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Owner & Bird
Owner's Name:

Eve Cunning and Steve DeGroof

Bird's Name: Berkeley
Other flock members: Buddy & Odie (Budgies), Jazzy (Lovebird), Kokomo (Cockatiel), Murphy (Senegal)
Why you picked a Jardine's vs something else: Quiet, sweet & cuddly
Physical Characteristics
Hatch Date: March 24, 1994
Weight: 220g
Length (nose to butt) 8"
Amount of Orange Coloring & Where: a few feathers under wings
Breeder
When Purchased: early April, 1994
Where Purchased: The Birdie Boutique, Durham NC
Age when Purchased: 2 weeks? (brought home at 3 months)
Hand Fed? Yes

     By Who:

Missy Ripple (The Birdie Boutique)
Price: $600
Diet
Eats Pellets? Yes
     Pellet Brand Roudybush
Eats Veggies? Yes
     Favorites: broccoli, carrots, peppers, tomato, cooked corn, rice, peas, beans
Eats Seeds? No
Eats People Food (ie with you) Yes
     Favorites: chips and salsa, creamsicles
Beverages: picante V8, root beer, caffeine-free Pepsi, juice
Other foods: peaches, spoon-sized shredded wheat, Mueslix
Favorite foods: uncooked rainbow rotini (aka twirlies)
Personality
Favorites games to play with people: kiss, rub faces, attack the duckie, push the marble, peekaboo
Tricks: wolf whistle, immitates cockatiel, hauls up bucket on a string
Shy around strangers? no, loves everybody, often starts clucking for guests, wants to be picked up
Likes to bathe? Yes
     How: spray bottle
Likes music? No
     What kind? -
     Likes to dance? -
Agressive or shy with other birds/pets in the house? agressive with small birds, shy around Murphy hasn't bitten any of the birds
Amount of human attention received: 6 hours with 2 people
Talks? Yes
     Words: oh yeah 7:^) Pretty bird, Are you a good birdy?, Berkeley, Daddy, plus a lot of gibberish, whoops, clucks and kissy noises
     How did he learn? Just picked it up. Often stops talking when we look at her. Recently started putting her head in her food dish (hiding her face) while talking.
Whistles? Yes
     Tunes: A Little. not even close 7:^)
Prefers to talk or whistle? whistle
Cage
Size of cage: 24x24x32"
Favorite perches or toys: cloth duckie, acrylic mobiles, bits of wood, wood and rope toys, beads, strings of pasta
Sleeping habits: sleeps on Polly Perfect perch with a Birdie Buddy
Veterinarian  Information
Avian Vet or other Vet: Greg Burkett (Avian Veternary Services)
Wings Clipped? Yes
     1 or 2 wings clipped: 2
     By who: Greg Burkett
Toenail clipped by who: -
How often for vet visits: 1 year
Any accidents? Yes
     What? got caught in plastic slinky (frightened, but unharmed)
     Lessons learned: introduce new toys under close supervision
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