PETE & OLIVE

Have I told you about Pete & Olive? Such a loving cuple. Justine brought them to me when she got upset with her friends who owned them, they had been shut away in a room all alone because of their noise! Here, they're very quiet and loving the community. She is much more adventurous than he, it was a couple months before he took advantage of the open cage to venture out, and when either is out of sight of the other, he shrieks for her. (it does sound like a shriek, but whatcha gonna do, he only has so many noises in his vocabulary) They're very sweet, and I suppose they may do the raise a family thing, some day. I'm not anxious for that to happen, because it is so hard to find loving forever homes for these guys, so I figure it'll be a couple years before I encourage "nesting" again. This summers clutches have been such a learning experience.

Actually I don't "encourage" nesting, I discourage it, but, when all is well in their world it's natural for them to make more! And the babies are so sweet.

As you can see, I leave the sell tags on items, because they take such delight in ripping them up. They don't ingest it, just shred it, and it keeps them occupied.

Sorry to be so birdyfied on this blog, but besides my fiber fetishes, my family and friends, my birds are a large part of my life. All the kids visit my birds when they come to see me.