Overslept this morning, didn't have time to play with the boys. I couldn't believe how much I missed it! All day I felt as if there was something I needed to do, and there was -- playtime!
I carried the brothers in their pouch yesterday for about an hour. No fussing, no squirming; I thought they were content to be tucked under my shirt. I needed to do some outside work, and it was cold and windy, so they went back home.
Cleaned cages: not toys, they were done the day before when I swapped; but washed bottom fleeces and unoccupied pouches, wiped perches and sides, and and changed newspaper. All done with just warm water and a rag.
I made a toy: strips of fleece, beads, feathers and a huge jingle bell. I heard them playing with it all night! They woke me up about 11:00, I turned on the lamp and one was on the shelf tugging at a red feather, the other on the fleece rope bridge playing with the new feather toy I'd bought yesterday. These guys really like feathers!
Shikoni played inside his feather duster yesterday for the first time that I know of. It's been hanging over his corner hammock for about four days; it seems to take him a while to warm up to new things. Whenever I change his toys, he doesn't start playing with the new ones right away, so I've gotten to where I add one new, then wait a while, take one out and add another. That way it's not all new stuff all at once, with the familiar things gone.
He also has very different sleep habits from the brothers. He's usually awake about 4:30 - 5:00, just goofing around; I'll give him a treat, and then dinner around 6:30 - 7:00. Kioko and Washi don't wake up til about 9:00 or later. They all seem to call it a day at about the same time, around 4:30 or so; they all three take catnaps throughout the night, so you never know if someone's going to be available for play, or asleep. It'll be interesting to see if anyone's sleep habits change when they all (finally!) get together.
Dinner yesterday: strawberry yogurt, chicken, spring mix, the last dab of cranberry relish sprinkled with sesame (to offset the high phos in the cranberry), and one pecan half apiece.
Dinner tonight: shrimp, broccoli, carrots, fruit salad, a few grains of brown rice. These guys eat better than I do! If they're really good, I'll give them some of that homemade grape jam for a licky treat ... yummy.
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