Jazz - Green Cheek Conure Blog

Monday, June 29, 2009

CONTEST WINNER!!

Good Monday morning! Sorry to those of you whose posts didn't show up until now and those who couldn't post. Jazz' Google settings were kinda goofed up, so I had to go change them. All posts should be there now and a winner has been picked.

Drumroll please??

Jazz and Bethanie have picked Zoe from McKinney, TX!! Zoe & Michele, you will receive an email shortly with instructions on how to pick your prize!



Jealous Butt!!

Hi, my name is Jazz and I have anger control issues.

No not really, but he is a jealous bird. Anytime the kids are in my lap that boy squawks and shrieks. He will let the kids pet him and hold him, but he totally verbalizes his distaste with them being in my lap. Such a funny boy!



Fan Club???

Keebler and his person, Kristin, from New Mexico asked if Jazzie had a fan club!! How neat is that. So our answer, Keebler, is no not yet...but if you want to be the founding member, we can sure create a Jazz the GCC fan club!! Send us a comment with your email address if you would like to join Jazz' fan club and we will email you soon with information!
posted by Jazz - The Green Cheek Conure at 9:06 AM 0 comments

Friday, June 19, 2009

Catching Up

I have had some server issues so I haven't been able to post. But here I am now and I have so much to tell you about!


Molting

I got this cute picture of Jazz today. Poor guy he's molting. When I get home from work, it looks like a bird has exploded in his cage. Anyway, he can't stand for his feathers to be dirty, even the ones that have fallen out. He pics them up and cleans them, its so funny.

I do my best to make sure and clean all the feathers out of his cage daily. I don't want him to get to used to playing with feathers. A friend warned me that could lead to plucking when he is no longer molting and doesn't have any feathers to play with.


All That Talking!

Two nights ago, hubby was at a friend's house until late. When I went to bed, I said, "Goodnight Jazz" like I always do, then turned out the light and went to bed. His cage is just outside my bedroom door and when I got laid down, he said something that sounded like "Goodnight" so I said "Goodnight" and he did it again. It was soooo cool. So I kept repeating it and he kept repeating it.

Then, night before last, when we went to bed I wanted to see if he would do it again, and sure enough, we repeated goodnight about 5 times and hubby was so excited he said "Goodnight Jazz" to which Jazz replied in a deeper voice "Goodnight. What doin?" (he asks Jazz "What Doin" every day when he comes home).

Last night, when hubby got home from work, he walked in and said "Hey Jazz, what doin." To which Jazz promptly replied "C'mere". He loves his daddy and has so much fun wrestling with him (have I told you that Jazz thinks he can wrestle with daddy like the puppy does?)

So, when we went to bed, I told hubby not to say anything and see what Jazz does. We climbed into bed and as soon as it was quiet, Jazz said "Goodnight".

Jazz' vocabulary is just growing every day and we just love it!


Snuggle Bunny

When we came back from vacation, Jazz punished me for leaving him. He ran from me for days. Now he's back to his sweet little self. When I open his cage and sit down on the sofa, he runs to me, snuggles down into my hair, preens my hair and jabbers away in his little old man speak. I just love to listen to him chatter.

I'm so happy to be a birdie Momma!


Contest

Well, I created this website just to help others like myself, searching the web for information on GCC's. I never knew it would go over so well! In just a few weeks, we're already almost to 400 hits.

So, to celebrate, we're going to have ourselves a little contest. The winner will get their choice of (GCC size) either a snuggle bag or flight suit. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment with you bird's name(s) and your name and where you're from. Winner will be chosen at random next Saturday night by my sweet daughter and listed on this blog.

posted by Jazz - The Green Cheek Conure at 7:51 AM 6 comments

Friday, June 12, 2009

Come Here!

Jazz is just doing so great! We went out of town last weekend and I was so worried about him. He did great for the sitter but let me know when we came home that he was none too thrilled with me. He punished me for a few days by not wanting to come to me and even running to the back of the cage so I wouldn't get him out. Then yesterday let me know that I was forgiven. When I walked past his cage he hollered "Come'ere" - which he hadn't said before - then he cuddled me and preened my hair.

"Come'ere" has become a regular word in Jazz' vocabulary the last few days. This morning, as we sat reading the Scriptures, he hollered "Come'ere" so I opened the door to his cage. He gave me more wonderful snuggles this morning. He hates it when I put him back in his cage, but he knows when its time so he goes, albeit reluctantly.

I just love my birdie baby!!
posted by Jazz - The Green Cheek Conure at 7:44 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Bathtime Jazzie

Oh, Jazz loves his bath time!! I will get some video soon. He has sooo much fun playing in the water. Here are a couple of pics of Jazz after his bath:






Hanging Out

It is so funny to watch Jazz playing in his snuggle bag! He lays on his back inside the bag and plays with the toy hanging just outside.

Here he is hanging out of his snuggle bag, holding on to the toy with his foot:


Because the bag is fleece and he doesn't hold on, he slowly slides out while he plays and every so often, he falls to the bottom of his cage. Then he looks around and makes sure no one saw him...silly boy.


Jazz just loves his snuggle bag! It's the best thing in his cage.


Wake Up Daddy

One last pic before I go today, Daddy thought he would sneak in a nap before supper but Jazz had other ideas:

posted by Jazz - The Green Cheek Conure at 12:58 PM 0 comments