Dirty Birdie

[asterroc]

As if Gabe's tail wasn't nasty enough from being dragged through his own poop, he now just dragged it through my guacamole. To make matters worse, avocado's poisonous to birds, so I had to dunk him in the sink and clean it off with my washcloth. And of course it just occured to me that he dragged his poop-covered tail through my FOOD. :(

Ah, the joys of pet ownership.

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[zandperl.livejournal.com]

As you noted elsewhere, he's a lutino cockatiel.

He is unfortunately my only bird: a few days before my neighbor found him stray, my childhood companion Peeper passed away. There's more about both of them in the appropriate tags (Gabriel and Peeper), and in a eulogy I wrote for her. I've also got photos of both in my Flickr account.

Man, now I'm getting teary-eyed again. To cheer me up though, I think Gabe's starting to let me scratch his head.