Sounds like my fluff ball too. He lets me do ALMOST anything to him. And I just wonder, in his 13 years how many people actually cared about him before us. But I know now after he’s been with me for over a year now that he knows he’s loved at our home, and I think he knows it’s his home forever.
Last night I went mountain biking with some guys from work. I got home about 20 minutes after his bedtime. So my wife had put him to bed. His cage is in our finished basement, and we have a balcony that overlooks it so he’s easily heard down there. I walk into the house and say hi and from downstairs I hear “Hi dad, come here”. So I walked downstairs in the dimly lit room and said good night to him. He just wanted some head scratches and to see me. I walked back upstairs and he didn’t make another sound.
In fact, this is him as I write this hahaha. He sometimes likes that spot rubbed on the top of his head behind his crest with no feathers. I usually preen a few while I’m doing it. And just like Rocky, he lets me know if I hit a tender spot. He’s a good boy. The neediest animal you’ll ever have, but in return gives the most unique human to animal relationship you can experience. In fact, it’s more like a needy toddler attached to your hip who constantly tells you how much they love you.
Oh and the noise.....well I’m just thankful I don’t have close neighbors haha.
It’s heartbreaking the number of them who don’t have loving homes because of number of people that took them on not knowing what they were getting into, quickly realized they were over their heads and give them up. Or worse, abuse them, ignore them, lock them away to muffle their screams, etc.
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