Day 23

today i sorta followed pico's lead.

i took him out of his cage on the perch and walked with him around the apartment. he was so into it, so i also led him out in the hallways of the apartment building. we also went upstairs to visit the big bird and his owner. pico wanted to go right up to the big bird's cage, but i pulled back and pico tried to bite me for that. a NO and a perch wobble corrected him and he behaved after that.

the other bird (big bird i will call him), was also very interested, but didnt know what to do. he got a little closer to pico in his cage, but then went to his food bowl where he was dining on fried egg. wow.

after the visit, we went back down to our apt, and i put pico on his play stand. that was good timing because holding him on that perch for that long was killing my hand and arm. once pico stepped off, i could hardly open my hand that was holding on to his perch. ack! i hope he is not gaining any more weight....vet said he was a little overweight so we have been limiting his seed/nut intake.

pico hasnt taken a mist shower in a week or so. i tried putting him on his perch in the shower, but he didnt want it. if he doesnt take a shower by the weekend, we will have to do something.

after putting pico on his playstand (and working out the kinks in my hand!) i spent some quality time with him just talking to him. when he starts shaking his head quickly at certain familiar words and closing his eyes a bit, i can tell he is mellow and calming down. he then, if he wants, will lower his head for some preening.

i do sing to him - so far its only one song - and when i do, he wakes up a little bit and listens very intently. its interesting. i guess yna's generally do love songs.

oh, and while walking up to visit the big bird, pico usually gets exciting and blurts out some english words. this time was no different. he said a phrase that ive heard before, but couldnt understand. this time, i listened carefully and found out that pico has been saying "help me up". thats so funny because it was at the exact moment that we were climbing the stairs when pico said that. it was awesome to me.

another funny story. hubby called me to pick him up from his night class and pico was still out of the cage on the play stand. (i was into my second quality time session with pico). i decided to lure him back with some dried apricot. i ate a piece in front of him and made some "mmmmmm" noises. i gave him a piece and he gobbled it up. i showed him that i placed a few more apricot pieces into his food bowl. then i picked him up on the perch, placed him into his cage with no fuss, closed his cage, and as i saw him not going for his food bowl, i took out a piece of apricot from the bowl and handed it to pico. pico took it and promptly dropped it. it was a clear sign of "just go pick up 'daddy' and get me outta here. i dont want no apricot! i just want to go on the play stand". too funny.

well, daddy came home and pico got his meds. we allowed him some time on the play stand and it was then way past his bedtime so into his cage he went.