Trudy

Trudy was the first to get comfortable with leaving the nest, possibly because Oreo is a bit of a bitch. More on that later. This is Trudy on the second day:

I tried to tempt her with a little food but she froze, and not wishing to frighten her I just dropped it.

After a while I realised that most of the problem came from the sound the cage makes when the door’s unlatched – the entire thing rings like a bell and sets the girls on edge. Though now they’re more used to it they’re starting to be a little more blasé…

In fact, this is how I found Trudy just yesterday as I was walking past…

She was curled up in the open on the top deck of her cage. Just in the background you can see one of the play tubes. I put in some paper an she tried to make a nest in it. Right now there’s three points that are set up as nests.

The beeping of the camera woke her up a little, and here she’s giving me a look in case I’m about to do something annoying like grab her or rattle the cage or anything not involving handing food over…

I think Trudy likes to get away from Oreo, either because Oreo drives her out every so often, or because Trudy just wants some peace and quiet. I tend to find that wherever Trudy has decamped to, Oreo will eventually turn up, curled up against her, and they still share the straw nest a lot.

Trudy was the first of the girls to come and take a treat from my hand though she still carries it back to the straw nest before she starts eating, although she’s stopped carrying the treats inside.