Parry is definitely a character! she has found her newest playground (which we are certainly trying to discourage for many reasons!) in our bedroom closet. we usually open her cage and let her walk out into the living room, where we place her on a playstand. i close the bathroom door since she has shown much interest in tearing up our bathroom rug to pieces. but we have left our bedroom door open a few times and twice, so far, she has walked straight into our bedroom and into our warm, soft, dark closet.

during once instance, i actually SAT in the doorway of our bedroom and she was so determined to get into our bedroom, that she climbed over my leg to get into the room! (she was very polite about it too, and didn't pinch any skin). what a goofy girl!

Parry loves preening sessions with my husband and doing her own thing. we still fill up foraging toys around her cage to keep her busy during the day, but occasionally we find plucked feathers (even some drops of blood) around her cage and playstand. its disheartening, but we are trying. the next thing to try is changing her diet a bit. but i think this is probably more of a habit than a skin irritation - i could be wrong.

I just wanted to share a moment with parry which shows her intellect and playfulness.

I have been working with parry on targetting. her treat upon successful targeting is a pumpkin seed (a little smaller than I am comfortable with, but she is GREAT at gently taking it out of my fingers). Recently, I offered her the target and she took it out of my hands. She was gently biting it and playing it with her foot, but I couldn't possibly give her the treat for removing the target out of my hands...

At this point she held the target stick in her foot. I showed her the pumpkin seed and as she reached out for it with her beak, I showed her my other opened hand, which was strategically placed under the foot which held the target stick. I said to her "can we make a trade?". Parry looked at me, my open hand, looked at the target stick, dropped the target stick and I promptly gave her the pumpkin seed. some kind of coincidence? a show of intelligence and understanding of cause-and-effect? hm....

Parry has fun in the shower (look at that tail wag!):

parry on my husband's hand

parry enjoying some red bell pepper