| After a two hour car ride and once home, we set him
up in his cage and left him to readjust to his new
surroundings for a day or so. He seemed to like having
people around all day, in and out plus he had feathered
friends to look at and gibber jabber to at the same time
if he wanted to. |
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| His favorite word was "Hello" and he would keep
repeating it while turning his head every time you were
anywhere close to him or his cage. |
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| "Hello" became and still is to this day a
catchphrase in our home between Dee and I. We have Gilly
to thank for that. There is not a single day goes by
that we do not use it several times. |
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| He enjoyed his playtime and befriended our Sun
Conure "Max". They would be on a playstand and jibber
away to each other for hours on end. Where one went, the
other was not to far behind. This was great but as in so
many cases, they formed a bond and started to get
aggressive to anyone that went near them while they were
together. Unfortunately that was the end of that and we
slowly took them away from each other. After a few days
we had two sweet birds once again for the most part. |
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| Gilligan tented to form a bond with Jeff and wanted
to be with him everywhere that he went. He had no
problem with Dee but preferred Jeff. They would play and
spent a lot of time together with total trust between
both of them. |
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| Problems came if we had any company over for any
reason. His whole body language would change as soon as
anyone went near him. It was as if he thought "I like it
here and you are not taking me anywhere". He would
shriek constantly at the top of his voice as if warning
everyone to stay away. He would even bite Jeff if he got
to close to him and I mean "bite" with hate in his eyes.
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| We could now see that Gilligan had a few behavioral
and jealousy issues that were existing prior to bringing
him home which we were not told about and could lead to
other issues with finding him a "Forever Home". |
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| We would take Gilligan with us on car rides, he
would sit on the headrest and sing his heart out along
with a lot of hello's thrown in just for good
measure and while we were out and about he would
cautiously interact with almost anyone. He would come on
boat trips and have a blast. He was a happy caper and
enjoying life. The problem was at home. |
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| We would switch him into a different cage when
company was due and change his location to where ever we
gathered. This way all he had was the company around
him. After many times of doing this, he started to come
around and visitors were not all that bad after all in
his mind. |
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| We continued to work with Gilligan and more so,
Gilligan worked with us. |
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| After several months Gilligan was a different bird
and people were an ok part of his life. He would still
squawk once in a while when he wanted your attention
"Now" so to speak but no different than a child would
when they want something. |
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| Gilligan touched a very special place in Jeff's
heart and for the first time he had tears in his eyes
when Gilly was handed over to his new mom & dad. We
could very easily have kept him as a resident personal
bird but there are so many other birds that need help. |
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| Gilligan was adopted by Stephen and Marcia. |
| He is now in is Forever Home and enjoying every
minute of it. Jeff still gets periodical email updates. |
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