Pinky

Well its been a busy week. Casper has settled in really quickly, making lots of noises and watching our every move. Paula mentioned a few words he knew already but he has been saying more and more. I am not sure whether these are words he knows and now has chilled out enough to say them or they have been learnt here.

Casper comes out every evening for at least 4 hours. At the moment he comes out himself and he goes back in with a bribe of a piece of orange!! That been said, the greatest progress I have had is that he will now step up and have put him back in his cage on two occasions. A few days after he arrived, he started making these cheeping noises and allowed me to tickle his head. When he is like this I know he will definitely step up and I am on to a winner. Today he let me give him a tickle when he was behaving normally, so I really do think he is coming round.

He seems to favour me over the children although they are old enough to realise he is unpredictable and has to be treated with respect. He flies from his cage straight to me now which irritates my daughter who would love for him to fly to her.

I really do think he has settled well and I am not regretting for a minute, Here are a couple of photos of him!

WHOOP WHOOP, He is actually here !!!! I can hardly believe it. I have waited so long and researched so much to make sure that having a Grey was the right thing for us as a family. I was initially going to get a baby off a lovely lady local to me but then Pat stepped in and suggested rehoming. So contact with Paula was made and I was placed on the list. Despite having no birdie, I continued on the site, reading everything that was written to make sure when the right time came, I would be the best owner I could be.

Now on to the main man himself…Casper…what can I say!!! I am so so lucky to have been matched to this little guy. Its only been a couple of days but I am noticing small changes in his behaviour which clearly show he is getting his claws well and truly under the perch. He has been out for a few hours for the last couple of nights and he has had a few short flights but needs to practice more as he is quite puffed out when he has done a circuit of the room !! He is a bit nippy but its early days and he needs to settle and we need to learn to trust each other. He has let me give him a head tickle tonight which is progress and greets us with a little knock knock noise every time anyone enters the room.

He is in exceptionally good condition and its obvious he was very well looked after. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge heartfelt thank you to Jenny and her daughter. Whilst I appreciate you made a really difficult decision, I promise you, he will be most loved and spoilt here. I will keep this Blog updated so you can see how he is progressing.

Many many thanks to Paula and Rick. Everyone involved with Casper has truly made my dream come true. xxx