Mickey, the senegal parrot
First
of all...I found out that Mickey is a girl!! There are some pages where you
still read that she is a "he", but that I still have to change.
Since February 2, 2000 I know that Mickey is female after doing a DNA test
in England at Avian Biotech International (Cornwall), see this certificate:
The big day was
Wednesday July 28, 1999!! She came
home!! I was very excited about that. I had to take
her
out of her little cage to put her in his big one and she bit me very hard! Do you see the
drop of blood on my finger?? LOL!
The next day
she didn't find
his food can yet, so I gave her some millet; she immediately ate from
it.
After
1½ day she found her
food, I am so happy about that. She also saw her water dish and drank a lot!!
She must have
been very thirsty!
There are some
troubles with her...she constantly puts hers head through the
cage bars
and it worked also!
Shucks! I have to keep a good eye on her. Hope she will stop with this soon. But
anyway....she found her fresh dish too. Now she is eating some cucumber!! She got her first bath at
August 1, 1999. I took her to my bathroom and sprayed her with some nice light warm water.
I don't think she liked it yet, but soon she will...I am very sure
of that!!
Yes yes! She comes and sits on
my finger! She already did this in her cage, but
now she is out, she does it too (August 2,
1999).
For the first time out with
my other birds, Rakker (budgie) and Pucky (lovebird). It went well....but Pucky and Mickey
don't like each other yet. Rakker went to Mickey as well, he isn't afraid of
her. I think
he sees every bird as a play friend!! (see thumbnail pictures).
She still does her head
through the cage bars...I really hate that. So I decided to buy a new cage for
her. It
certainly was very expensive, but it was necessary. She could have killed
herself and if
that had happened I would never forgive myself!!
