//Meeerry Christmas!/

It's nearly Christmas! Less than an hour ago. :3

We did the last of the shopping today (thank *GOD*!) which was just fruit and veg. Other than that, we're all set to go!


(white Chrismas tree, yayuh!)

Some of our Christmas shopping was done in Rundle Mall last week and...eek. Craziness. And it's like everyone forgets their manners. They'll walk into you, cut you off, push you and not say a word. *sigh* But on a high note...Mum got us converse shoes! They're pretty cool. They're our Christmas present (although of course Mum said she didn't want us to only have *one* present lol -___-;;)! Mine are an awesome silver colour, and Danielle's are black. c:

We've also been getting Roxie out a lot lately.


Lol.



Bawh.

Danielle and I have been reading a lot about bird behavior and all the stuff they need, and there's so much to learn! We've also been trying to find a way to stop her from plucking (she's chewed and plucked feathers from her wings and has now moved to her feat and her chest .___.) We haven't really been bathing her, she doesn't seem interested...that's something that can cause plucking, along with a bad diet (we feed her seed pretty much), not enough toys (she has two LOL), lack of sleep (continuous 12 hrs a night...) and some other things.

So she now has three toys for Christmas! Yay.

As I've been hanging outside a lot and taking lots (and *lots!*) of photos of Rainbow Lorikeets, Mum started to talk about getting one as a pet! So we went crazy looking up prices (hypothetically, of course...) and how to take care of them and such. That led us back to this pretty parakeet called the Quaker Parrot, that we were squeeing over a few months ago.

Pics!




Blue mutation on the right. c:


Yayz!

Aren't they cute?!

They're expensive (about $400 for a green at a pet shop - Roxie was about $85) though...but they're really intelligent and just seem so funny and cute! We've visited a lot of bird aviaries lately (and found more online to check out!), one of them just got a bunch of them in - so adorable.

We've been telling Mum about all these cute stories and such, she seems interested in getting one! We'll have to see though...they're really expensive. Although apparently it's cheaper (and better?) to get one from a breeder. We might look around next year. Fingers crossed!

Maybe Roxie could get a frieeennd. Though it might not happen after some things I've been reading about Quakers being jealous birds and such - I don't know.

Back on the subject of Roxie...it seems that she's actually...a *he!* It probably sounds so idiotic when you see photos of her - she's still a girl to me, it's stuck now! Roxie is a pearl white face.

(here's a photo so you can see - click for larger version)



As you can see, Roxie's the mutation that has removed the yellow and orange colour (whiteface), and the pearling, which she had when she was younger. Now, females keep their pearling after their big molt, the males loose them. Roxie doesn't have her pearl feathers anymore. Also, the female whitefaces don't have the whole painted white face. :/ Roxie does speak quite a bit as well (saying "Come on Roxie, come on!" "See ya Roxie" and recently learning "Ready Roxie, ready?" and "Good girl Roxie, good girl!").

I don't care, she's still just Roxie to me. <3 I got some new photos of the Rainbow Lorikeets today! And some Musk Lorikeets a few days ago. :D





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Have a great Christmas, everyone!