She is still getting to know us, and vice versa, but we are working with her and handling her (as far as she lets us) every day. She doesn’t let us pick her up or take her out just yet. But…she LOVES attention.

If you sing Happy Birthday to her, she flops over on her perch like a limp chicken and presses her body and back against the side of the cage so we can thoroughly pet her back, wings, neck, etc. She is SO good. She will relax and close her eyes when we are “scritching” her. She is also eating very well. She doesn’t much like her feet touched, unless she decides to step on your finger…but we are very patient (and so is she) as we are in the “aquaintance period” still.

She eats from our hands, has already picked out her favorite toys, plays a few simple games (to test us, I think). She sort of enjoys light misting with water. She also repeats similar sounding things…though we didnt expect this at all. And..if she doesnt want attention, she lets us know with a little hiss…but if we sing, she forgets what she was hissing about and want to be petted. The past couple days, the singing hasnt been necessary…she’ll come get attention without it.

Each morning, she greets me with a “hello” sounding quient acknowledgment. I know this isnt what she’s saying, but she’s acknowledging us…and it’s a start. And, at first, she would not go to the floor of her cage, but now Josh sits on the floor, and she’ll come down to him.

Anyways…just wanted to pass this info along to you and Delorce. It is very interesting when you really read and learn first hand about the physcology of a bird. It certainly helps to understand their actions and reactions better. I had a lory for a while, and her bite was MUCH less painful…so we are all learning about each other in a much different way.

Take care and warm regards,
Nikki & Josh Cunningham

It’s funny, cause now she’s excited and is pacing the bottom of her cage because she wants back out! Her cage is almost 5 feet wide and 4 feet deep, so we literally had to climb inside to towel her and pull her off the bars! It was scary at the time, but really a funny sight!

Anyways…would you please pass this email to Delorce…I don’t have her email address and I figured I’d let both of y’all know what a magnificent experience we ALL had. The kids even came out and sat on the floor a few yards away and sang to her. She did wonderful on her first night completely out.

We are still in awe. We can’t thank you enough for caring so much that Delorce called us, spoke with us on the speaker phone and walked us through everything. As I said before, Lories have much smaller beaks, and though there were a couple of times where she wanted to nip or snap, Delorce told us how to handle that and it worked great. Though she may still nip tomorrow, we know how to handle it and aren’t hesitant in just “diving in” and bringing her out.

Again…can’t thank you enough. We are much more confident now!

God Bless ya’ll….and it’s nice to know that you make sure your birds are going to a good home.

Best Regards,
Josh & Nikki Cunningham