The girls "branch" out

Well, progress is slow in grey-land, and that's the way we like it. Right now as I write, it is a little after 9 am, breakfast has been eaten and fruit shredded; preening done; naptime. Blessing is in the cage, her usual perch when she is not out exploring branches. Miracle is on top of the cage facing out toward the living room. Miracle still will not go much past the cage. Blessing spends a good bit of time inside the cage but is the one to venture out and she will perch and remain on some of the furthest branches--lured there by pine cones or almonds wrapped in paper.

I work with them once maybe twice a day. Their interest in training varies and is not reliable. And I haven't been able to push them very much. Blessing will now allow me to touch her beak (in preparation for scratching her head--dreaming on!) and will lift her foot rather than have me touch it...so we work with that. Miracle is so skittish but has maybe gotten the idea that I want to touch the top of her beak....and 1 out of 5 times that works. I probably need to write up a plan so that I can see what I might be leaving out--and send it to lee.

I am still worried about their feather condition: when Blessing opens her wings it looks like moths have eaten out parts of all her long feathers. I know that she has not lost any of these feathers in over a year and same with most of Miracles....Lorita has done more molting in the last year than both greys put together.