In August I wrote how I loss my little sassy bird, Nye. I miss his essence.
That left Jasper as the sole bird. This is the first time since I started rescuing birds in 1998. My first thought was how would he handle it. My second thought was the vet bill would be manageable now. As exotic animals, just walking through the front door costs me $250-$300 per bird.
A couple of months went by. Jasper was not handling it well. He would stare where Nye was. He would walk into my office which is the bird room/office and look for him. After two months my parrot was suffering mentally. And even though I'm getting older and slower and told myself no more pets or aka birds I knew I had no chose. My parrot was hurting and it was affecting him. So I went and adopted two keets.
Ashland is on the right and Lapis is on the left. Ashlans is 98 % grey. I have never seen a grey keet before. Lapis is a gem that is deep blue , son named him. I don't think Ashland ate well due to how she reacts to food. They never had a swing. She would climb up and just sit. I showed her that it swings. She loves it and will push to swing.
Jasper loves them from day one. Well, let me give back story. Once I decided this was going to happen, I placed an empty cage by him for two weeks. After I placed the perches, swings, tots etc for two weeks by his cage. He kept watching the space. When I saw Ashland it was a no brainer. I wasn't planning on Lapis but after watching I noticed they were bonded and I could not separate them, it be cruel. I sat in front of them for a while to make sure I got it right.
Jasper loved them from day one. Some days no but overall my parrot is slowly returning to how he was. I know he misses Nye still but these two little creatures just 4 inches high and weighing barely anything has helped so much.
The things we do for our animals. But rescues are a different breed and they feel do much.
But to restore his mental health was worth the $$$$ and time now I have added to my life since training has begun.
This parrot may not place me high on his list hut he is high on mine. I promised him nothing would ever make us get rid of him. He was in his forever home. They would have to get pass me to hurt him. He is loved. And will be there with him.