We thought it is time to write about Pepper, since we don’t write about her much, though she is our very special baby. However, she hates the camera, and thinks it is a “Pepper-eating-Monster” and doesn’t let us take pictures of her. Sight of the camera, or any thing else in our hand for that matter, triggers a defensive mechanism in Pepper and she will start swaggering with her wings puffed up, ready to attack if the thing got any closer. Not wanting to trouble her, we have sort of given up on decent pictures of Pepper. On a positive note, she has gotten better at not plucking and actually has more feathers than when we first got her, an year ago. Thats right! Its been an year since we got her and it has been special for all of us
Yesterday was Nikko’s first adoption day. We can’t believe it is already an year since the little guy came into our lives, and , that he is almost 3 years old! Nikko is getting a new happy hut and we all had loads of cinnamon coffee cake last night.
Do I look like I am 3?
And tomorrow is Amy’s adoption day too! She already got a whole bunch of new toys, including, of course, a tennis ball. She has been going crazy with all the new toys to play with.
Wanna come and play?
The biggest news of all is about Pepper. We have now officially adopted Pepper! She acts like she knows it too Overall, we need to have a big adoption day bash here.
We had mentioned about Nikko enjoying ice-cream and popsicle in our previous posts. Here is a cool, less than a minute video of Nikko enjoying a lime flavored popsicle.
We have been suffering from a little blog burnout, after the blogathon. It felt like a feat to have written 49 posts in 24 hours, but it also zapped a lot of our energy. I was hoping to post last weekend, but alas, it was a lazy one! Anyways, wanted to update everyone that we are all doing alright. Mostly, its the same old, except we have been trying to get Nikko say my name. He does give it a try. Watch out for video soon. Talking of videos, we received a nice clip of Sephora playing with her birthday presents. We all had fun watching it!
It was finally time for Nikko & Pepper to go to bed. They usually start screaming to be taken to bed and today was no different. However, once I took them to their bed (cage) Nikko was not happy I was going to lock him up and almost bit me. If not for the numerous times he has bit me, I would not have been quick enough. Both of the birds were not happy, however resigned to the fact that they have to sleep. We will envy them once sleep deprivation starts to set in.
Nikko is the typical kid in our house. He always wants attention and has favorites - Shankar. He always follows Shankar in what he is doing, and does not like it one bit that any one else has anything to do with Shankar. He has bitten / tried to bite me, quite a few times, as a recipient of Shankar’s attention. Though he doesn’t bite Pepper, anytime anyone gives Pepper some attention, he wants it too and he wants it all! With Amy, she is ok, as long as she stays away from the cage and Shankar does not give her too much attention when Nikko is watching. If either of us, starts to play with Amy, anywhere close to Nikko - he threatens to get to us. And, of course that enough to send Amy back to her bed. Here is one such Nikko’s feat - hanging from the cage door, like he is going to jump on us!
This is a blog about our three pets - AMY - an adopted black-lab mix, who is a little more than 2 years old, but still thinks she is a puppy, NIKKO - a 10+ Jenday Conure, who is the little terror in our home and thinks he is a dog, and PEPPER, a 10+ Nanday Conure, who is the baby of the household. We have brought more joy in our lives with bringing them home. Hope you enjoy reading about them and tell us in your comments.
Bala Thiagarajan
I am a Wildlife Biologist, who simply love animals! I wanted to record our life with pets, inspired by the book Marlee and Me by John Grogan.
Sankara Raman
I am an Industrial Engineer, who was talked into owning pets by Bala. As they say, life is never the same once you bring in an animal.
