Mare
05-01-2013, 05:13 PM
I just got home last night, from 6 days in Baja. My hubby held down the fort, here, taking care of birds, cats, dogs, horses, garden and himself through that time. My niece was getting married and asked if I would please come and also give her a wedding hair up-do on her day. I love Baja, we have a place down there and it has always been challenging for my husband and I to go together because of the birds, mostly.
My husband had bought a fairly large outdoor cage for Amigo, in hopes that we could someday travel together and have a caretaker come in daily to help with the critters but the caretaker we had in mind, is our daughter who was a bridesmaid in the wedding, sooo...
I get home last night, 12hr. drive, exhausted, birds are already closed down for the night. Amigo has been locked in his indoor cage for six days. My husband can feed and water him, only. Amigo will not allow bodily contact, unless it's beak to flesh, so Amigo has not been out of his cage this whole time, nor, has his cage been cleaned.
HOLY MOLY! It looked like a bomb went off in Amigo's cage! I made sure his cage was clean and plenty of chew stuff to keep him busy while I was gone but I was not expecting to come home to just one perch still holding on, his rope perches are now mostly wire, his natural wood perches are all hanging against the side of the cage! His floor is littered with wood chips, torn paper, bird crap and food, dander and feathers that have been shed but not plucked, thankfully, and BOY was he happy to see me this morning!!
Sassy survived well. She loves my hubby and he had her out daily, even cleaned her cage. I'm now busy doing a re-model on Amigo's cage, he is now outside RIPPING it up!
My husband had bought a fairly large outdoor cage for Amigo, in hopes that we could someday travel together and have a caretaker come in daily to help with the critters but the caretaker we had in mind, is our daughter who was a bridesmaid in the wedding, sooo...
I get home last night, 12hr. drive, exhausted, birds are already closed down for the night. Amigo has been locked in his indoor cage for six days. My husband can feed and water him, only. Amigo will not allow bodily contact, unless it's beak to flesh, so Amigo has not been out of his cage this whole time, nor, has his cage been cleaned.
HOLY MOLY! It looked like a bomb went off in Amigo's cage! I made sure his cage was clean and plenty of chew stuff to keep him busy while I was gone but I was not expecting to come home to just one perch still holding on, his rope perches are now mostly wire, his natural wood perches are all hanging against the side of the cage! His floor is littered with wood chips, torn paper, bird crap and food, dander and feathers that have been shed but not plucked, thankfully, and BOY was he happy to see me this morning!!
Sassy survived well. She loves my hubby and he had her out daily, even cleaned her cage. I'm now busy doing a re-model on Amigo's cage, he is now outside RIPPING it up!