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After reading the dog and cat diaries that Lawren posted, I thought you might enjoy reading about my cockatiel, Newby. I never realized how much of personality that a bird can have:
Newby’s Typical Day
8:30 a.m. Hey, it’s daytime! Let me out of this cage. Pace, pace, squawk, squawk. Oh, there she is, good, I’m free !!
9:00 a.m. Time for my morning exercise routine. I’ll just fly around my “circle” thru the kitchen, thru the dining room, thru the living room, around and around, oops, getting dizzy, better quit for now and go to my retreat.
9:10 a.m. I love my shelf/perch here in the hall bathroom cause there is a big mirror right next to me and I can talk to that “other” bird. “Pretty, pretty bird. Love you, pretty bird, tsk, tsk, tsk.”
9:30 am. Oh, she’s going to get on the computer. That means it’s time for my cracker. Hey, here I am on your shoulder. Where’s my cracker? Nip, nip, here I am !! Oh, good that got her attention and here’s my cracker, yum, yum.
10:00 am. Hey, he’s eating something while he’s sitting in that chair. I better investigate! Oh, yuck, it’s a banana, every day it’s a banana, I don’t like bananas!! I’ll just sit here and watch him, maybe one of these days, it will be something I like !!
10:30 am. What is she doing on that computer? Better go sit on her shoulder and check it out, I like it when the computer makes music!!
11:00 am. I’ll just fly over here to my other retreat, the top of the lampshade. Wait, what is that noise? Oh, no, it’s the garbage truck, that means that danged dog is going to start barking. BARK, BARK. Shoot, I don’t want to be out here, quick fly into the bathroom. Guess I’d better help that dog: BARK, BARK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK, BARK, BARK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK!! Oh, that worked, that loud truck left, whew...
11:05 am. That wore me out, time for a little nap.
12:30 pm. Time for her lunch. Oops, she shut the bathroom door and I can’t get out! Why does she always do that when she is fixing food? Doesn’t she know I want to watch and see if it’s something I want to eat?????
2:00 pm. OK, she’s back on the computer. I’ll just hop off of her shoulder and walk around the floor to see if there is anything good to eat there. But there’s nothing, ok, back to my cage and scarf down some of those pellets. Got to keep my tummy full, you know?
3:30 pm. She’s lying on the couch! Playtime!! I’ll just sit on the end and “babble” while she wiggles her toes at me. Hey, you stopped wiggling, nip, nip, do that again! And again! And again! Love to play toesies with her!!
3:45 pm. OK, that’s enough of that. I need some loving! I’ll just walk over her body to her shoulder. Duck my head down, that’s right, getting some finger scritches on my head. Ooh, that feels good, now if I just turn my head upside down, she can scritch my neck, not too hard, now, oh yes, that’s great.
5:00 pm. Back to the bathroom shelf. It’s getting dark and I’m feeling kind of tired, big day you know? Here she is, yep step up onto that hand and let her carry me to my cage. I know she’ll give me a few of those Zupreem fruit flavored thingies. I love those!!
5:10pm. Nite all, it was a great day and I have a great life!!
Newby’s Typical Day
8:30 a.m. Hey, it’s daytime! Let me out of this cage. Pace, pace, squawk, squawk. Oh, there she is, good, I’m free !!
9:00 a.m. Time for my morning exercise routine. I’ll just fly around my “circle” thru the kitchen, thru the dining room, thru the living room, around and around, oops, getting dizzy, better quit for now and go to my retreat.
9:10 a.m. I love my shelf/perch here in the hall bathroom cause there is a big mirror right next to me and I can talk to that “other” bird. “Pretty, pretty bird. Love you, pretty bird, tsk, tsk, tsk.”
9:30 am. Oh, she’s going to get on the computer. That means it’s time for my cracker. Hey, here I am on your shoulder. Where’s my cracker? Nip, nip, here I am !! Oh, good that got her attention and here’s my cracker, yum, yum.
10:00 am. Hey, he’s eating something while he’s sitting in that chair. I better investigate! Oh, yuck, it’s a banana, every day it’s a banana, I don’t like bananas!! I’ll just sit here and watch him, maybe one of these days, it will be something I like !!
10:30 am. What is she doing on that computer? Better go sit on her shoulder and check it out, I like it when the computer makes music!!
11:00 am. I’ll just fly over here to my other retreat, the top of the lampshade. Wait, what is that noise? Oh, no, it’s the garbage truck, that means that danged dog is going to start barking. BARK, BARK. Shoot, I don’t want to be out here, quick fly into the bathroom. Guess I’d better help that dog: BARK, BARK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK, BARK, BARK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK!! Oh, that worked, that loud truck left, whew...
11:05 am. That wore me out, time for a little nap.
12:30 pm. Time for her lunch. Oops, she shut the bathroom door and I can’t get out! Why does she always do that when she is fixing food? Doesn’t she know I want to watch and see if it’s something I want to eat?????
2:00 pm. OK, she’s back on the computer. I’ll just hop off of her shoulder and walk around the floor to see if there is anything good to eat there. But there’s nothing, ok, back to my cage and scarf down some of those pellets. Got to keep my tummy full, you know?
3:30 pm. She’s lying on the couch! Playtime!! I’ll just sit on the end and “babble” while she wiggles her toes at me. Hey, you stopped wiggling, nip, nip, do that again! And again! And again! Love to play toesies with her!!
3:45 pm. OK, that’s enough of that. I need some loving! I’ll just walk over her body to her shoulder. Duck my head down, that’s right, getting some finger scritches on my head. Ooh, that feels good, now if I just turn my head upside down, she can scritch my neck, not too hard, now, oh yes, that’s great.
5:00 pm. Back to the bathroom shelf. It’s getting dark and I’m feeling kind of tired, big day you know? Here she is, yep step up onto that hand and let her carry me to my cage. I know she’ll give me a few of those Zupreem fruit flavored thingies. I love those!!
5:10pm. Nite all, it was a great day and I have a great life!!
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