@CharityRose how is Jerry doing? 
He is doing quite well actually, singing up a storm, and has recently started to sing while I'm sitting in the same room painting away, so long as I don't face him lmao! I think regardless, the name Tweety is gonna stick, the kidlets refuse to entertain any other name suggestion, and there has been many! My partner calls him the space alien, says some days he sounds like a space ship laser going wrong! And running water for a drink or dishes, well, within 5 seconds he starts singing and doesn't stop until the water is turned off.
I finally saw some sign of feather regrowth this week, at least I think I did...he doesn't stay still long enough when I'm close to the cage to get a really good look. I've been trying him on veggies as well....put a large leaf of romaine clipped to the cage, and he will devour it over everything else, with cucumber slices a close second. Not a fan of egg, nor does he like thin sliced carrot (one of my Quaker's favorites). He didn't much like the bird bath the first couple days I put it up for him, but now he loves it. still trying other veggies, but so far no go.
Other than the bald head and foot issue, he seems to be perfectly healthy otherwise, and is putting on weight. I've just gotten a larger cage for him, but am waiting until after next week's vet visit before introducing him to his new home. Plan this week is to go take a walk in the bush and find some good sticks for more natural perches. I will be glad to be able to move him to the new cage.....it comes with a built in seed guard and food dishes below, because I swear more seed ends up on my floor than ever ends up in his belly!! I've put both a cuttlebone and mineral block in with him, however he hasn't even looked at either. I suspect wherever he was prior to escaping, he never had them, nor toys of any kind.
He's starting to calm down to the household though, that panicked little chirp of his whenever someone was in the room is now only reserved for when someone is right next to the cage. So I'm thinking sometime next week to start working with him and see if I can't succeed in finger-taming at least.
Sorry I've been MIA, and likely will for a bit longer. My father took yet another heart attack, and I got rather testy with another Secretary who swore up and down she put the paperwork through for surgery 6 weeks ago. As I work for an EMT oncology surgeon and his wife (also a Dr. and assists in surgeries), a few calls to contacts friday showed that nope, no paperwork was ever sent to the surgeon. So we've been waiting 6 weeks for a call that was never going to come, and that she didn't bother to actually check up on....Well, A few calls yesterday to a colleague, and my father goes in for urgent blockage removal friday morning. Once its done, provided everything goes well and he recovers ok, I should be back more often
A beautiful, fragile little canary named...Bob?
