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| Name: |
Cadence
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Age: |
Three years old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Budgerigar
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| Home: |
Methuen, Massachusetts, USA
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Cadence
has been my companion since I got my first apartment. At the
time, she was just a sweet little baby who hardly made a peep, and it
was just me and her. Now, she's a very strong personality who likes
to rule the roost - which includes me, my husband, and a cockatiel
named Charlie who lets her walk all over him. :-)
Cadie begins each day by waiting for me to come downstairs to say good
morning. When she hears me, she begins chirping eagerly. I go over
to her cage, open the door, and she hops right out. I lean down and
she showers me with kisses, sometimes for as long as ten minutes, if
I'll let her! I keep her wings trimmed, so she has the run of the
house -- but unless she's on my shoulder, she basically stays in the
living room, where one wall is mirrored. She sure does enjoy playing
with that beautiful bird in the mirror!
Every night, I sing her to sleep. The song I sing is "Goodnight, my
someone" from The Music Man, except I sing "budgie" instead of
"someone." One time, after I'd had her for a few months, I made the
mistake of playing the Music Man CD mid-afternoon... when "her" song
came on, was she ever mad! She clicked and clucked angrily, as if to
say, "I am not going to sleep now!"
Besides kissing me and playing in the mirror, Cadie's favorite hobbies
include climbing wherever she can, bathing (as evidenced by the degree
of her wetness in the second picture, Cadie takes really good,
long baths!), and having me blow on her till she's dry. She used to
enjoy dive-bombing our cockatiel, Charlie, until we caught her in the
act and "grounded" her - no more going in Charlie's house for you,
little bird! But overall, Cadie is a sweet, loving little pet,
and she has a way of making my day. I'm glad she's my little girl!
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