My little dude
Jul. 19th, 2009 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magicalmarthaMeet Dizzy! :D
He's wonderful Hasn't shown any fear at all since I picked him up from the airport on Friday. We had a vet checkup yesterday to make sure everything was working correctly, and he only really got twitterpated when they trimmed his nails. He's eating, which was a bit of a worry of mine... The woman at the pet shop that I Tweeted about was mainly concerned that I was getting him too young, that he wouldn't actually be weaned when I got him and thus wouldn't eat the pellets or produce I offered. He's a little wary of the produce stuff, but we're learning slowly that it's ok - yesterday we learned that carrots and corn are AWESOME.
We also had bathtime, which was brilliant - once he figured out that the dish wasn't dangerous, he got right in there and was ruffling all his feathers to get wet. Birdie bathtime is one of my very favorite things. :D
Today I'm going grocery shopping to get some highly nutritious produce and beans for him; one of things everyone (including my vet) agrees on is that variety and a healthy diet are some of the most important things in conure care. Apparently the leading cause of shortened lifespans in conures in improper diet, so DIzzy and I are enacted Mission: Conure Salad today. I have a recipe for a really good bean/rice/corn mix and also a good salad combo for him that I'd like to try him on.
Work last night was fine, a bit boring. I am concerned about how many hours I will actually be getting versus how many hours they said I could get, but everything will change in the fall when a couple people go back to school, so I'm going to sit tight and see what happens. I'm the lowest person on the totem pole at the moment, so even if I try and scrape more hours I don't think I'll have much luck. But I have something which is better than nothing, and it fills the time well.
He's wonderful Hasn't shown any fear at all since I picked him up from the airport on Friday. We had a vet checkup yesterday to make sure everything was working correctly, and he only really got twitterpated when they trimmed his nails. He's eating, which was a bit of a worry of mine... The woman at the pet shop that I Tweeted about was mainly concerned that I was getting him too young, that he wouldn't actually be weaned when I got him and thus wouldn't eat the pellets or produce I offered. He's a little wary of the produce stuff, but we're learning slowly that it's ok - yesterday we learned that carrots and corn are AWESOME.
We also had bathtime, which was brilliant - once he figured out that the dish wasn't dangerous, he got right in there and was ruffling all his feathers to get wet. Birdie bathtime is one of my very favorite things. :D
Today I'm going grocery shopping to get some highly nutritious produce and beans for him; one of things everyone (including my vet) agrees on is that variety and a healthy diet are some of the most important things in conure care. Apparently the leading cause of shortened lifespans in conures in improper diet, so DIzzy and I are enacted Mission: Conure Salad today. I have a recipe for a really good bean/rice/corn mix and also a good salad combo for him that I'd like to try him on.
Work last night was fine, a bit boring. I am concerned about how many hours I will actually be getting versus how many hours they said I could get, but everything will change in the fall when a couple people go back to school, so I'm going to sit tight and see what happens. I'm the lowest person on the totem pole at the moment, so even if I try and scrape more hours I don't think I'll have much luck. But I have something which is better than nothing, and it fills the time well.
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Date: 2009-07-19 05:10 pm (UTC)You'll most likely get more hours when school starts up again. Maybe you can work out some kind of call-in schedule: when someone calls in, you get called to work for them. It's short notice, but still hours. I was called into the hospital a lot, and the new library calls me all. the. time.
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Date: 2009-07-19 07:18 pm (UTC)And I'm glad things are working out, despite what the lady you tweeted about said.