For anyone who's curious the little darlings are getting along fairly well. Yorda did not look at all happy to have the screeching little Ico anywhere near her, especially not stuck in the same cage with her. (FYI, they make a severely strange sound when they are not happy). They were both very standoff-ish when first introduced... he did not want to come out of his pouch and she didn't want to go near it. So we ended up dumping them both out. (Hey, they had to meet somehow - right?) Anyhoo, Ico huddled up in the bottom of the cage (obviously uncomfortable in his new surroundings), and Yorda ran up the side of the cage and got behind him... and then on him. And there she stayed for a good few hours grooming him, sniffing him, crawling all over him, not letting him get out of her reach for even a second (and believe me, he tried)... She seems a bit clingy, but she's been alone since we've had her... they're pretty social creatures and I had a feeling she was getting lonely. I couldn't handle that - I felt really bad for her. *sigh* Anyway, when I woke up the next morning they were cuddled up asleep in the same pouch looking extremely cute... and that is that.
Ico is doing ok... not doing as well adjusting as I would have expected him to, but Yorda could be stressing him out. I dunno. He's very moody and not so much tame, although in the pet store he was the friendliest li'l fella in there. And he's very vocal about his feelings... by that I mean we get to hear his weird sound pretty often. You don't even have to be near him for him to start. He doesn't want to be held and he'll actually lunge at you and try to bite when you attempt to pick him up. I honestly think he's stressed and not handling the change from pet store to home very well. He's a good bit younger than Yorda was when we got her so that may be a factor. But I'm gonna be patient with the little guy... I think things will turn out fine.
On another note we've been wearing them out in the pouch pretty frequently and Yorda's sneaky little ass got out in the car the other day. Nick got peed on and bitten or scratched or something, but things could have been a lot worse considering that we had the windows down. I'm very thankful that she didn't jump out. Also, I'm not sure which one of them did it, but Nick has the cutest little paw-shaped scratch on his arm. You can see where all of the tiny claws dug in and pulled. I think it's adorable, but Nick doesn't seem too happy about it. I should take a picture of that. I think I will.
This is pretty sad. No, she's not dead, but she did get hurt. I was putting something new in her cage the other day and she got out. She hasn't had her wings clipped in a long time and she's not at all tame so she flew around the house smashing into stuff for a while before finally landing beak-first on the hard kitchen floor. It bled a little and we were all very concerned, but I think she's gonna be just fine. I talked to one of the awesome ladies at Critters and she said she the same thing. I'm just keeping a close eye on her to make sure that she acts normal... well - normal for Lily. (That bird is crazy, I swear). But she's been eating and grooming herself and even playing a little so that's a good thing.
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