FoxersArtist
05-20-2008, 03:53 AM
Pookie is a 20 year old congo african grey who is just about the sweetest little gal in the world. She came from the same couple who gave up the macaws (see post Daisy & Popeye). Pookie came at a good time since we are still going through some Sunshine withdrawls and it feels good to have another grey in the house. (By the way Evelyn, Sunshine is doing fantastic and has started naming off all sorts of new foods hoping they will be dropped into his bowl. his new owner gives him treats and tells him what the treat is called once and he is repeating that name every time he wants the treat thereafter. She is convinced that he has made everyone his servant. Also, he has learned a new letter in the "Spell Albuquerque" sequence, so he's still learning!) Anyway, Pookie is super sweet and super relaxed. She hardly blinked an eye when her owners brought her over and she realized she was staying. She looks a little malnourished and will do well to have a more varied diet but is not a picky eater. Her previous owners explained that she was almost totally plucked when they got her and she has sense grown most of her feathers in. That being said, I am not sure if the bare patch that is on her neck will ever grow back, but her other feathers will look great once she has some nutrition in her diet.
After getting all of her things set up, I started to leave the room but felt guilty about leaving her locked in her cage as she was used to being out. I decided to open her door and let her out and leave the door open so I could keep an eye on her from the other room. I opened her cage and started to walk out but turned around to a bird who was clinging to the door, leaning as far out toward me as she could stretch. Ok. I picked her up and took her in the bedroom, set her down on the end of the bed and let her take her time. She walked right up to me, bowed her head and fluffed up her whole head. What a lovely little introduction from a very easy going girl. Her owners told us a little bit about her and we are eagerly waiting for her to say: "IIIIIII have a prettttttty red tail!"
I have left Pookies cage door open for part of the day to give her some out time and the past few days I have watched her climb down off her cage and board the vacant cage next to hers - for one purpose. She likes to sit on top and look out the window at traffic!...and she just sits there so content! What a little love!
So, I have a feeling that Pookie won't be sticking around long if a certain somebody who has been very patiently waiting for the right grey meets her and falls in love.
Here she is.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Foxersartist/Fosters/Pookie.jpg
And another:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Foxersartist/Fosters/Pookie1.jpg
-Anna
After getting all of her things set up, I started to leave the room but felt guilty about leaving her locked in her cage as she was used to being out. I decided to open her door and let her out and leave the door open so I could keep an eye on her from the other room. I opened her cage and started to walk out but turned around to a bird who was clinging to the door, leaning as far out toward me as she could stretch. Ok. I picked her up and took her in the bedroom, set her down on the end of the bed and let her take her time. She walked right up to me, bowed her head and fluffed up her whole head. What a lovely little introduction from a very easy going girl. Her owners told us a little bit about her and we are eagerly waiting for her to say: "IIIIIII have a prettttttty red tail!"
I have left Pookies cage door open for part of the day to give her some out time and the past few days I have watched her climb down off her cage and board the vacant cage next to hers - for one purpose. She likes to sit on top and look out the window at traffic!...and she just sits there so content! What a little love!
So, I have a feeling that Pookie won't be sticking around long if a certain somebody who has been very patiently waiting for the right grey meets her and falls in love.
Here she is.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Foxersartist/Fosters/Pookie.jpg
And another:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Foxersartist/Fosters/Pookie1.jpg
-Anna