Ramblings

It's been tough to post for the last few weeks. New Orleans is experiencing the hottest stretch of the summer and work in the air conditioning business has been exploding. All of the demands of preparing one home to be sold and planning the move have taken their toll. And did I mention that we have a dozen or so birds that we are handfeeding. Most are sold.

Rocket, the caique, leaves on Saturday. We've decided that he may stay unweaned for a year or two. He loves to have his morning feeding and can't stand to miss the evening feeding. He doesn't eat much...just loves the interaction. He should be weaned by now instead of being on two a days. His new owners are more than happy to spoil him until he decides he's grown up.

We've been having a series of email conversations with BJ in Atlanta about a Congo he is considering buying. He's trying to interpret a ten week old baby's head movements as a sign that the bird may have a nervous condition. I call it pre-buyers remorse. It's so hard to educate a buyer by email. I sometimes wish we could do a mind-meld like in Star Trek and share our experiences with potential buyers so that they could make a wise buying decision.

The Eclectus article, which YOU, the reading public, read on this blog in July, will finally be published in the Louisiana Aviculture Newsletter for August. Just another advantage of reading J-Blog.

Keep reading, we love you all. We see Janis, and Snowbabies, and Doug in Lafayette on the blog almost every day. - Craig
- posted by J-Birds @ 9:13 PM |