Our little Juniper is not so much of a baby anymore! We've had her for about 2 1/2 weeks now and she has grown so much! She's flying now too!! Oh and we found out that it's most likely a girl due to her duller coolers and different tail feathers.
She takes a lot of time and commitment... she wakes up at 6 every morning and then has to be fed every hour... This little experience has showed me that I'm definitely not ready to be a mother yet ha ha!
Usually Jeff has her most of the time and I mostly just bird sit while he's at work, but he's been busy flying and this weekend he went up to an air show in Idaho so I've been taking care of her since Thursday morning. Phew... she is a lot of work!
I brought her home with me for a few days and she was miserable the entire car ride. I hate to make her go through that again...
She is such a funny little bird. She is extremely social and hates to be left alone. She loves to sit on top of your head or shoulder, and she hates to be in her cage. You can see in the pictures how much longer her wings have gotten! We've also added millworms to her diet... yuck! Why does she have to eat gross disgusting bugs?! But she just loves them.
He he :) I feel bad because the bird bombarded my dad, and of course my first concern was to capture the moment, so I made him wait while I grabbed my camera. Ha ha Sorry Dad! I love this picture because the bird is peaking up behind his head looking a bit guilty.
My dad rigged up this little golf club perch for her in my room, which she loves. She has successfully left her pleasant little surprises on almost everything in my room... my bed, my carpet, my bookshelf, the wall a few times, my shirt, my dad's forehead ha, and the footnotes of Alma chapter 37. She's only partially potty trained.
The good news is, is that she is really close to being released back into the wild! She is the cutest little thing and I've gotten pretty attached, but it will be nice to have her go. She's flying pretty good for small confined spaces and she will eat the worms on her own. Also, the progress made today is that instead of sitting and waiting to get fed she now flys to the food. That is a good sign! She's kind of crazy actually... she pretty much attacks you when she's hungry ha ha.
The real test will be if she will catch and eat live crickets... but after that she should be ready to be set free, which I'm guessing will be sometime early next week if not this weekend! I'll keep you all posted :)
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