Ipyana-

Birds are carb freaks, its a well known fact. But once again, Ipyana goes against the grain and proves the standards wrong. lol. I got some blueberry  bagels for breakfast. June eats the piece that I give him soo fast that you wouldnt have known he had one. On the other hand, Ipyana sticks his tongue on it and says "MMMM!" to amuse me, without actually eating it. lol. He has picked up a few more things that are hilarious. Every morning at sunrise, he pound his beak on his food bowl til I wake. He knows that this is a very effective tactic to get me awake. Also, now when he says "Peek-a-Boo!" he hangs his head low and raises his foot up to his head. He sees me covering my eyes when I play this game with him and loves to copy me. He is now whistling "Jack & Jill", granted he has invented his own version of it. lol. When he is whistling he incorporates the sound of snaping your fingers into the song. LOL! It sounds like he is hiccuping while he is whistling, which is quite funny to listen to. Ipyana always lets me know when he thinks its time to refill his food bowl (add more seeds, not pellets) by pounding his beak on his bowl. lol. He has also got a bad habit of flipping his water bowl over, therefore dumping it all over the bottom of his cage. Unfortunately, he has recuited June into this game. He has not broken any new blood feathers.... I believe he is out of this stage of his life.

June-

I have noticed that June's water has been dissapearing unusually fast. I am not really sure of the reason for this strange occurance. I dont see him bathing in it and I dont see his drinking more than usual... I am wondering if it is evaporating fast... the temperature in my apartment is fairly higher than my old one... I'll have to give this some thought. June's relationship with Ipyana is still a strange one. lol. He will fly to Ipyana's cage but go nowhere near him. Ipyana is still fond of intimidating June.

Hermits-

The hermits are doing good. I don't believe that I mentioned that I got 2 more hermits (quite a long time ago actually). You'll have to forgive me if I have mentioned this before. I have no clue who is who anymore. Since I have 5 hermits now, they have switched shells like crazy. When I first got them, they were trading shells like every hour. I had everyone down, who had what shell... but when I came back, it was obvious that they had all traded again so I said forget it. LOL! Its alright though.. they are all alive and in good shape. There is a strange thing going on among my hermit crab community though.... I often hear screaching sounds comming from the hermit cage. I go over to the cage... none of them are in sight... all under the substrate... yet the sound stops when I approach the cage. How incredibly odd!! I wonder if they hear me comming.... lol. I also hear a different noise.... what is often called "chirping". Chirping is when they get angry and rub their bodies or their claw against their shell to let their fellow crab roomates know that they are not happy and not to mess with them. I understand this... but what I dont understand is when this happens, I go over to the crab cage to check on them, and everytime there is only one crab out of the substrate, standing alone. Who is he communicating to?? LOL I figure he is talking to himself or he is having a bad day. LOL