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- Feb 20, 2022
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Brave Little birdie, round 2!
Little Cottonoid bird came out of his cage again today!!!
I am ecstatic! As his last venture out resulted in several late evening hours of increasingly worried attempts to get back in.
He also went back inside!! At dinner time! YAY!
Chit chat about my favorite parrot shop and
I spent a lot of money this morning at the parrot store. An amount that exceeds what I've spent on enrichment across my dogs' entire lives! I spent at least 45 minutes talking to the owner; I just can't adore enough how passionate he is about improving parrot lives. I try to wait until there aren't more people in the store, but one gentleman (a seemingly well known customer) came in after I did. When I thanked him for his time waiting, both he and the store owner emphatically said they will always make time for and appreciate anyone who gives a bird in need a new home.
I bought a couple cage bar platform thingies to mount on the outside of the cage and aid Cotton getting in and out - and it worked!
I also bought more balsa kabobs as he destroyed one in 2 days, that was sitting on top of the cage in a location he had to climb to, so he was serious about getting it!
Then duplicates of his favorite perches (that he can shred bark from) so I can swap them out for cleaning/disinfecting. And some different styles of shredding toys.
And two different types of plastic foraging puzzles.
And a duplicate of his favorite paper toy.
Ay yi yi.
I know these aren't highly repetitive costs; once he's more comfortable with me it will be a lot easier to offer mental enrichment outside the cage. I was getting very self conscious about it with myself in the car on the way home, partly because my pay does not support this extravagance long term, but Buster left me a very nice cushion of pet budget cash and Cotton deserves to reap that reward
Maynard thinks she does, too, so she got a new squirrel squeaky toy.
Little Cottonoid bird came out of his cage again today!!!
I am ecstatic! As his last venture out resulted in several late evening hours of increasingly worried attempts to get back in.
He also went back inside!! At dinner time! YAY!
Chit chat about my favorite parrot shop and
I spent a lot of money this morning at the parrot store. An amount that exceeds what I've spent on enrichment across my dogs' entire lives! I spent at least 45 minutes talking to the owner; I just can't adore enough how passionate he is about improving parrot lives. I try to wait until there aren't more people in the store, but one gentleman (a seemingly well known customer) came in after I did. When I thanked him for his time waiting, both he and the store owner emphatically said they will always make time for and appreciate anyone who gives a bird in need a new home.
I bought a couple cage bar platform thingies to mount on the outside of the cage and aid Cotton getting in and out - and it worked!
I also bought more balsa kabobs as he destroyed one in 2 days, that was sitting on top of the cage in a location he had to climb to, so he was serious about getting it!
Then duplicates of his favorite perches (that he can shred bark from) so I can swap them out for cleaning/disinfecting. And some different styles of shredding toys.
And two different types of plastic foraging puzzles.
And a duplicate of his favorite paper toy.
Ay yi yi.
I know these aren't highly repetitive costs; once he's more comfortable with me it will be a lot easier to offer mental enrichment outside the cage. I was getting very self conscious about it with myself in the car on the way home, partly because my pay does not support this extravagance long term, but Buster left me a very nice cushion of pet budget cash and Cotton deserves to reap that reward
Maynard thinks she does, too, so she got a new squirrel squeaky toy.
so there are placements out there. For now he's stuck with me, and everything I can do to make his environment better, and my heart that is completely smitten even when he's not yet convinced 
I am quite sleep deprived today!
