Day 20 - 21

The weekend was full of firsts...i hope i dont forget anything.

SATURDAY - started off slow. Pico doesn't seem to be a morning bird. we feed him his breakfast and as soon as he is done with that, we put him on his play stand. he immediately lifted one of his legs and closed his eyes. so we let him be.

hubby went to school, and soon after Pico woke up. i played with him and talked to him. we did some step-up training. he responded quite nicely. no problems to report.

when hubby came home, we tried to give him a mist bath, but he wasnt interested at all. we took him around the apartment and went upstairs to see if we could get a look at the large bird upstairs - but he wasn't out, so we went back to his play stand.

more attention - head preening, talking (me to him), and playing.

after dinner, Pico was really active and wanted to do something. we took him to our bedroom where he walked around on our bed and found some paper towel which he ripped to shreds immediately. after that, he was still looking for something to do, so to save our sheets, covers and pillows, we took him to the dining table where he found an orange. he gently touched it with his beak and once he punctured the skin, he smelled the orangey smell and delved right in. he did such a great job at peeling back the rind! after peeling away half of the orange rind, he enjoyed the orange inside. it was so cool to watch him work so hard to get the fruit that we took a few pictures of the process.

he ate half of the orange and hubby and i enjoyed the rest. thanks Pico!

he then got his meds and went to bed.

SUNDAY - it was such a beautiful day! the sun was shining with its full warmth and with a few cool breezes. it was so perfect. we went to a friends house and took pico along. we have really wanted to start socializing pico so that he feels more at ease with strangers. it couldn't have gone any better.

we brought along his play stand for him. at the beginning, he was a little hesitant and was just looking all over the place. Pico didnt really want to go on his play stand. so we took him around our friend's apartment (with his allowance) - he seemed to love it with wings slightly open and fluttering, eyes just wide and interested, and leaning his body out in front, just trying to look around the corner. after looking around, he allowed hubby to put him on the play stand.

Pico seemed interested in our friend (male) and as soon as this friend gave him a treat, Pico was so okay with him. he would've even allowed our friend to pick him up with his hand! the friend passed near pico's play stand and pico stretched out a foot to him, as if to say "hey, you can pick me up!". so cute.

it was so great. i am so looking forward to more socializations with other friends - if they are willing. pico sure had a great time and he was just full of energy. needless to say, he sure had a great sleep.

wonderful weekend! woohoo!