Ten years ago today, our beautiful Atilla made her way to rainbow bridge.
Still in our thoughts.
Love you always my dear girl.
♥♥♥
Category: Atilla
Remembering Atilla on her birthday
Happy birthday my beautiful girl!
On this day in 2008, dear Atilla hatched. Less than 8 weeks later she came into our home, along with her sister Raspy.
Below is a video of the two girls in the Manor. Though competitive with each other, you can see they were also very close.
Always in our thoughts.
Love you very much.
xXx
Remembering my boys… on paper
Sometime ago, in 2015, I got a photo book printed with photos of my dearly departed girls, Atilla & Raspy (click here to see that post). At the time I had plans to do one for Thomas but as time went on, Cagney, Phineas, Bezukhov & Dalai were added to the list.
Finally, I got back to this project & recently got books printed for Thomas, Phineas, Cagney & Bezukhov. Thomas & Phineas share a book. Though they were arch rivals in the flirt-fest for Cagney, they successfully shared a cage & looking back at the photos, it was obvious they were good friends.
Naturally, best mates & brothers from different mothers, Cagney & Bezukhov shared a book also.
Dalai is still on the list – he may well have a book all to himself that I think he would be pleased with.
Bye, Bye, Dustbuster
The day had to come. It could not be avoided. My trusty & loyal handheld vacuum cleaner stopped working.
For those in bird-keeping circles, you will know the importance of having a handy & quick way of hoovering up seed, husks, feathers, poop & dander! Not to mention remains of chewing sessions on various materials.
So, bye-bye to my dustbuster that I purchased in 2011. It had faithfully cleaned up after all birds on this blog: Atilla, Raspy, Cagney, Bezukhov, Phineas, Thomas, Dalai, Perry, Lennie & Moriarty.
Atilla
Raspy
Cagney
Bezukhov
Phineas
Thomas
Dalai
Perry
Lennie
Moriarty
It has already been replaced by a newer model that I hope will also give many years of service.
A Helping Hand
Perry’s lack of flying (partly physical & partly, I suspect, laziness!) means he appreciates a helping hand to get around. Since Moriarty’s arrival, Perry has been increasingly keen to be out & about. To aid in this, I resurrected the Hand Navigation System (HNS), originally developed by Atilla.
There is a glaring difference in their ways of using the HNS. Atilla was firm & decisive, whereas Perry is less so. With Perry, there is a lot of changing of mind/direction & a lot of me asking, “Where do you want to go, Perry? Here? There? Nowhere?” Despite the different styles, the system still works well.
The major route is out of Moriarty’s cage to Moriarty’s old cage (Ferplast Canto) & locations in the vicinity, like the curtains & the back of the chair. Sometimes, Perry may even set foot on the window perch. He will also join Moriarty on top of the cages.
I have thought of setting up a perch system to get Perry from Moriarty’s cage to these areas but this would mean more perches to remove whenever I need to close up the cage quickly, particularly in an emergency, or need to move it for cleaning purposes. For now, I will continue to give Perry a helping hand.
Perry & Moriarty
Moriarty & Perry
Lennie, Perry & Moriarty
Perry & Moriarty
Perry
Remembering Atilla: Nine years on
Nine years ago today, our beautiful Atilla made her way to rainbow bridge.
Still in our thoughts.
Love you always my dear girl.
♥♥♥
Remembering Atilla on her birthday
On this day in 2008, dear Atilla hatched. Less than 8 weeks later she came into our home, along with her sister Raspy.
Here is a video of the two girls on top of the Manor:
Always in our thoughts.
xXx
Remembering Atilla: Eight years on
Eight years ago today, our beautiful Atilla made her way to rainbow bridge.
Still in our thoughts.
Love you always my dear girl.
♥♥♥
Remembering Atilla on her birthday
Happy birthday my beautiful girl.
On this day in 2008, dear Atilla hatched. I met her less than 8 weeks later with her sister Raspy. The two young sisters had a big impact on my life.
Here is a video of Atilla eating some dill:
Always in our thoughts.
xXx
Love Your Pet Day, 2020
Today is ‘Love Your Pet Day’. Of course every day is ‘Love Your Pet Day’.
My three feathery companions are all well. They are moulting again (how is that possible?!) Dalai has been extra grumpy because of that. Perry is in good spirits despite his ever-growing lump. Lennie is coping with his difficulty in flying by eating, but he has not thought that strategy through!
There is no discrimination on “Love Your Pet Day” as I also think of those long gone: our dear Raspy, her sister Atilla, handsome Thomas, incorrigible Phineas, cheeky Cagney & lastly, dear Bezukhov. Today has been so rainy & Bezukhov loved to watch the rain…
Puddings & Toyboys 