cipro dose #2 and #3 given to Bentley today. of course he doesnt like to be towelled, nor do i think he likes the medicine, but he really is a good boy for allowing us to administer the meds to him without much fuss. im thinking he may know that the cipro is helping him.

today after coming home, bentley was climing all over his cage, being very active! it was a nice thing to see. bentley has been most active when my husband is in the room. bentley would make noises, sing, whistle and "dance" (bobs his head up and down in large movements) with my husband as he himself sings, whistles, and bobs his head up and down. its soooooooo cute to watch. we made movies of my husband and bentley singing and "talking" (so far its just amazon speech; we havent heard any human speech) tonight, tomorrow, i will try to catch bentley dancing.

it really warms my heart to see bentley acting very happy and active. with this much movement and exercise, i think we can work his excess weight off. we're hoping we can get him to eat pellets.

during dinner, we spied that he liked eating fresh edamame, corn and sugar snap peas. my husband also found out that bentley would happily devour small pieces of raw carrots from his hand. this is w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l!!! with his vet visit showing that he has extreme vitamin deficiency, i think it will be a rather painless process to get him to eat some good fresh stuff.

tomorrow, i will feed some fruits along with fresh veggies and some birdie bread. i am also thinking of giving bentley a nice shower. with his former foster parent giving him daily baths, his feathers already have a nice sheen to them. i want to keep this up, although i dont think he needs to have daily baths anymore...maybe once or twice a week.

i have also seen that bentley has munched on his birdie kabob. its great to see him playing with toys. hopefully with some shredding toys, he will allow his chest and back feathers to regrow.