Friday: doses #16 & #17 - given successfully
Saturday: doses #18 & #19 - given successfully

bentley continues to eat the zupreem fruit pellets, and with gusto! he doesn't eat a lot in one sitting, but he eats a little bit and goes back to his food bowl often.

also, i have heard bentley utter "okay" when i wave to him and say "bye bye" just before i leave the room. he also says "hi".

bentley has also seriously fallen for my husband. so much so that bentley has started to regurgitate for him. (i think i mentioned this before). my husband just turns away or leaves the room for a few minutes when bentley starts this action so that we can avoid bentley losing all the precious nutrients we do work hard to put into him to make up for his previously deficient diet.

bentley continues to show more and more energy. he shows the most energy when my husband enters the room. he flaps his wings, makes lots of noise and reaches as far as he can in the direction of my husband without falling/jumping off his cage door. my husband has been able to scratch bentley's head, have him step up onto his arm and hand, etc. i haven't really tried to touch him. this is because sometimes when i try to change his food/water bowls, bentley would get as close as he can to me and my hands and he would lunge at me. if he is still being fostered by us, maybe he will change after the spring season is over. im sure he is devoted to my husband and all he is thinking about is breeding.

what i have been able to receive from bentley is more attention. i am the one giving him almonds and he knows that i am the person to pay attention to because i hold on to the container containing the wonderful tasting nut! i cut an almond into fourths and feed him a fourth every once in a while. during my time with him, i sing and talk to him. after he calms down from me initially coming into the room, he will start singing along with me. bentley is so cute! tonight we sang for about 15 - 20 minutes. i was amazed at his stamina! at the end of our session, bentley looked worn out (poor guy) and could hardly keep his eyes open. he wasn't breathing hard...just tired. i guess singing takes a lot out of you. so i left him to doze a bit before my husband would give him his evening cipro dosage and put him to bed.

when i do give bentley his almond piece, he takes it very carefully and gently out of my hand, so i am thinking that it is only a matter of time till i can interact a little more with him.