Dorsia is not a fan

We have a Halloween household, but apparently not everyone is on the same page. To bring a little Halloween cheer, I got a small pumpkin to put in Dorsia's cage.

Cute, right?

If you've ever known a bird you realize they're not super thrilled with novel objects in their cage. They usually snub them for a while before getting anywhere near it. Dorsia snubbed her rope toy for days and day and now it's practically her boyfriend.

This was Dorsia's reaction to the pumpkin:

Hello up there!

She flew out of her cage and on to the deer skull hanging above the porch door. She's since been back in the cage, and while she isn't interested in the pumpkins she's not scared of it either. Maybe in a couple days?

I could take this to mean that Dorsia hates Halloween but I am heartened by the fact that she landed on the skull. That's pretty Halloween, right? She did look rather nice on it. In fact, I half expected her to croak "Nevermore" while she was up there.

Dorsia, progressing

I'm pleased to report that Dorsia is getting along rather well with us. She very quickly got used to having hands in her cage, learned to dutifully "step up" on to a finger, and is getting more and more comfortable spending time outside of the cage with people.

She'll even ride around on my shoulder, though she does get bored and tries to fly off on her own. Her wings are clipped, and she lands on the floor, but rather cutely will run over to jump back on your finger (and to higher ground).

Good work, little Dorsia!