[OwnedbyMacaws]

Hi folks. Sorry no update sooner. All I can say is that I'm busy busy busy.

Mickey and Mal (as we have taken to calling Mallory, less feminine) are doing wonderfully. Progress remains slow but steady. I am now allowed to touch them as long as I approach very slowly, and they will let the kids enter the room without throwing a fit anymore. No one's been able to coax them into stepping up or allowing themselves to be held, but they do seem to love my hubby and he is enjoying bonding with them, I think. (and rubbing it in a bit that they like him better, LOL) They've been in quarentine a total of 30 days as of today. We have a vet check up in two weeks, in which time if they still get a clear bill, other than the Asper. and the AV tells me it's ok, I'm going to attempt to start intergrating them in with the others. I'm not completely sure how to go about it, but I thought I'd just roll their cage in the room with the girls for a while each day and see how it works out. Since Mickey and Mal have heard the girls and Sam and SImon several times, they often call to each other between the rooms. It can be quite loud here when they get started. I'm looking forward to seeing how they interact with each other.

Sam and Simon are still here as their owner Dave is having a difficult time finding a place to rent short term that will allow the dogs (who have ended up at my house as well, since the friend they originally went home with found out his dogs didn't like them.Yeesh, the things I do for my friends)and the big birds. Meanwhile, both the humans and the macaw members of this family are falling head over heels for these two guys. They are a delight and I will surely hate to see them go. Lola is quite smitten with Sam in particular, and Simon seems to be spreading his charm between the other three ladies. Even my prickley pear bird Bonnie seems to be enjoying these fellows being around more often.

Sorry no pictures yet to show you. I know I keep promising them, but I just haven't had the time to do any proper shopping for a new digital. I know you folks can understand.

Oh, and btw, for any who were interested, my Aunt Meg ended up buying the little Sun Conure from the pet shop. She just couldn't get that little bird out of her head and kept going back to visit. As much as I dislike buying animals from pet shops, this little bird has checked out healthy with the AV and he seems quite lovely. He's a year old and his name is Chip. Aunt Meg is very happy with him.

Oh yeah, and my son the goldfish collector won a raffle at the local pet shop and won himself a $100 dollar gift certificate which he promptly spent on the most expensive goldfish he could find. So We now have the complete cast of the shootout at the ok corral with the additions of Ike, Billy, Frank, and Tom. I'm considering redecorating the tank in a western theme. LOL.

Hope everyone on BB is doing well.