New cage for Kelly and Romeo

Today mom and I went out and picked out a larger golden cage for Kelly the maroon-bellied conure and Romeo the budgie. I think that they will like this cage better than the last one mom bought last week, which was a bit too small. It's cute how the conure and budgie get along. Mom says sometimes they sit next to each other and even kiss. The woman at the pet shop where we got Kelly (where she was hand raised) was surprised. There was a really cute baby conure at the pet shop that I held. He was the same type of conure that my cousin has -- Captain (who I met this past weekend.) Parrots are such needy, cute little things -- like dogs. And every morning, Princess has been beating me to saying, "Hi Jo-Jo" when I unlift the cover off of the African Grey cage. Other than this, I made sure I put on the parrot rainforest CD for the parrots this morning when I was out. They respond so well to music, and even dance to rhythms. Jo-Jo really liked Phil Collin's "Easy Lover" and was clucking along with the beat. It was really cute.

Jo-Jo bit dad yesterday

Jo-Jo my Senegal parrot bit my dad in the arm yesterday. She really doesn't seem to like men. Dad was out by the slider feeding peanuts to the squirrels, where Jo-Jo's cage is positioned. And Jo-Jo took a nip out of him. When I first bought Jo-Jo 8 years ago, the original owner (who was a woman) told me that she didn't like men and that she didn't like her husband. It seems like everytime a man comes into the room and I am holding Jo-Jo she is upset. And then she will start getting nippy with me. Jo-Jo is a female and was hand raised by a woman, so maybe this had something to do with her preferred bonding with women. I think it's interesting. But I just wish she wouldn't have bit my dad like she did. The skin on his arm was peeled back a bit because he is 79 and his skin is thin. :( Poor dad. Poor Jo-Jo. Maybe I should move her cage.I can hear spring birds chirping outside right now. It's so relaxing.

Princess plucking...

Princess has been plucking her feathers a tiny bit in the back. Wish she wouldn't do that. Seems the more attention I give her the less she plucks. However, she was fine when I went away for a long while in the winter, but plucked like a bald eagle when I went away for a long time last summer. Go figure. Wish she wouldn't do that.

Princess the parrot sounds like E.T.

Princess said, "I love you" today. Sometimes she sounds like E.T. when she talks. It is cute.