-=> Quoting Rich Veraa to Pete Hopping <=-
 RV> In a message to All, Pete Hopping wrote:
 PH> I don't know if this is playing or if she (not sexed yet, just using
 PH> "she" for convenience...) is exhibiting neurotic hehavior, or if she
 PH> simply wants to go to sleep. She's in the living room and I keep
 PH> kind of late hours. The pet store closes at 9, so by 9:30 she's been
 PH> in the dark until the last 3 days.
 RV> She's just not used to your schedule and, since it's not dark when it
 RV> "should" be, she thinks something is wrong.  Try closing up early for a
 RV> couple days -- at least kill the lights and sound in the living room --
 RV> and get later gradually later and later until she's resynchronized.
Thanks for that advice, Rick. That makes sense. I can do both. I have
closed caption on the TV so I can turn out the lights and watch TV
with no sound and just read the captions. She seems to be bonding with
me just fine. I have her out of the cage as much as I can and this morning
as I was cleaning the cage with her on top of it, she started grooming me!
Now I have to find out if these birds tend to make soft vocalizations as
they're falling asleep. I can't tell what she's saying or what the noise
is that she's making, but it seems like she's talking to herself as she's
settling down for the night.
I had her at an avain vet's yesterday for an exam and tests to make sure she
has no parasites or diseases. $490 for the whole thing, most of it for the
lab tests which include DNA sexing and a whole panel of blood work. I didn't
pay THAT much for her cage!!!! Sheesh.
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