Ricky and Gigi-April-May-2013

October-2012-Gigi and Ricky

Gig hasn't been feeling too well lately. She has had some blood in her stool and strains to go. Sometimes there's a bulge. Other days she seems her same chipper self. The bleeding has stopped for now. I try to make her stay in the cage more. It seems that when she gets excited and flies around too much then she bleeds. She is almost 12 years old.

Ricky is doing good and still the same spoiled brat..Ha!

August 23, 2012-Gigi And Jasper

 Jasper walks around more than she's in her water these days. She always comes to wherever I am.  I turned around in the kitchen and there she was at my feet.

Gigi is very active these days and won't go in her cage anymore. Not till bedtime when Ricky goes in his.

Gigi-August 3,2012

My grandaughter took this picture of Gigi on top of her cage. You can see the picture of the grandkids when they were younger. It's hanging on the wall behind Gigi's cage. Good pic Salena!!

Jasper and Ricky-July-2012

Ricky And Gigi-June 7th And 10th-2012

Their reflections in the mirror

My Birds-May And June-2012

Ricky And Gigi-April 21, 2012

Ricky is standing on the rail of my walker as he looks out the window.

Gigi is on Ricky's cage, chewing paper and eating seeds.

Jasper-Ricky And Gigi-April 9, 2012-Video Of Ricky

My Pet Birds On March 18, 2012

February 15, 2012-Ricky And Gigi

Ricky sits on my computer desk all the time. He has to be wherever I am all day long.

Ricky on December 30, 2011

He was trying to take a nap. I was bothering him..Ha!

Gigi-October 22, 2011

Gigi is ten years old and is doing real well. She's free to fly all day long but stays near her or Ricky's cage. She has a toy in her cage and she loves it. There's four buttons and when she pushes them it says somehting and one laughs. She pushes that one the most.

Ricky And Jasper-October-2011

Ricky was riding on the back of my walker. He likes doing that. I will ride him around the apartment and say, "Weeee". He will lean down and spread his wings as we go..

Jasper's first walk around the apartment in over a month. One of her back legs is not working too well. This has been going on ever since she laid eggs. She's eating very well and lots. She got up on her log in the water for the first time in two months so she must be feeling stronger. It's good to see her acting more normal again.

Ricky And Jasper-July 17th-19th-2011

Jasper is still hanging around my feet wherever I go. She follows me all around the apartment. She's eating every day now. She eats her turtle sticks and pieces of apple and two small shrimp. And she's sleeping most of the night in her water now. That noise is still underground though. maybe she's just getting used to it now. But she does want to get out every day and walk around. I have to be careful now. She follows me around all the time and I never know when she will be right there under my feet. I sure don't want to fall.

Ricky

July 5, 2011-Jasper Crawling Around

She was trying to find a place to hide I think. She tried climbing up onto this box to get under the bird cage covers.

She finally made it up there and then came back down. it's amazing how turtles can climb when they want to. She still doesn't want to be in her water for a very long time. That vibrating noise is still going on.

Jasper-July 1, 2011

Jasper seemed real tired and she wasn't walking very fast and kept coming over to me. So I held her for a while. She's not getting much sleep. The next day she seemed better and did eat some shrimp. I think she wants to lay eggs. She was digging with her front feet today. Hope she don't get egg bound.

Jasper Sitting By My Feet-June 29, 2011

Poor Jasper. She still won't eat much and can't sleep because of that noise underground somewhere here in the village. The vibrations are just too much for her. I put her in the tub but she never sleeps. Then I let her back out and she follows me all around the house and never sits still.

Jasper-Gigi And Ricky-May-2011

Gigi playing with that talking toy and looking out the window.

Jasper hasn't been eating nor wanting to stay in the water lately because of a vibration noise coming from outside somewhere. It sounds like a water pump deep inside the ground. It's not from this building. I still think it's coming from the water tower on the hill behind us but the village denies it. It's been running for over three months and the noise and vibration is driving me mad as well as Jasper. She had climbed up onto this little cassette holder I have next to my dresser in the bedroom. I don't know how in the heck she climbed up there. I was afraid she'd fall off so put a pillow on the floor beneath her. She had gotten into my package of bed pads and had them lying all over also.. I never use them anyway. Turtles are amazing in what they can do.

Ricky and Gigi on May 24th, 2011

Jasper In The Tub-May 16, 2011

This is Jasper in 1996

She stayed in for about an hour before wanting to get out. Now she's under my night stand in the bedroom. That humming noise was real loud last night. It even drove me crazy. Can't imagine how it bothered her. I don't hear that noise yet tonight. It's a miracle! It hasn't shut off for three months. But last night it didn't start up loud till 10 PM. I'm hoping we both can get a good night's sleep for a change.