Monday, April 29, 2013

Well - played Lola, well-played.

So Lola is settling in better than expected in the short time that she's been here. She enjoys being with people, particularly me. She "steps-up" on command about 85% of the time now, even from her cage!!

She is still iffy about vegetables. She will eat broccoli, loves sweet potatoes, and is not a fan of carrots, at all. She also prefers to be hand-fed her veggies, instead of eating them from her bowl. So that takes a few extra minutes every day to hold her broccoli while she nibbles it.

She enjoys "play time" and is allowed out of her cage for about 4-5 hours every day. Some times she chooses to perch on top of it, and flap around. Other times, she wants to come explore the house with me.

She still does her strange climbing pattern before bed every night. She ONLY does it at night. She doesn't do this at any time of the day when she is closed back into her cage. She will climb in a pattern for about 10-15 minutes before settling on her perch and preening before bed. I don't see any other signs of stress, so am putting it off to being a either a comforting release of energy, or a "tantrum" in which she doesn't quite want to go to bed just yet.

She came up to the door last night, after being closed in asking for scratches. As soon as I opened her door to give her some lovin', she ran for the hills and spent the next 5 minutes flapping around on top of her cage. She CLEARLY did not think it was bed time. Finally managed to coax her back into her cage. Gave her a few minutes to settle, and covered her up. Well-played Lola!

And here she is exploring and 7-up can after dinner last night.


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