[huskymom]

how cute!!... I think he´s gonna be a pretty pied ..... not sure gender yeat as he´s she´s pied.... but still very cute

 

[Laura]

QUESTION:

This may be a stupid question but were did Persnickety go, or did you change the name to Snickers, or is it short for Persnickety, or maybe I am just missing something ?? :wacko:

Snickers is short for Persnickety

 

[Abigail Jad 123]

Aaaaaaww! Snickers is so cute! I'm glad to hear that hes still healthy, and i hope that Bailee isn't actually developing a plucking habit on snickers.

 

[Bea]

Concerning the plucking, is that common for a parent to do?

Well it's not uncommon, and it is more likely with first time parents. I've taken a short video of Snickers having a hiss, i'll post it a bit later cause right now, at 8:30am on a Saturday, mum decided to book a doctors appointment, and i'm the taxi. Who goes to the doctor that early on a Saturday...grrrr...

 

[Bea]

Who's ready for some day 17 cuteness?? Snickers is spikey, noisier and bigger today, he's now a whopping 49g compared to the 17g he was a week ago, it's just amazing! And he's got the attitude to go with that weight too!

Cute baby?? Me???

You watch what you say woman!!

I'm a tough guy, not a itty bitty cutesy baby!!

*hmph*

And here's a video of the little guy having a hiss. You can see he made the nest box sufficiently messy, i cleaned it two days ago, and again today. The amount of poop Snickers produces is just unbelievable!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4N3RZGoq08

 

[Sophia]

Snickers is short for Persnickety

Thanks for clearing that up Laura!

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Snickers looks so funny on those photos, and on the video, Earl went mad when he heard it! :lol: Snickers is so cute though, but very loud when he is hungry!

 

[Bea]

but very loud when he is hungry!

Oh that was just his general complaining voice! He's much worse when he's hungry. :lol:

 

[Sophia]

Oh that was just his general complaining voice! He's much worse when he's hungry. :lol:

You will be deaf by the time he is bigger, if your not already! :lol:

 

[Plukie]

Awww Bea, he really is a cutie and when you look back on day 1 photo to today's it's just incredible that in 17 days they can mature and grow so much!! It's really brilliant that he has come on so well.

 

[birdieness]

Awww he's soo cute! Plucking seems pretty normal for first timers. Cleo and Meco (my babies parents) pluck my guys. Only issue now is because they did it to them, if my guys were to raise babies chances are they would pluck them and i already know hugs would as he plucks his sister. Not much anymore cause they are hardly out together.

Such a great weight gain. keep going little one and you will be huge! Can't wait to see him feather into a pied little screaming monster. Going to have so much attitude lol.

 

[Bea]

If you look at the new photos compared to my avatar...look at the crest growth in just 1 day!!!

 

[Sophia]

That is alot of growth in just 1 DAY!!! That is shocking, at least he must be healthy!! :thumbu:

 

[Laura]

What a difference a week makes, he has gained so much weight the little piggy you must be so relieved to see the big difference in him, he is adorable

 

[Kirby]

What a handsome little bub He has grown a LOT in the past few days, it's insane isn't it

Kirby

 

[Kfontan]

Wow!

Wow! He just about tripled his weight in a week!! That must be a relief.

He is a little cutie. And look at that crest!!!

The video was hysterical. What a big attitude for a little bird. Snickers must be a male, carrying on and on like that.

Does he make that much noise when he sits in your hand? Also, how do Bailee and Cookie react when he is sitting in your hand.

I hope you don't mind all of the questions. But I find this whole experience fascinating.

 

[Bea]

Does he make that much noise when he sits in your hand? Also, how do Bailee and Cookie react when he is sitting in your hand.

He was making that much noise in my hand yesterday, you can see from the photos that he had a lot to say. More often though he just snuggles in and looks around.

Cookie and Bailee couldn't give a stuff that he's in my hand. Lately they're only feeding him and very little else. I think that's normal though. This morning for example, i gave him a quick cuddle while Cookie and Bailee were having breakfast. Snickers was having a little whinge cause he was hungry, and all Bailee was interested was snatching pieces of corn out of Cookie's beak. :rofl:

 

[Plukie]

He's really doing well Bea, it's lovely to see him every step of the way.

 

[Laura]

Typical parents :lol: they probably welcome the break

 

[xxxSpikexxx]

He is just way to cute What an amazing change Me and Spike watched his video and Spike said he was a pretty boo

 

[Bea]

Day 18 photos!

*yawn*

He hisses like crazy at any one except me, i feel so loved. If he sees my brother he goes crazy, and if he sees my dad he's even worse, hehe.

He's doing runny poos today, or at least he is out of the nest box. There appear to be normal poops in the nest box so i'm not sure what to think. The vet is supposed to phone tomorrow about Cookie and Bailee's runny poops and what we should do next, so i'll add Snickers onto my list of questions for dad to ask (i'll be at school, stuck in exams...ewww).

I'm starting a project today which i will share with everyone at the end of all this! I'm making a desktop background with a photo time line starting from an egg and including a photo everyday until he's a fully feathered cutie pie! Hopefully it'll look good, and it will be interesting to be able to look at the progress all at once!