Parry, unfortunately, continues to pluck. But after 2 - 3 years of plucking, I doubt just a week and a half in our care would cure that. It helps that Parry is so curious! I got her yet another foraging toy - this one requires here to turn 2 stainless steel "keys" and to pull BOTH out (not at the same time) and it opens up (its in the shape of a see-through treasure chest) and she gets the goodies inside. i left home (to go to work) with just one of the keys "unlocked"....when i got home from work, she managed to actually unlock the other key! amazing. i thought it was more of a possibility that she would break the thing to get at the nuts inside. we really have to keep this gal busy and put more foraging toys up..or just homemade ones as well. making her "work" for her food might also be an option instead of just for treats...i just want to make sure that she does eat something!

i also bought her a large boing. i've placed it outside of her cage just to get her used to it. i think we will rearrange a bit of her cage this weekend so that we can get that boing in - if she uses it, i think it could really release alot of her energy.

i have started doing target training with her and she has been doing great. i thought she would be more nervous about the target (which is a round wooden ball atop a straight wooden stick, slightly thicker than a wooden chopstick) but she touched it the very first try. i think i will continue this through the bars, or have my husband continue with maybe working with a wooden ring outside of the cage...we'll see.