Kate Pullen

We put a  ladder in Larry’s cage to he can get to his upstairs perch. He is 100% back to normal in every way, except that he still can’t climb. He’s taken to his ladder and spends lot of time…

I thought this was interesting – our blog from over 10 years ago about the Carlisle floods:

Given that we’re not the greenest of fingered people (we even managed to nearly kill a jasmine which is quite a feat), we do seem to be extraordinarily good at growing prickly pairs. We’re going to have to take some…

We’ve taken the lovely crochet nest that I made the lovebirds out of their cage because they were nesting in it. While that might seem obvious, if they had both been boys or both been girls, it wouldn’t have been…

Today is Thanksgiving in America. I think out of all the festivals we don’t celebrate, Thanksgiving is the one I’d most like to join in with. It’s a massive holiday in America and one which I really didn’t know much…

Barry the lovebird is showing distinct signs of nesting, so we think that he may be a she. As the original name I gave him was Sugarplum, I am hoping we can go back to that again as it is…

Tinks went for a final check up today at the vet’s after her operation two weeks ago. The vet was very pleased and she doesn’t have to go back again. The scar is quite big, however it seems to have…

She can do a better job than me!!!

After literally months of dry weather, it started raining last week. And within about 15 minutes, we were bemoaning the rain and wondering if the rain would ever stop. Needless to say, it was just before Ed and Emma arrived…

Being relatively new to the world of bird ownership, we still have to research their care, specifically food which are good or bad for them. We’ve read a lot about pomegranates and how other people’s parrots ‘go mad for them’.…