HI you guys!!!

[Emma]

Oh my gosh!!! Hi you guys!! I hope that you are ALL doing well!!! I want so very much to catch up...but as it is...finally we are into our new home..the computer is hooked up.....but things are STILL so hectic.

This move has dang near killed all of us!!! and I am sad to say...including Milo!! (our 7 month old Congo)....... He has plucked himself shamelessly!!

It started, and I swear that it started the very day I started moving things around.... then escalated from there. He has not !!ONE!!! red feather left on that naked little butt of his!!! Butt naked and all, I am thinking the worst of it is over.... at least for the last at least 7 days there havent been more than one or two feathers on the floor when I have cleaned...and yeah, he does have some left!!!.... (maybe he just cant reach the ones on top of his wings and his back??? :aiwebs_01)

He is singing and seems happy.... happily telling everyone to shut up again so bless his heart I am taking that as a good sign.

We got a good routine going again and for Milo that is what keeps him sane.
Had I known what this move would have entailed at the beginning...trust me...we would not be here!! lol

The new house is great though and Milo has an awesome view of the backyard which is really beautifully landscaped with lots of birds and other activities to keep him entertained....his perch is in the living room now...right smack in the middle of the house where he can see and here everyone. My office is upstairs in a loft.... he cant see me... but he can HEAR me ...so he aint missin a thang but the bedroom.

Nancy, I remember reading where you said a really happy congo grey plucked... so I am not worried about Milo's looks...but still....

I am anxious to see if you guys read this and have any advice, and I wander if his red feathers will take longer to grow back than the others???

Love, Emma

[The Outlaw]

Emma:

Relax. I'm sure that once things settle down, he'll be fine. They are a bit neurotic, but they do adapt. I think its the change in schedules that's harder on them than actually moving. They just like a routine.

I have a CAG here that came to me plucked. She refeathered completely in the 3 months that I had her. At that time, when the owner realized that she was happy here, he simply gave her to me. That is my Cleo.

When I recently helped a dying friend for a few weeks and wasn't doing my normal routine, I could see the day to day regression. She would pluck unmercifully! One morning I uncovered a cage with a pile of feathers under her that was 2" thick! I was heartbroken. Once my friend passed and I got back into my regular routine, she stopped just as quickly as she started. She's almost totally refeathered. Ekkies and greys just seem to revert to plucking whenever they get upset about anything.

I'm so happy your new digs are so great. Sounds beautiful. You'll have to share some photos. Take lots of Milo now and before you know it, he'll be all full of feathers and you won't believe how far he came. Life is about the LITTLE celebrations, after all.

Glad you're back. We MISSED you .

THE OUTLAW