Hi again, this is the continued escapades of my bird
Kiwi and I. Prior to Kiwi’s arrival at our house we
spent a fair amount of time going through the home to
determine what we needed to change as well as where we
wanted to place her cage.Our first thought was to place it in the living room
between our couchand next to the TV. After doing a
little research on birds/conures and theirlikes and
dislikes we decided against this.
The reason being, birds often do not like being next
to big windows as was the case in thissituation. Apparently,
it often makes them nervous as they feel theymust keep
a look out at all time for bigger birds and other predators.
The other draw back to this location was it being right
next to the TV. My wife nor I are night owls but we do
usually stay up until 10pm. Conures and birds in general
need a fair amount of sleep. Typically between 10-14 hours
per day. Not getting this sleep can cause them to be
irritable and cranky just like my wife 
So in the end we decided the best place for Kiwi was in
our dining room. here she would be somewhere she could
see all of the household action during the day but still
be put away at night so she could get the beauty rest she
needed!
Great, now we had a place. We were lucky enough that one
of our friends Who owned a bird had an extra cage they
weren’t using and gave it to us. After checking around
we found it was plenty big enough for a Conure.Approximate
dimensions should be 44″x26″x40″.
Tomorrow I’ll talk about our first couple days with Kiwi
the conure and how we realized she was going to change our
life or we were going to have to change hers.
I’ll give you a hint…we live in a condo
August 30, 2007 at 12:53 am
Ooh a screamer eh?
We have a Quaker named Sunny. We brought him/her (not really sure) home 2.5 weeks ago. He is doing quite well with the transition from his previous owner to us. His previous owner was 31 with Down Syndrome and past away, her motner could not care for him anymore so that is where we stepped in. A family with 4 kids 10,8,6, and 2. I feared the worse but have been pleasantly surprised.
I look fwd. to reading and learning from your blog.
Heather
http://www.rowdyrodi.wordpress.com
August 30, 2007 at 4:38 am
Heather….You guessed it but I’ll talk more about that tomorrow. Hopefully Sunny is adapting well. I’ll talk some about what we did to help Kiwi settle in when we brought her home.
The only way to figure out the gender of the bird is to take it to the vet and have them do a dna sexing. I’m sure Sunny will adjust fine. I’ll be interested to hear how she does with the kids. Feel free to ask any questions.
August 30, 2007 at 11:04 pm
So far she is tollerating them. She will allow them to be her “perch” only when she feels like it. This upsets them but I am okay with it. I figure the less they handle her the better. Fewer accidents if you know what I mean. She happily steps up for me. It’s a good thing too because I brought her home for me. Sort of selfish but I really wanted a quaker. Plus she is only 16 months old so when the kids are gone she will hopefully still be here and well I am glad she likes me. *grin*