Cleo's first FUN day out!!!

January 6, 2008

Today was a big day for Cleo!! Her first day camping!!! LOL. Not really....but it was her first day in a camper. She goes into her carrier pretty good now. Sometimes, it does take some conning, but for the most part she is doing very well. It's a new adventure for her. When I remember having to wine her to get her into the HUGE dog carrier to get her clipped, boy, it's nothing!

But I truly believed she enjoyed her travels today, even if the camper was just in the front yard. :)

Below was her view from the camper window. She sat there quietly and looked outside some. It was nice just listening to Jack Johnson, drinking coffee and hanging out with my bird and my son. The sun was out for a little while.

As you can see by the pix, she played quite a bit with stuff. She was very comfortable. The camper windows were open, it was a breezy 68 degree day and I think she liked that. I know I did!! I am the beach bum and this long winter dreary days are gruesome.
She even got playful and flipped over on her back on the table and got some belly scratching. But mostly she was into demolising things. Namely, she had an eye on this inkpen. I took the ink cartridge out and let her have a go. She nipped the side of the camper table and got a quick NO! I mean, I love her and all, but she ain't eating the table on our brand new camper....nope, not gonna have it. I can tell I'm going to have to be creative if we take her camping. She'll have to have a bigger cage than what I had anticipated. She'll bore quickly and want to eat the camper. But, she was feeling frisky today in the sun and that may have made it worse. She'll do fine. I just gotta get my ducks...er Amazons, in a row. ;)

This next picture is of absolutley nothing besides her beautiful back feathers. Since she had a good shower yesterday, they were very shiny today. She's so much content after she has a good shower. She LOOOOVED that shower yesterday. REally, I don't think she wanted out. But her back feathers were shimmering today in the sun.




Then, we left there and went to a buddy's house. I twanted to use him as a "prop". LOL. I am intentionally exposing her to different sitautions not that she can travel. I can tell it makes her more trusting and a better pet already. Plus it's valued exercise.
She very easily transferred to his hand and then to my son's. I let her stay there a couple of minutes, but not long. Dont' wanna push my luck. But, she was relaxed. Even sort of muttering on their arms.
After Cleo's big day out, she fell sound asleep on her stand in the living room at 7 pm. She was out! I was surprised at how what we did today wore her down. I'm sure it's stressful for her. But, she was asleep. She usually doesn't get sleepy until 8:15 or so. She ate, drank, fluffed out, hiked up on one foot, then went asleep like a drunk. Both eyes closed. It still amazes me how they can balance on foot with both eyes closed and sleep.Anyway, she's asleep, dreaming of camping. :)
Even as recent as 2 months ago, if you were to have told me she would be able to travel like this, sit on MY friend's arms??? I would have not believed you. But now, most of the time, she comes to me and hops on my hand.
For those of you that got trained birds, you have no idea what a great feeling those lil hot and scaley claws can be when you've worked so long to get them on you....without bloodshed.
Mark