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When you are small and svelte and feathery, you probably enjoy going IN and OUT of things. Frequently. For instance, say there is a plastic bag and it appears to contain your favorite breakfast cereal. But the large featherless being is busy and isn’t picking up on your (un)subtle hints that you would like herContinueContinue reading “Day 35: IN and OUT”

When you are lucky enough to be born with talons and a sharp beak, there is no sense in not enjoying the heck out of how useful they are. For instance, let’s say you are ingesting yet another gourmet breakfast. But then after you’ve fortified yourself on the “easy morsels” it is time to breakContinueContinue reading “Steps to Subduing Prey”

When it comes to breakfast and a certain formerly finicky feathery diner, it would appear we have finally turned a courageous corner. Oh yes. Because this morning, someone with feathers tried ORANGE. Or more accurately, he investigated the many merits of this Vitamin C-rich citrus fruit with the thoroughness of a culinary scientist. Which, ofContinueContinue reading “Day 34: Orange!”

We parronts quickly get used to the unsubtle nuances of our parrot’s preferences. Demands. Permanent standing orders. For instance, there is such a thing as “handfed breakfast.” This is when the breakfasting parrot consumes that morning’s gourmet selection (comprised solely of “I eat better than you do” items) while you are holding them in frontContinueContinue reading “Day 33: The “Double Handfed””

The “strawberry” – or, more specifically, the strawberry’s adversarial green leafy top – has long been a certain feathery someone’s nemesis. Placing a strawberry in front of the one with the feathers is like throwing down the gauntlet, no questions asked. He wastes no time. He gets right down to the business of showing theContinueContinue reading “Day 32: Strawberry”

Wicker is delicious.It is also surprisingly pliable if you are a visionary who enjoys reworking classic designs.Wicker can also make for comfortable yet stylish seating (nesting).Not to mention great photo ops.

Dragonflies are beautiful, ethereal creatures. In a happy coincidence, this is not the only quality they share with their equally beautiful counterpart, the cockatiel. For instance, did you know dragonflies are considered (by Wikipedia at least) to be “important predators” that eat mosquitos, wasps, ants and other items humans don’t particularly enjoy? Cockatiels just soContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Dragonfly”

When you are a parrot mommy, you quickly learn that wonders never cease. Ever. Never ever ever. For instance, let’s say your feathery angel has spent the first 11 years of his life as a bona fide seed-aholic (this is sort of like when a large featherless being is a Cheeto-aholic or a chocolate cake-aholic).ContinueContinue reading “Day 30: Apple!”

Cuteness happens. You can’t help it if you were born cute. Whether you chalk it up to good DNA, divine providence, an enterprising outlook (or all of the above), when you are naturally cute, the best thing for it is to WORK IT. Like this.

Cockatiels, like many parrots, hail from exotic tropical places.This makes Houston (aka the warmest, most humid city in America) a perfect alternate home if you are small with downy feathers and a hooked beak.However, occasionally even Houston has its less humid, less warm moments.When these occur, you can use your signature “fluffy feather alert system”ContinueContinue reading “Day 28: Seasons…and why we just need one”