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And then there were 7... Yes there are now 7 animals in my house. Giles Burgundy the green cheeked conure lives in our house. I now have rats, cats, bunnies, snakes, and birds all over in here. I am motherfuckin' Noah. Just need to build my ark. Of course they are all female and none will breed, but heck it looks good right?

Got up early to work yesterday. Was able to get a good set of hours in before we took off for the breeders around 11:30. We got there in 90 minutes which was great. I was worried since it was Friday and where the breeder is located is a popular weekend getaway that there would be more traffic. Sailed in. We got everything situated with Giles and we were ready to head back. I figured something out yesterday too. At a pet store, a green cheeked like we have sells for about $400 for just the bird. They charged us $175 AND threw in a travel cage, accessories, 5 lbs of food, and are there if we need them. Add to that the $150 I spent on the big cage and we are STILL less than what it would have been to get the bird from a pet store. Plus a store bird would have been older, less sociable, etc. We made the right call. TGF paid for the bird too. That was our deal. I pay for the cage, she pays for the bird. It went smooth.

We headed home and luckily we were going against traffic and it took us 90 minutes to get back too which was nice. I did some more work while she bonded with Giles. We still have to spoon feed her for a couple more days with baby food. That was fun. Baby food getting messed all over. Yay. Just like the real thing...

We were supposed to let her be for a while and get acclimated to her new environment. TGF went off to a birthday party and I went and hung out with friends. We were gone from about 6-10 and boy oh boy did Giles let us know she wasn't happy with that. The breeder 'warned' us that this was a very sociable bird and she wasn't kidding. That bird wasn't happy unless it was snuggling with us last night. Which we both loved. We watched the final Buffy(!!) and The Finder and went to bed. Surprisingly there was no noise from the cage all night. Not until she realized I was awake this morning.

Which is why I am up typing at 7am on a Saturday.