the play area on top of her cage. I will roll the ball in front of her, and she will hunker down like a vulture and chase it. She'll then hop on top of it and start carrying on about it. Tried getting this on video but my battery was near dead and then she get's easily distracted with wanting to disassemble the camera.

 

Another little game she likes. The toy hanger on top of her play area is a thin-bendy rod. It's not quite enough diameter for her to get a good grip and stay upright without lots of balance. I noticed on her own, she'll get up there and flip over. She gets all bat crazy when she does this. So I started helping. I place her up there, and when she turns her tail towards me, I give her a little push - upside-down she flips. She's not made a complete flip as she throws her wings out and starts her bat-crazy routine. It's a little scary sticking my fingers near her when she does this as she can get quite nippy from over-excitement but I can tell she loves it.

 

Anyway, my wife is doing a fabulous job of caring for her, especially during the day while I'm at work daydreaming of going home to my birds.

 

I'm almost jealous of the fantastic breakfast she gets - looks a lot better than what I get Also, my wife seems to almost have Greycie potty trained to go on the mat you see. And the steel cut oats, another Greycie must have. She loves that stuff warm.

 

Breakfast is served:

 

 

The girl will eat some veggies:

 

 

 

[JeffNOK]

Wonderful update Greycie seems to be very happy and getting used to her environment.

[Timbersmom]

Love the pics! She's such a pretty girl. That food looks great too. My hubby is always pulling stuff out of the fridge and saying "can I eat this or is it the bird's??" Ha. Thanks for the pics and the update.

[danmcq]

Greyt photos of her enjoying breakfast. She sounds like she has become very entertaining for your entire household and I love the nick names.

[judygram]

She has quite the feast laid out there for her and she looks great, wonderful update on Greycie.