Tuesday, January 25, 2011

new aviary

well, today i will be ordering the new aviary for phoenix, our umbrella cockatoo.  i've been saving for it and very excited to get it ordered.  this is for in the house, we will build a base for it and put linoleum over the base so it can be mopped out.  its a little bigger than the home built aviary he is in now which is 4foot by 5 foot and 7 feet high. 

Friday, January 14, 2011

food for the birds

its really amazing how we get home from the grocery store and while putting all the fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and other bird snacks away, we realized that we  bought maybe and i say maybe two food items for our own consumption.  
well, all is quiet for the next hour and a half....it is birdie nap time through out the entire house.  now if i could just get the dogs to nap for me it would be complete peace for a little while, atleast until dinner time feedings. 
Beepers is on my mind again, although he never leaves my thoughts, sometimes it is so strong that i cry.  i will do my best to write about beepers next time.  its very hard for me to talk about but anyone reading this will understand what i mean after the post.  have a great weekend all.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

wasn't sure how to start......

I had set this blog up a couple days ago but really wasn't sure how to start it, i'm new to this so please bare with me.  i decided to start, essentially, from the begining.  I am ashamed to admit this, but I didn't always love birds.  My wonderful grandparents had vaccationed for two weeks in florida and low and behold came home with a cockatiel.  I lived with them, and thought the bird was really cool.  i was young and stupid and ended up hating the bird.  i mean litterally hating it.  he was loud and obnoxious in my eyes.  little did i know i would end up falling in love with birds and owning 11 of them.  we now own an umbrella cockatoo, a green cheek conure, a sun conure and a nansun conure (recently aquired by traveling 3 states over thanksgiving in 2010, but that is a story for later), 5 baby cockatiels all under 6 months of age, and a mamma and daddy cockatiel who are now sitting on a clutch of eggs.  the furry animals, aaahhhh, four dogs, and three beautiful wonderful ferrets........