Good morning everyone 🌻 Chilly old Saturday today with the temps indicating -1 C this morning. The house is lovely and cosy though, so no complaints. I'm up early with the parrots and having a nice wee cuddle with Ziggy, who has finally settled down after another ghost watching session. Whatever it is that sets her off I really can't tell, but there's definitely something that disturbs her as the growling can attest to. Who knew parrots growl when feeling threatened? 😊

Our car broke down yesterday and is now in the local garage for repairs that are tracking well above a grand already 🥴 Seems to be the year for vehicle failures after just helping my daughter to pay for her clapped out turbo thing. There's no cheap fixes anymore either. Everything is electrical and complicated. Anyway, we are careless until at least Monday.

Coop BG3 day today, but it may turn into a single player day for me depending on whether my grandson wants to play this week or not as Grant fired up Skyrim yesterday for the first time in ages and now fancies playing that instead today. I told him to play the Anniversary Edition as he's never tried that before.

Ziggy is currently preening my face as you can see. I don't know why it suddenly requires her attention, but she is very determined to spruce me up. I have to keep my mouth tightly shut as she does this to ensure she doesn't go into it as the human mouth is a breeding ground for nasty bacteria. It's why you should never kiss your parrot on the beak either. I see people posting videos of their parrots eating food out of their mouths and it gives me the chills!

Righty-ho, my face now well and truly preened I should attempt to get Zigs to take her meds.😁

Have a very lovely day, whatever you get up to 🤗

#GoodMorning #Parrots #Ziggy #Gaming #BG3

Aw wouldja look at this cutie! Coming late summer:

#Buchla #Ziggy

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Good morning Fellow Travellers on Spaceship Earth 🌍 I'm up early with the parrots today after another night without falling off the world. I still have a slightly queasy feeling all the time, but hopefully that will soon pass too.

Ziggy was inspecting my work again as I cleaned their cages, giving it "Uh huh" and coming down to the grid to look at my work before pooping on the floor - as her tray was out at the time - yelling "Poop!" cheerfully, and chuckling away to herself 🙂 Not only do I have to get up at the crack of Dawn to slave away for them, but I get mocked while doing it - outrageous! 😂

Plans for today are co-op BG3 with my eldest grandson if he gets up early enough to join us, or with just Grant and I if he doesn't. I did end up gaming yesterday rather than cleaning out that cupboard, but in my defense @JustFi made me do it 😂 And a good thing too as I had a nice time playing Aether and Iron and not doomscrolling election news. Thanks Fi! 😁

Have a very lovely Saturday, whatever it is you get up to today 🤗

#GoodMorning #Parrots #Ziggy #Gaming

Good morning my Fine Fedi Friends 💕 I had an interesting night trying not to fall off the world while lying down, but am glad to say the vertigo has eased off somewhat and I even managed to get some sleep. Very fuzzy headed this morn, but up for the parrots and mostly functional.

Ziggy is currently down the side of the couch under my cardigan digging her hole to China again. They tell you not to encourage nesting behaviour, but "they" have never had to deal with a determined parrot! I do try to distract her, but it only works for a short space of time and then she's right back at it again. My latest attempt to distract her ended up with her crawling up the sleeve of my cardigan and then nipping the soft flesh on the inside of my arm until I was forced to shake myself and her out. Crime scene photo attached 😂

Still, hunger beats hormones and she has now gone in for breakfast like the hungry little chaos monster she is. 🙂

Plans for today are to work on the competition toy and sew up Ziggy's cage cover where it has been ripped causing her to peek out of the hole at the top at night and comment on what I am doing when she is supposed to be sleeping.

Have a very lovely day, whatever you get up to 🤗

#GoodMorning #Parrots #Ziggy

De kat jammert om zijn natte hap. Die heeft hij de afgelopen dagen eerder gekregen omdat ik op pad ging. Dan geef ik hem zijn hapje alvast anders duurt het te lang. Vandaag blijf ik thuis. En dan duurt het lang tot half een. Elk voordeel hep ze nadeel. Zoals vele voetbalfans al lang weten. Dat brengt mij op een idee. Ik zal Ziggy afleiden met een bal.

#ZKV #Ziggy #CatsOfMastodon

Good morning Fellow Travellers on Spaceship Earth 🌍 I am up early with the parrots again and currently being preened by Ziggy who asked me to go and fetch her meds mix, then promptly ignored the spoon and did her own thing 😊 She grumbles away while preening me, almost as if saying "Look at the state of you! I just did this last night too." I obviously get myself into an unpreened state overnight, which isn't acceptable to Zigs.

She's now gone in for breakfast after finally taking her meds with a detour to hide down the side of the couch going "Tee hee hee" as she did so and then popping up with a "Ceek-a-boo!" Obvious pleased with the reaction she then demanded to "Come! Come!", but stopped eating and shouted at me until I made my coffee and came back. Satisfied, she is now happily eating and by the frequency of "Mmm" s and "Good!" s must be enjoying it 😁

Plans for today are either co-op or single campaign BG3 depending on whether Grant wants to play or if the lure of Cyberpunk is too much for him today. We'll see.

Have a very lovely day, whatever you get up to 🤗

#GoodMorning #Parrots #Ziggy

Ziggy wil graag het weer van gisteren. Of ik dat even kan regelen voor hem.

#Ziggy #CatsOfMastodon #IkBenTochZekerSinterklaasNiet

Good morning Fellow Travellers around the Sun ☀️ I'm up early with the parrots again today and still sitting with Ziggy, who is currently refusing to go in for her breakfast 🥴 This is probably because yesterday, after she had eaten, she started to sneeze and have liquid running out of her nares again, so we spent some time doing steam sessions to clear her airways and help her breathe. She was fine after that, but she has obviously remembered and now doesn't want to go in to her cage, but wants to sit with me instead. At some point the hunger will win out, but for the moment my attention wins 🙂

We have another vet appointment in two weeks time for more blood tests and hopefully some idea of how best to handle these ongoing episodes. I know that birds with heart issues are exercise intolerant and flying can exacerbate her breathing problems, but trying to get Ziggy not to fly is impossible. Just this morning she has flown around the room (she grabbed my phone and somehow turned the torch on which freaked her out) and back and forth from her cage to me at least four times. She's a bird, they fly 🤷🏻‍♀️

She has now gone in for breakfast, and is singing while eating, "Toot, toot toot!" No wonder she sneezes after eating, she talks with her mouth full all the time 😁

She has this new thing in the morning where she now acts like a gaffer while I'm cleaning their cages. She come down to the bottom of the cage, watches what I am doing and says "Uh huh!" a few times while walking back and forth, as though judging my work. When I spray the tray with disinfectant she helpfully says "Water!",and when I put new paper down yells "Paper!" just in case I wasn't paying attention 😂

Little bird. Huge personality ❣️

Plans for today are some Parrot Kitchen this morning and then crochet as I continue to work on the double order I'm busy with.

Have a very lovely day, whatever you get up to 🤗

#GoodMorning #Parrots #Ziggy #Crochet