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...i just got another bhc. i did. i'm crazy, i know. apparently, i also have the word 'SUCKER' tattooed on my forehead. when we lost our sun conure, crash, i seriously thought i would just go loony with grief. and then i started to feel it for olive, my bhc girl, because she and crashy were sorta brother and sister. roommates, and so darn cute together. it was definitely grief times two! i knew at some point i was going to get olive another brother or sister, she's sooooo social, and our quaker and cockatiel were just horrified when she tried to play with them, like they were gonna get caique cooties, or something - euw!!! so i started looking thru petfinder...and then my dang best friend lynn, starts oooohing and ahhhing over a bhc at a pet store. they've always had one there, and they're soooo overpriced, it's disgusting, so of course, i would never ever buy one from them, i mean, who does that, right? i had met the little man and i was the one that told HER what a cutie he was, but what a weird looking little guy, too. just kinda mangled looking. one white nail, missing part of a toe, strange black feathers....but cute, and sweet as all get out.
so she starts going in to visit him, and falls madly in love with him. then she wants me to come in and see him with her. says that she'll argue them down in price, and then we [meaning me, of course] can get him for olive! i went in, and the next thing i know, she had left to go get olive and my daughter to 'see if olive likes him'. i knew i should've said no. but she brings olive back, and the little boy squeaks at her, she sizes him up for about a half second, and then, if they would've had arms, they'd have been hugging each other. i got choked up. i've felt so darn bad for olive, that seeing her snuggling with somebody other than me was just so adorable. well, long story shortish, his name is tank [one of my favorite movies is tank girl] and he'll be five months old at the end of december. and he outweighs olive already. the name fits.
when we got home, my legs were all noodly, i felt light headed, but ridiculously happy. i was hugging both kids, and olive leans over and starts 'feeding' him. holy crap, i lost it. i was sobbing! i've missed crashy so much, and i know olive did, and it just hit me so hard right then, that, and knowing that she was happy...gees, my daughter came down, and was like 'are you crying AGAIN???' they''ve been inseperable since, and i couldn't have gotten a better christmas gift for me AND olive. sighhh....
so i was totally dumb and irrational on so many different levels, but boy does it feel good.
and so far, the house is still standing, and all the dogs still have all their toes, even WITH more than one caique living here!

Post some pictures when you get the chance. I guess it would be too late to suggest quarantine since they have already been around each other so much. I would suggest getting a wellness visit done for both your new bhc and Olive (that is the right name isn't it?). Just to make sure everything is okay. Since he did look a bit mangled he definitely needs one and just in case anything is wrong minor or serious it would be a good idea to get your other one checked to.

Now that I'm done on that subject I hope everything goes well with your new birdie addition and that he bonds nicely to you as well as to your little girl. Make sure you don't give either one a reason to be jealous and spend both one on one quality time and play time with both.

Good luck and I look forward to those pictures!

i know!!! wasn't that just DUMB??? she's due for her annual, so i figure i'll get both kids in at the same time. he's healthy, spirited, sweet, active, and snuggly. the mangled part was he's missing the nail end of one of his back toes, one of his front toenails is WHITE, and his belly feathers are mottled, like he's got baby feathers, and they'll molt out to the pure white....i don't remember olive having 'baby feathers' on her belly like that....and the white toenail??? do white bellies have white nails? maybe he's a mix? i don't know, olive and libby and i just love him to pieces, he's ridiculously well-socialized....
i'd love to know who the breeder is, i know they're in texas....didn't one of you guys tell me you could look it up from his band info? if so, i'll go get him right now, i think i'd probably send them a thank you note for raising such amazing little people!
but yeah, not quarantining was stupid, i did when i got olive, i think i just was too emotional to be smart. i just got a digital camera that i actually know how to use, so i'll try to download some pictures over the coming week...especially when they're snuggling in the dog bed in their house. i put gwylan's puppy bed in there...it's all fuzzy and canopied, and cushy- makes the perfect winter sleepy hut for them!