#burd talk

at first Pen fuckin just ignored the baby maybe because he didn't realize that yes that was indeed a real bird. he just hopped over to his millet like a fatass.

i had Pen's playlist of music playing and he started tweeting to one of the songs and at first the new baby didn't reply bc he was still p much in shock. but eventually he DID reply to Pen's tweets and Pen was just like?????????? tweet???????????????? tweet!!!!!!!!!???????

and they went back and forth for a while with the new baby sitting outside on top of the cage and Pen kinda looked like he was in disbelief because bird?????? and in between chirps Pen was sooooo happy he was preening himself like crazy and puffing up and just generally tryin to look cool n nonchalant like a dork.

things were good up until i bumped into something causing Pen to panic which made the baby panic which made me panic and i was like OK time to go in the cage little bb.

so bb went into the cage and perched himself right where he was in that pic and Pen just

i don't even know

Pen was like 'OH YES FRIEND!!.... oh.... oh god wait no nononono WHAT IS THAT IT IS IN HERE WITH ME' and he backed away and pressed himself up against the cage  and made a sound that i have /never/ heard him make before. the closest i could come to describing it was that it was a slightly higher pitched version of Tina Belcher's 'eeeeeeeeehhhhhhhh'

so Pen was making that noise and slowly falling/melting off the perch [?????] and i was losin my shit laughing until he hopped/felll off the perch onto another one. then he changed his mind in .01 seconds that he wanted to be near the bb so he hopped back up to sit where he was in the photo.

and now they are taking a nap. and i think the only reason Pen is taking a nap too is bc the bb is 'cause otherwise around this time of day he would be eating or tweeting to emo rock.

thanks for the advice! i've been really hung up on trying to get Pen to get used to me and i've been hesitant to stick my hand in the cage because just me being near the cage scares him lol. and at the moment cage door opens = something scary and stressful is about to happen [despite my efforts to do the opposite lol]. combine that with his food dish being attached to the cage door and not wanting him to get hungry and stress more over that i'm just like ???? ok bud i'm gonna keep out of ur way and play the music u like to sing to take ur time.

it might come down to just more persistence on my part with me sticking my hand in the cage a few times a day until he calms down around it. but apart from that his disposition is just generally unconfident, fretful, and desperately wanting the company of other birds. i don't play bird sounds anymore but last time i did [inadvertently] he flipped out and for the first time ever showed interest in getting out of the cage.

ok i need to fix Pan's cage

he needs to come out of the cage for me to fix it

and i feel awful bc he's gonna be so upset but it's something that needs to be done and something that will make him happier in the long run

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I HAD A DREAM LIKE THAT TOO!!! and then i woke up and realized none of it happened. :(

i’m gonna let cake grow hers out, since she’s only ever in my room

i would hella like Pan to grow his feathers out but if he's still too unpredictable when they start growing in again, i'll have to get them clipped. :c

Maybe you could talk with him some times so that he gets used to your voice!