Sleeping Birds
Apr. 1st, 2011 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cloudy_oneOver the last handful of days my schedule seems to have been shifting around a bit. I feel more energized into the later hours and wake up just slightly later (this morning I woke up at 8:45 without an alarm). Last night I stayed up past midnight and while I did get tired when I went to bed it was still weird for me to be coherent even at that time of night. Admittedly I did take a nap earlier in the day (10:30am to 2pm) but naps don't usually make for me staying up too much later. Sam and I walked Zia until midnight and when we came back put on a movie. Afterward is when I went to sleep. I think Sam stayed up a little bit longer. It's strange to me to think about my schedule shifting clockwise, but Sam said something that made sense. Since it's been getting a lot warmer during the day maybe that's why I'm getting a little bit more toward a night schedule. I am a day person, that's for sure, but not a heat person. It'll work out well anyway since I prefer to take Zia for walks later at night during the summer so we don't have to worry about other people being at the park. Makes it easier to let her off-leash.
Odd thing I hadn't thought about before a lot, but our room is suddenly an aviary (with a guinea pig). A while ago we adopted three cockatiels and a parrot from Tina and Junior while they were staying in a place that didn't allow pets. Well, since then they've come to an arrangement and taken back the parrot and one of the cockatiels. We were left with two of them (Rio and Roxy). Of course in addition to those two, we also have Paige, who is our pigeon that we tried to patch up after a cat attack left her unable to fly (by the way, we know she's a girl because she lays eggs regularly). Well a little while ago Roxy passed away. Tina had gotten them from a rescue shelter with the knowledge that not only were they already seniors, but also abused seniors. It didn't come as much surprise when Roxy needed to move on. Since cockatiels are highly social birds (they go manic if they are alone until they tire themselves out and pass out) we thought about getting Rio a friend. Well, cockatiels are insanely expensive and we have the problem of Rio passing first and then needing to get another friend for the new friend. It would be a cycle. So instead we decided on a different route. Recently we got a couple of parakeets (from Petsmart) to liven things up a bit for Rio. Little did we know that they were going to liven things up for all of us. After spending quite a while chasing them flapping crazily around the room, we got to hear them make a fuss in their cage for quite a while. I think it's an adjustment period (Rio has even tried talking to them, or at least at them) but boy howdy birds are noisy! Between Rio's high-pitched squawks, and the parakeet's (yet to be named) low-pitched scritches, and Paige's soothing but persistent cooing there is hardly ever quiet in our room. Through it all our guinea pig Sherlock doesn't seem to mind at all. He's more open than he's ever been (even being calm and receptive to a toe nail clipping) and has no problem hanging out in the open and napping through all of the ruckus.
With all the complaining up there I am still pleased about how things are going. Paige is so much more affectionate than she used to be. She's trying to become a house bird. More and more she's been wanting to wander around the house. We keep her in a bird cage too, but let her out for exercise now and again. She's hopped around our room and pecked around the backyard (though she has a habit of heading straight inside if the backdoor is open) but lately she's wanted to follow me and Sam where ever we go. She even laid an egg on Sam, which was as hilarious as it was surprising. I feel like everyone will adjust to the new arrangement, and our little parakeet friends will get along with Rio and give him the company he needs.
Odd thing I hadn't thought about before a lot, but our room is suddenly an aviary (with a guinea pig). A while ago we adopted three cockatiels and a parrot from Tina and Junior while they were staying in a place that didn't allow pets. Well, since then they've come to an arrangement and taken back the parrot and one of the cockatiels. We were left with two of them (Rio and Roxy). Of course in addition to those two, we also have Paige, who is our pigeon that we tried to patch up after a cat attack left her unable to fly (by the way, we know she's a girl because she lays eggs regularly). Well a little while ago Roxy passed away. Tina had gotten them from a rescue shelter with the knowledge that not only were they already seniors, but also abused seniors. It didn't come as much surprise when Roxy needed to move on. Since cockatiels are highly social birds (they go manic if they are alone until they tire themselves out and pass out) we thought about getting Rio a friend. Well, cockatiels are insanely expensive and we have the problem of Rio passing first and then needing to get another friend for the new friend. It would be a cycle. So instead we decided on a different route. Recently we got a couple of parakeets (from Petsmart) to liven things up a bit for Rio. Little did we know that they were going to liven things up for all of us. After spending quite a while chasing them flapping crazily around the room, we got to hear them make a fuss in their cage for quite a while. I think it's an adjustment period (Rio has even tried talking to them, or at least at them) but boy howdy birds are noisy! Between Rio's high-pitched squawks, and the parakeet's (yet to be named) low-pitched scritches, and Paige's soothing but persistent cooing there is hardly ever quiet in our room. Through it all our guinea pig Sherlock doesn't seem to mind at all. He's more open than he's ever been (even being calm and receptive to a toe nail clipping) and has no problem hanging out in the open and napping through all of the ruckus.
With all the complaining up there I am still pleased about how things are going. Paige is so much more affectionate than she used to be. She's trying to become a house bird. More and more she's been wanting to wander around the house. We keep her in a bird cage too, but let her out for exercise now and again. She's hopped around our room and pecked around the backyard (though she has a habit of heading straight inside if the backdoor is open) but lately she's wanted to follow me and Sam where ever we go. She even laid an egg on Sam, which was as hilarious as it was surprising. I feel like everyone will adjust to the new arrangement, and our little parakeet friends will get along with Rio and give him the company he needs.
