We move to the house today!
The birds, cat and I are actually already there (here?) while the Boy is back at the apartment waiting for the movers. We brought the cat over last night and got up (very) bright and early to bring the birds over this morning.
We had set-up temporary cages in the second spare bedroom (aka the "orange" room), as we weren't going to have the movers put anything in there, while we wait for them to bring the birds' actual cages (which will go in the first spare bedroom, aka the "green" room).
I had set things up so that Shade and Zuri could be neighbours and they have been looking at each other happily since. Pixel and Léa, who happen to be next to each other (and on the same side of the room as Shade & Zuri) wasted no time into starting to destroy toys in their respective cages. On the other hand, Piper, Joey and Petey, who are located along the opposite wall from the others, don't seem too keen about this change and Piper & Petey are making some noise to voice their discontent. Given there is absolutely no furniture, or anything else for that matter but their cages, there is quite an echo linked to their calls...but I'm sure once we'll fill out the place, it won't be as bad. And I'm sure once they'll be in their proper cages with familiar toys, hanging gyms and play stands, they'll be happier about this whole thing.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, December 20, 2009
From 5 to 7 - Day 8: The Move
Yesterday was moving day.
All we did was go down a couple of floors in our current building, going from a one bedroom to a two bedroom apartment. What a difference it makes.
We got the service elevator at 1pm. The first thing I wanted to move was the birds, so that they didn't have to witness everything coming out of the old apartment as I'm sure a couple of them would have freaked out at the sight of moving big furniture. So in their carriers they went for the ride down. I then put the carriers in my new bedroom (which was still pretty depleted other than the dresser drawers we had brought down the previous night. We then proceeded to move the cages from the old living room to the new birdroom (aka extra bedroom). Once every cage was in there (couldn't fit them all at once in the elevator unfortunately), the birds went in their cages and I could then just close the door and render them oblivious to the rest of the moving. It went pretty well; they did do some flock calling at one point (and would stop when I would go in to get something or bring something) and once all the big pieces were settled, I brought them out in the living room on one of the many perches (Java wood perches are somewhat fashionable, right?) and they behaved.
It might have been only half a day, but I love the birdroom. They can now have all the uninterrupted sleep they can have at night, since the TV's light and sound won't be much of a bother and we can actually turn a light on if needed (tried to avoid that at all cost when we were sharing a living room). I still have to decorate the birdroom as I did my living room with hanging gyms, but that will wait a little big (aka until I have a stronger drill that will go through concrete or until my dad comes back (since he already owns such a drill). I\ll probably post pictures of the room once I have stuff up and hanging.
All we did was go down a couple of floors in our current building, going from a one bedroom to a two bedroom apartment. What a difference it makes.
We got the service elevator at 1pm. The first thing I wanted to move was the birds, so that they didn't have to witness everything coming out of the old apartment as I'm sure a couple of them would have freaked out at the sight of moving big furniture. So in their carriers they went for the ride down. I then put the carriers in my new bedroom (which was still pretty depleted other than the dresser drawers we had brought down the previous night. We then proceeded to move the cages from the old living room to the new birdroom (aka extra bedroom). Once every cage was in there (couldn't fit them all at once in the elevator unfortunately), the birds went in their cages and I could then just close the door and render them oblivious to the rest of the moving. It went pretty well; they did do some flock calling at one point (and would stop when I would go in to get something or bring something) and once all the big pieces were settled, I brought them out in the living room on one of the many perches (Java wood perches are somewhat fashionable, right?) and they behaved.
It might have been only half a day, but I love the birdroom. They can now have all the uninterrupted sleep they can have at night, since the TV's light and sound won't be much of a bother and we can actually turn a light on if needed (tried to avoid that at all cost when we were sharing a living room). I still have to decorate the birdroom as I did my living room with hanging gyms, but that will wait a little big (aka until I have a stronger drill that will go through concrete or until my dad comes back (since he already owns such a drill). I\ll probably post pictures of the room once I have stuff up and hanging.
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