Here's some recent cute photos of Kappa!

Almonds in the shell are one of her favorite toy/treats.

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The downside of having your bird wake up before you and decide to yell incessantly while you try to get some more winks is that you dream about owning dozens of birds, half of whom are dead. The upside (yes, there is one) is that every time you wake up you instantly realize that you have only the one bird, and she's not only alive but has very ( Read more... )

Kappa just made her first purposeful flight! I'd been sitting in the dining room w/in sight of her cage, and listening to the birds at the feeder on the window. She'd been putzing around atop the cage making a bit of irritated noises, when suddenly I heard wings from her cage and she flew out of the foyer, through the dining room, and landed on ( Read more... )

Kappa's trying to learn to say "good girl!" She doesn't really have consonants or vowels yet, just a bit of a growl in the right rhythm, but it's definitely the right rhythm and she does it in unison with me whenever I tell her she's a good girl, like after giving me a kiss, or stepping up, or going home. It's just so mumbly still, I hope someday ( Read more... )

I'm such a bleeding heart ( Read more... )

I was just rearranging Kappa's cage to give her back her heated perch - it's been cold recently, and her feet were quite cool this morning - when she climbed up the outside of the cage, pressed her beak against my lips, and made a kiss noise! *Melts*

I haven't posted about Kappa in this space in a while (check out her Twitter if you want more near-daily Kappa dosage), so I thought it's time to do so ( Read more... )

For the past week I've been wondering why Kappa's water always has crud in it. Every time she eats her beak gets covered in whatever she's eating (including pellets, I have no clue how they stick to her beak). This evening I didn't get much time with her so when I just changed her food now I decided to sit next to her and read my webcomics, and I ( Read more... )

I came home to find Kappa's beak covered in food. :-P Yay, she's eating. And not only is she eating, but she's eating with her feet - she picks up a piece in her beak, realizes it's too big, grabs it in a foot, and breaks off smaller pieces to eat. *Gwah!* ^_^

And it makes me sad in a way. Poor little Kappa is a ball of feathers jammed into a top corner of her cage, her legs splayed on opposite walls as far as she can reach, staying as still as her little body can manage, except when she shivers in reaction. It's really sad and pathetic, and I know she's terrified of the changes - she's never been ( Read more... )