Tuesday, April 28, 2009

China has seen us scold the cats for trying to get out. Goliath was trying to force the screen door but we didn't notice. China started screeching and I looked to see what was upsetting her. As soon as she knew I was paying attention she kept looking towards the door and screeching. As soon as I shooed Goliath away she settled down.

She's way too smart!

Monday, April 27, 2009

China is the best guard-bird ever!

China's "home" is right in front of the back window. Whenever someone she doesn't recognize goes out there she will shriek. Usually it's one of the kids with their friends. Once she realizes that the person is with the kids she stops.

Well, we are having the shingles on the roof replaced so the guys are working out back where it's easiest to get to the roof. It took Hubby and I a good 5 minutes of her shrieking to figure out that she was panicking over the guys out back!

Then she wouldn't stop so we ended up covering the window so she wouldn't see.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Miss China

We got China and the Amazons cage top perches. Since China has a round topped cage, we set it on the dove cage next to hers. She won't go anywhere near it. We put peanuts on the floor of it in hopes of showing her it's ok. Nothing doing. Hubby tried showing her it was ok. He touched it, talked to her, let her on his shoulder and approached it. She ran up and hid under his chin each time he's tried.

She won't play either. And even though she doesn't pluck, she can't get her feathers to grow. They start growing then as she climbs around and such they get mangled and broke. I've even checked to see if there might be a dietary reason they break/mangle so easily. I can't find anything I'm not giving her that she needs.

The forum I was on was totally useless. If you weren't already an established member or fully bought into their ultra-radical views they wouldn't even acknowledge you. If you posted something that wasn't 100% their idea or approved by them they would spin it and turn it around to be whatever evil they wanted it to be. I'm sure I was totally slammed by the moderators (yeah, they insult and degrade everyone and they, and the chosen few, got away with it but if you weren't in their little club you would get banned and/or not be able to defend yourself).

Meh, piss on em! Not going back to see what they had to say about anything.