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- Female Dusky Conure (Kayak) Female Sun Conure (Carlisle) Female Budgie (Meister) Male Budgie (Spooky Burd)
It has been just over 2 years that Carlisle has been in my life. For those of you who are at least a little bit familiar with my story know that Carlisle was originally my ex's bird. When my ex bought Carlisle from our local Petsmart he was a friendly little guy and loved everybody. Within about 2 weeks of my ex having him home he turned into a one person bird. It made me sad that he HATED me. He would fly to me and attack me. He used to bite me so hard that he would tear chunks of flesh and make me bleed. I have scars on my arms from where he would bite me after flying away from my ex. About 14 months ago some crap (best way to describe it) happened to my ex (at the time current boyfriend) and he was forced to find a new home for Carlisle. Carlisle came to live with me under the pretense that my then boyfriend would eventually take him back. It was supposed to be a temporary thing. I broke up with my boyfriend about 7 months ago and we're still friends. He's in a stable situation where he could take Carlisle back at any time. Over the past 14 months Carlisle and I have developed a wonderful bond. He isn't a "one person" bird anymore. He does prefer me, but he will sit with my mother for awhile... but only if she has a walnut piece for him. 
He has become my little buddy. My other birds and I have special bonds, but the one with Carlisle is even more special to me because of how he used to act toward me. It hit me tonight that this little guy really trusts me. It may sound silly, but I was scratching some pin feathers about an hour ago and he was happy as could be. I had my overhead light on and could see his eyes (he's got dark brown eyes that look black and evil most of the time) and saw that he really trusted me. He trusted me to scratch the itty bitty, teeny tiny pin feathers that were just above his eye. I could see the brown part of his eye as he was looking at me and we just stared at each other for a few seconds until I went back to scratching. I just cannot believe that 14 months ago he would happily have ripped a big chunk of skin off to make me bleed and then laugh at me before flying away. I'll admit when I first took him he scared me. Oh he scared me to death. I was so sure it would be a temporary thing. Little did I know that it would turn into a relationship that I don't want to give up. I know my ex is very sad to have "lost" Carlisle to me. My ex has since gotten a new bird. He ended up being picked by a Turquoise GCC about 8 months ago. At the time he couldn't have a loud bird (Carlisle is a Sun Conure and anybody who has been around one knows how loud they can be) due to his living situation. My ex has "Franklin" to love and care for now. Those two have an amazing bond. It's similar to the one I have with Carlisle.
Sorry for the long post and rant. I just had to share my story. I am just so amazed at how far Carlisle and I have come. Just looking into his eye while he trusted me to scratch pin feathers made me realize what we've got.
My pretty boy
This is from about 10 minutes before I started scratching his pin feathers. I had dyed my hair red earlier tonight and my best friend asked for a picture of it. Well, I took a picture (Carlisle had been sitting on my bed) and sent it to her only to get a text back saying "Ur bird photobombed u" (this kind of text speak annoys me to no end...) When I looked at the picture again I realized that there's Carlisle peeking over my head!
He has become my little buddy. My other birds and I have special bonds, but the one with Carlisle is even more special to me because of how he used to act toward me. It hit me tonight that this little guy really trusts me. It may sound silly, but I was scratching some pin feathers about an hour ago and he was happy as could be. I had my overhead light on and could see his eyes (he's got dark brown eyes that look black and evil most of the time) and saw that he really trusted me. He trusted me to scratch the itty bitty, teeny tiny pin feathers that were just above his eye. I could see the brown part of his eye as he was looking at me and we just stared at each other for a few seconds until I went back to scratching. I just cannot believe that 14 months ago he would happily have ripped a big chunk of skin off to make me bleed and then laugh at me before flying away. I'll admit when I first took him he scared me. Oh he scared me to death. I was so sure it would be a temporary thing. Little did I know that it would turn into a relationship that I don't want to give up. I know my ex is very sad to have "lost" Carlisle to me. My ex has since gotten a new bird. He ended up being picked by a Turquoise GCC about 8 months ago. At the time he couldn't have a loud bird (Carlisle is a Sun Conure and anybody who has been around one knows how loud they can be) due to his living situation. My ex has "Franklin" to love and care for now. Those two have an amazing bond. It's similar to the one I have with Carlisle. Sorry for the long post and rant. I just had to share my story. I am just so amazed at how far Carlisle and I have come. Just looking into his eye while he trusted me to scratch pin feathers made me realize what we've got.
My pretty boy
This is from about 10 minutes before I started scratching his pin feathers. I had dyed my hair red earlier tonight and my best friend asked for a picture of it. Well, I took a picture (Carlisle had been sitting on my bed) and sent it to her only to get a text back saying "Ur bird photobombed u" (this kind of text speak annoys me to no end...) When I looked at the picture again I realized that there's Carlisle peeking over my head!
