January 2010

Editor's Note
OK, so the last time I talked about food, it was about how my conure Ollie eats his pellets only if I offer them to him one by one by hand. As you can imagine, this gets quite tiresome quite fast! Some days, I feel like a servant feeding grapes to the emperor.  Read more here.

Starting Over
Hit the reset button on your relationship.
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Free Flight
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