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her first week with us

Kewi & my grand daughter, 7 year old Brooklyn, after bringing Kewi home on 11/11/07

11/13

she's quarantined upstairs in the computer room for now & being housed temporarily in Manu's travel cage

her 1st shower here!
11/14
she loved it!
so did I!

my daughter Angie happened to be here at the time & got part of it on video

click the picture below to view the video, & you can hear her very clearly say
"Pretty Bird"
toward the end

11/16
new things everyday!

she's been very tolerant of the grandkids & happily steps up on Lanny's arm - UNLESS he tries to take her from my arm

we took Kewi up to the cabin with us Saturday the 17th for an overnight stay & she got to play with the Big Guys stuff since he wasn't there

back home again on her play stand Sunday afternoon

It's been a busy, exciting, some times very loud,
GREAT
first week with Kewi!
and I'm looking very forward to the next million or so ...

K E W I

Kewi is a 3 year old gorgeous
Orange Wing Amazon Parrot
I adopted on 11/11/07 from her previous parront who felt she could no longer take care of her properly since she has recently had to take on a second job.

She is proving to be such a GOOD GIRL & an absolute pleasure to have in our family! And she seems to be adapting to her new home very well.

She steps up readily & happily on command, is very tolerant of, & receptive to the grandkids, & is normally quiet & calm, except if left alone for any length of time, or if Manu happens to make any noises, LoL!

She's not been DNA tested, so her gender is not known for certain, however since she does say her name, I'm not going to change it & Kewi seems girlish to me.

She's quite a talker, which is very awesome to me, as my other birds don't have large vocabularies. It's SO funny to hear her talk! Most of the time I can't quite make out exactly what she's telling me, but other words are just as plain as day. She has daily hollering matches with Manu & it gets pretty loud! I think her voice is every bit as loud as Manu's!!

The other birds seem quite startled when they hear her, but I think that after her quarantine period & they're able to see her, they'll be OK with it & go on with their business.

F A C T S

PARROT SPECIES: Orange Wing Amazon

ADOPTED: 11/11/07 at 3 years old

HATCH DATE: unknown, but we'll celebrate her birthday as 11/11/04

GENDER: unknown, but is considered female

CURRENT DIET: Zupreem natural pellets - conure size (which is what her previous parront was also feeding her), along with lots of other good, fresh & frozen foods

she doesn't seem to care too much for nuts, even tho I crack them for her, but I'll continue to offer them as a treat

FAV FOOD: not real sure yet, but she is a very good, healthy eater

I'm discovering that she really seems to like pasta & mixed cooked beans

H E A L T H

1/8/08: Kewi's first avain vet visit with Dr Kroeger
I kind of hate to admit this, as I'm normally the first one that will tell you to get a new bird in for a check up as soon as possible, but due to everything we've had going on & the expenses involved, I've put if off until now. However, if I'd had ANY concerns about her health, I would certainly have taken her in sooner.
Since it was her first visit, I kept things to a minimum so that she wont associate the trip with a bad experience. Just a physical exam basically, no blood work done.
Dr says she looks great & seems in excellent health!
weighs 395 grams

Miscellaneous Recent Photos
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11/26

Caught!
with her head in the nut jar!

perching pretty on her playstand in the kitchen

some times she likes to climb down from her playstand & wander around.
Here she found her way into the toy/storage/junk room

11/27

eating chunks of apple & oranges from a stainless steel skewer

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