More Kappa photos

[asterroc]

Here's some recent cute photos of Kappa!

Almonds in the shell are one of her favorite toy/treats.

Lookit how smooth the feathers on her belly look after her molt. I'm so proud! ^_^


"Mmmm, smells good."

Yeah, I know they don't have much of a sense of smell, but doesn't it look like she's sniffing the almond?

Here's a similar pose from before her molt so you can compare - there's black flecks all over her feathers on her belly, indicating wear on the feathers or that they were poorly formed in the first place. The difference is even more dramatic on her "shoulders".


Shredding a toy on her Boing in the office.


When I first got her in April she was terrified of new people - took her a couple months to even warm up to my boyfriend, who lives here too and gave her almonds daily! And now she's not only learning to tolerate people, she even stepped up for two of them at my Halloween party!



And she's fully flighted too - see the long blue feathers at the ends of her wings, those're the flight feathers - so if she really didn't want to be on these people, she would've flown somewhere better. I wouldn't say she was *comfortable*, but she definitely had other options and chose to tolerate being on their fingers while a couple people took pictures.



And lastly, a cute but low-quality picture of Kappa snuggling up close to me. ^_^


X-posted to parrots101

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[zandperl.livejournal.com]

When I was looking, duskies were available and GCCs were not. After doing some research, I realized that a dusky was a better choice for me anyways, and I am quite happy w/ my choice. :)

Kappa really loves almonds, so I started by cracking the shell w/ a nutcrucker for a couple of them, and once she figured out that an almond was inside there was no going back.