Jazz - Green Cheek Conure Blog

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.