This
morning the sky is sort of blue with the sun peaking in and out of the clouds
with the weather folks talking about heavy rain headed our way from the west,
north and east.
Am
guessing Friday June 17, 2016 is going to be one of those fun wet days for Joe,
Ann and Bob, but we will adjust and have a fun television and book day with a
few Joe learning sessions tossed in.
Joe
oversaw the cleaning of his cage and the replenishment of his dry food and
water from on top of his cage and once all was ready Joe returned for a snack
and a drink.
Another
first today, Joe decided to add portions of his perch to his morning breakfast
and started chewing on his top perch for several minutes and then eating the
wood, will have to check on what the experts say about parrots chewing and
appearing to eat wood.
The
new cage is still a curiosity to Joe but he has been on top of the cage and has
started to chew on one of the new cage perches just to test it out and make the
new cage his own.
Ann and I have been a little worried about Joe since he sleeps
so much and is still a little afraid of spending too much time outside of his
cage.
Joe appears to be in good physical and hopefully great mental shape, but
as far as we know Joe has never been to the vet so we will be taking Joe into
the Avian Vet soon for his first ever Amazon Parrot examination.
A check of the local area found only one Avian Vet and that
vet was located at the Animal Clinic of Lady Lake about six miles from where
Joe the Amazon Parrot now resides. The web site - http://www.animalclinicofladylake.com/services.html - list
lots of fun vet treatments for birds so will be taking Joe in for his first
ever avian vet appointment soon.
Contacted Animal Clinic of Lady Lake located at 414 Teague
Trail, Lady Lake, FL 32159 - Phone: (352) 753-5333 and learned Joe could
not be seen by the avian vet until Thursday, July 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM. Provided
the Avian Vet folks the information on Joe the Amazon Parrot and scheduled the
appointment for Joe on July 8, 2016 – Who knew an avian vet would have so many
bird appointments.
Earlier in the day while I was
out and about and Ann was having some quality time with Joe a second Amazon
Parrot book arrived “The Second hand Parrot” providing all sorts of good
information on how to live with your new adopted Amazon Parrot and all the
mental and physical baggage he brings with him from his previous owners to you
his new owner – Smiles.
Such great topics – Interaction,
The rest of the story, Compatibility, Cages, Perches, Moving from old cage to
new cage, Toys, Bathing, Health, Nutrition, Grooming, Training, Talking,
Biting, Trust and Love – am guessing from reading this book being an Amazon
Parrot owner is not as easy as it sounds – Ann and I are up to the task.
After reading the second book on
Amazon Parrots Ann and I decided to get Joe’s new cage ready for him to move in
and as we work on Joe’s new cage Joe is not happy with us touching his cage!
Remember Joe has not really been in the new cage but has already claimed it as
his.
Ann just got Joe out of the old
cage and he sat with us at the computer next to the cage for about five
minutes, then Joe decided to get on my left shoulder and was happy to be there
till my ear got in his way and he decided to get back on Ann’s hand for a few
minutes.
Nothing like having a good sized
Amazon Parrot sitting on your left shoulder whispering “Well Well” as he grazes
your ear, not bite, but nudge it as he jumps onto Ann’s hand.
Progress is not easy but Joe is
training his new Amazon Parrot owners a little at a time and smiling every time
he teaches us a new trick.
More fun and exciting moments of
Joe the Amazon Parrot to follow when my brain fog lifts and my fingers remember
which computer keys to strike.
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