It's been a quiet week. Well, as quiet as it can be for me. The harlequin egg continues to develop well so I'm just leaving it alone. I check it every 2 or 3 days now to limit the number of times it gets touched. The other egg wasn't fertile so it was discarded. I believe the pair will lay again. Our red-fronted macaw, Mango, will be going home to her original family after all. I'm so happy that they are able to make it happen after all. The other two girls went for their vet check this week and everything is good with them. I had placed small plastic bands on their legs so I could tell them apart. Mango chewed them off and then took her own off. She's bigger than they are so it's easy to tell them apart, but I picked up a microchip reader just in case. She will be shipped out on Wednesday of this week. Here is a picture of her laying on her back.
Sandy has been a mess this week. Last weekend I was holding her while talking to a customer. She kept reaching out and kissing me on the cheek. She got a little overstimulated and bit me on the chin. She immediately looked at me like "On no, what have I done?" She didn't hurt me and I think she was as surprised as I was by it. I just excused myself from the customer and put her back in her cage. I also had a few drops of blood to clean off because her bottom beak scraped the skin just a little. I bleed easily so it doesn't take much. When I put her in her cage she sat on the perch with her head hung down like she was ashamed and embarrassed. Since then she will only kiss me on the cheek and not like before. She just taps me with her tongue and then pulls her head away. The poor girl just got overly excited and I didn't take it personally. She still loves me but I think she's being very cautious not to get too worked up. I've had the last few Saturdays off to cut down on payroll expenses while business is slow. I went in to get the store ready for opening after someone called in sick and she screamed her head off until I took her out of her cage. She was very happy to see me. After I put her on her tree I dropped a small cheese cracker in her food dish as a treat. Sandy pins her eyes when she's happy and she's obviously thrilled to see that cracker in her dish. She picked it up and made all of her happy bird sounds.