I'm Not Sure Why................................

I'm sure why I worried so much about Blueberry weaning from his formula and becoming more independent. It seemed to happen over night. He hardly eats any more of his formula. He is enjoying eating seeds and the other treats I have put in his cage. He is also having more fun in his cage. I rearranged it again and moved some of his perches higher. He was always looking up so I figured he wanted to perch higher. I am so glad I did that. He is always hopping between the 3 perches that are at different levels. Just because he is almost weaned doesn't mean Blueberry doesn't come out of his cage. He still comes out quite a lot during the day to play. We also have our special time together before I put him to bed. I still can't believe the last 27 days that a tiny bird kept me out of the kitchen, out of fear he would see me and want to come out eat all the time. Now I can go into the kitchen any time and sit and talk to him. No more staying out of my kitchen. My worries are finally behind me.

It seems....................................

It seems like Blueberry is adjusting to his cage more and more each day. I am still waiting for the extra perches to arrive so I can make his cage handicap accessable. He tries really hard to perch on the rope perch but can't. This morning I took off the towel that covered the lower half of the back of the cage. He use to go crazy and was frantically trying to get out. At this moment he is just preening his feathers.

Yesterday I talked to Marilyn at work and she told me we have to go 3 hours now until Blueberries next feeding. When I first arrived at home yesterday, Blueberry was doing his baby bird fluttering wanting to be fed. I took him out and put him on his towel so he could eat seeds instead of his formula. It was so hard not to feed him, but I suceeded. He has a bigger interest in the seeds now so hopefully soon he'll be weaned from the formula. I am getting him a couple birdie treats to hang in is cage which I am hoping will help. We'll see.

Blueberry is in a cage!

Yesterday I took out the cage that Marilyn gave me and got it set up for Blueberry. At first I only had a snuggle hut in a corner and a paper towel and tissue nest in another corner with a little food and a couple toys inside the cage. When I first put Blueberry inside the cage, I set him on the nest. He quickly did not like it and tried to get to the door as fast as he could. I noticed he couldn't grasp the bars that are on the bottom of the cage because of his feet. I still do his exercises to hope to uncurl his feet bus so far no luck. I let him out and he was chirping so loud and fast and wanted me to cuddle him. So I tried putting paper towels on top of the floor to see if that would help. I then put Blueberry back inside the cage and he sat for a minute befire running to the door to let him out. It was a little better for him to walk on. Finally I decided to lay a piece of paper on top of the floor and then add a layer of the apsen shavings on top. I then arranged everything inside the cage so it looked like his current home. This went much better when I put him back inside the cage. His cage is right in front of my garden window in the kitchen. Right now I have a towel covering half the back of the cage because he was frantically trying to get out the back of the cage yesterday. I'll take it off when he is more use to his cage. That evening when it was bed time, I put him in the boys closet in his old home so he can have peace and quiet.

This morning after he ate, he is pecking and eating seed a little more, and played for about an hour I put him inside the cage, and at this moment he is doing much better. He is really exploring and eating out of the little pan of seeds and grit I put in the cage. He keeps looking up wanting to fly onto the perch that is way up high. I have a couple of small perches coming in the mail which I will put low hoping to encourage him to use them and hope his feet will uncurl.

Blueberry sure is growing!

Blueberry sure is growing. His pin feathers on his wings and tail are getting longer. I can see where he is getting feathers on his head, back and belly. He is eating much more and is getting active. I am still worried about one of his legs. He moves around a lot and is standing for very short times on his legs. I'm also wondering if his feet will uncurl. He also tries to flap his little wings when he tries to stand. I'm almost positive he is going to make it. The first week was so touch and go. Starting him on the Kaytee bird formula was a very smart thing we did for Blueberry. I am now hopeful and looking at cages, toys, and what good quality Sparrow food I can buy him when he is older. The boys are still taking an interest in Blueberry and helping out when I am at work. I have 3 very good bird sitters. When I am home, most of the care is up to me unless I am very busy, then Alex steps in without any fuss. He really cares for Blueberry. I just love that Blueberry goes to bed around 9:00pm-9:30pm and sleeps until 7:00am. It make me happy that I don't have to get up every 2 hours to feed him. At least this week when I work I won't worry so much about Blueberry. Last week was a worry every day week.