Cleo's first tornado drill.

January 8th, 2007
Tonite, we had tornado watches/warnings out and we took the birds with us to the neighbor's basement. Cleo went like there was nothing to it!! She just rode my big ole hand into that carrier like she'd done it a thousand times. Once in, she got some treats and she just sat in there on her perch quietly the whole time.
At the basement, I took her out and she sat on my arm, then I broke a personal rule and let her climb up my arm and preen my bald head because it was stormy outside. What a softie I am. LOL.
So, she did scare the neighbor's kid a lil just by her presence, but Cleo just sat there like a champ. Then, she grumbled a little when I put her back in, but after the storm passed, back in she went nicely and we came home. She is doing so good, I'm soooo proud of her. She's my girl now!
Actually, it really wasn't that stormy, but it was afternoon (not in the nite) and I wanted to get a good tornado drill in with the birds in the carrier. Dood did good like he always does about the carrier, but my daughter caught his tailfeather in the cage door and he was pretty ill the rest of the nite after that.
I'm thinking in the future, when it might get stormy and we sit up to see how it goes, I might put her to bed in the carrier and cover it. It has a nice perch in there I installed. That way, if we have to go, I won't be getting her up at 2 am. This is one of the things you deal with living in our area. Shewt, I grew up going to the storm houses, not letting my dog Tootsie come in cause mom said she attracted lightening. crazy...They also said my hair came out cause I wore baseball caps.
Anyway, it looks like I got myself a travelling bird now!!! And..I think she likes to go. ;)