posted by Fallon on May 29
About two weeks ago we purchased a Cockatiel bird from a nearby pet store. Although pet store’s aren’t normally the best choice for a pet, due to the fact of animal farms and that they may not be used to human hands from sitting there so long.. I still believe that this little bird deserves a nice home. He’s settled in pretty good, loves eating and isn’t “too” friendly yet, but I can still hold him, he just pecks a bit and then gets over it.
I want to handle him more and more until he feels really comfortable. He lets me pet the back of his head and is already copying some short tunes that I whistle to him. My uncle had one that whistled the Andy Griffith theme song and it was pretty neat. I want to try and advance my bird to something like that as well. He isn’t hard to take care of at all and my daughter loves him! I’m still not too sure of a name yet but when I ask my daughter what his name should be, she says “birdy” haha I don’t know, I’m just going to think about it a little more.
The people in the pet store said that he is under a year.. that’s good, some Cockatiels can live up to 20 something years! Mine will probably end up living longer though.. my animals always live long. One of my cats is a little over 15!!!
posted by Fallon on Jan 27
I just added a beautiful new blueish/greenish Gourami and an algae eater to my aquarium. The Gourami is absolutely gorgeous and I could stare at the little dear all day. When I add fish, I mostly have the children in mind and what they would like to look at. My daughter and little baby boy both love to look at the aquarium.
I just got done thoroughly cleaning the tank last night and thought that since it has been up for so long and is doing so well that I’d add two new additions. Our tank looks so much livelier now. At times I wish I had a pet that I could interact with more such as a bird or kitty… cats and dogs are not allowed in this apartment complex though, only caged animals.
I had to leave my dog and cats with my dad.. It can get kind of lonely without a furry little critter to keep you company. One thing that I would love to accomplish sometime, would be to become a veterinarian. There are so many bad ones and my goal is to just make a difference. It would also be wonderful to start my own animal shelter as my pets have always been there in my time of need so why shouldn’t I be there for them in theirs? They never turn their back on you, they are one of the best friends you can have.
Animals have and always will be therapeutic and it cannot be denied. If you don’t have a pet friend in your life and you aren’t happy. Well, that says a lot.
