Preening Lovebirds

I recently found some old pictures I forgot I had taken.

They are of Piper and Sydney, a Lovebird belonging to my parents. They were good friends back when Piper and I lived there.

I found these terribly cute and had to share.

From 5 to 7...to 9 - Day 25 (or Day 3)

Today was Nemo, Itsy, Nicky & Sydney's last day here.

25 days.

I brought them back at my parents' earlier this evening. They seemed a bit weary of going in their travel cages, as if wondering where they would be going now, but also seemed happy to see my parents.

I'm happy to be back to my normal flock.

It's 9:30 and they are out. They are usually never out this late. But I figured one exception wouldn't be too bad, specially since they had limited time out today. It's definitively different and somewhat more easy going. I know how they react with each other and there isn't as much exclusiveness with them.

This is it for now. I'm tired and I think we are all going to bed soon.

From 5 to 7...to 9 - Day 24 (or Day 2)

Yesterday.

During the week, I usually let the birds out between 30 minutes and an hour in the morning before work, then, when I come home, they come out for another hour, go in for supper, then come back in anywhere between 1 and 2 extra hours.

I'm quite thankful the for the "bird room" now that the Lovebirds are here as well. It allows me to let them out at the same time as the Pois without any risk of attacks. Piper is ok with the Pois since she generally sticks to me, but all three together..that means trouble. However, by letting them have one room to themselves, it took away the opportunity to put a Poi "away" if they got a little restless (Zuri going after Itsy or Itsy and Nemo going after each other). Thankfully, the Pois have been generally well behaved since the Lovebirds came in the portrait.

Back to yesterday, I let the Lovebirds out in the bird room alone while I was in the living room with my boyfriend and the Pois. I did the same thing when we got back home from work. Unfortunately, Piper seemed a bit attention deprived so I figured I'd take the Lovebirds with me out in the living room after supper while my boyfriend remained in the bird room with the Pois. The Lovies loved the extra attention and they were rather sweet..but I did feel slightly guilty leaving the boyfriend with more birds (Piper wanted me and the other two know me better). So I decided to put them back in after an hour.

Apparently, only Shade and Petey behaved perfectly well during that time in the bird room. My boyfriend had things to do so he put Petey in but since Shade did not give him any trouble, I took her out with me in the living room (while the others were put "to bed") to have some special one-on-one (no sharing). She seemed to enjoy it quite a bit and was terribly sweet (although she's normally very sweet). I don't tend to usually have a bird out and not the others, but I have to admit it did feel nice to have some time just with Shade.

From 5 to 7...to 9 - Day 23 (or Day 1)

Yes the numbers are up again.

My mother has spread her birds in different homes while she was away. After all, I don't know anyone who would take in 11 birds, 7 of them being relatively big. I got the Poicephalus.
She had given my contact information to the other people just in case something would happen. All thorough her time away, she would ask me if anyone had called, which they didn't.

Today I got a call.

Turns out the lady who was watching my parents' two Lovebirds had to go out of town on a family emergency. She would have to leave before my parents, who are coming back early next week, come and get the birds. Not sure of what to do she called me asking if I could take them or if she could bring them to someone else.

So for a day or two, I have 9 birds in a two bedroom apartment.

If anyone wonders how loud 3 Lovebirds can be, here is a video I took the last time I had Nicky and Sydney over.