Yesterday Lupe and moved Julio's cage from my upstairs office to downstairs to be by Valentino. I am so happy he is finally going to be around another parrot. Although Julio got a lot of attention up here and was not alone very much we had a set back with him clipping ALL his feathers on his tail and wings. He looked like a cornish game hen ready for the crock pot. It didn't help Lupe was sick and didn't spend any time in the office with Julio for two days. Even though I kept to my schedule with Julio he still clipped his feathers. Julio had chosen Lupe has "his" person. For the first time ever I live with a parrot that does not like me. I feel in time he may turn around for me but for now I am taking it really slow with him. I also hope that with being around Valentino and watching me interact with him and during his training session Julio will see that I am not such a bad person. I also hope by him being able to watch Valentino inhale his fresh food mix Julio won't be so scared of the colorful wonderful smelling food. Other than my Eclectus Joaquin I never seen a parrot love sprouts as much as Valentino. Maybe Julio thinks they are scary things.
Here is a picture of Julio after the clipping. I put him to bed the night before and he was normal. I woke up to him looking like this.
I hope we can get his feathers growing back soon but at this point I will have to wait for the moult and he just finished his moult.
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