All ready for new homes

Written by George Sunday, 22 March 2009 19:00

All the babies from our first clutch (Sun Conures) are ready to go home. This is actually a bitter sweet thing for all of us here at CNY Aviary. The babies are so cute and cuddly and there is nothing in them to not like them and we all love them. They love to play, they love to be with you and do all sorts of acrobatic clownish things that keeps you entertained. It is great that they are going to their for ever homes to be with their family, but it is still going to leave a little bit of void when they are gone. We have already told the parents (Sun Conures) and they might be sensing our sadness and are getting ready to lay again (hopefully!).

We have seen these babies grow up from small minuscule bundles of furry balls to big birds (still babies). We seen them fly for the first time (of course very clumsily!) and we have seen them pick on the millet for the for the first time and start eating real food. We have gone through a lot with these guys in the last 8 to 10 weeks. Yesterday Jodie was vacuuming the living room and the babies decided to take a bath in the water dish. And oh my - what a sight was it. All four of them drenched like there is no tomorrow. They were soaking wet and they were enjoying it. We dried them off a little and they basked in the sunlight preening the feathers - it is a joyful sight. This weekend, the babies will start going to their homes and we will keep everyone posted as to how they are doing.