Here we go again

[Lin Hansen]

Alvin....I enjoyed reading your comical post!

Glad to hear that things seem to be going well!

Linda

[andinla]

I guess I missed your birthday and this post. Cute little pigeon you have. If you were wing slapped then things are looking up. It means love ha!

Good luck and happy belated birthday...

Andi

[mr squeaks]

Isn't it wonderful that our spoiled pijies know just the bestest places to poop to get to us the mostest?!

Been there, done that! Er...Mr. Squeaks HAS!

Have fun, Alvin...

YOU GO, DOODLES!

[alvin]

Doodles keelbone is still painfully obvious. It sticks out like a blade, I'm surprised that he dosn't saw his way through his perch everytime he snuggles down for a snooze.
I've been keeping up the hydration with vitamins, and the peanut heavy high fat, high protein diet.
There is one thing I'm happy about. Each side of the Keel Bone, are the flight muscles. When I got him, I could feel ribs. Now I can feel a pronounced musclature. Doodles is indeed 'Beefing up!' - Oh happy days!

Anyway, I figure I'd give you a quick rundown of my daily routine.

6:00AM. Doodles decides it's a perfect time to helicopter. I wake up, to hear a crashing sound from beside the bed.

6:20AM Doodles decides to go for a walk. Tap-Tap-Tap-Tap-Tap........Tap-Tap-Tap-Tap. As Doodles re-explores his suroundings, to make sure that the chair hasn't moved during the (breif) hours since he last checked.

6:40AM Doodles tries to have breakfast..........Some of the seed ends up in my ear.
None of the seed ends up in Doodles.

7:00AM. 'Preen time'. I thank God. Roll over, and try to get a quick snooze before getting up. Not a chance of that happening.

7:30AM. My alarm goes off. A singularly redundant action, as I am already awake, and trying to remove seed from my ear. Doodles sits snickering in the corner.

7:35AM Feed Doodles his breakast. For once Doodles dosn't try to bite my hand off. I put this down as progress....

7:50AM. Shower, shave, etc. Make sure Doodles has clean water, new seed, his bell, a clean environment, his trainers. Make sure I haven't left anything not 'Poop-Proof' lying around in easy reach. Run out door to work.

8:20AM, Stop at service station for drive-by breakfast, and coffee. Swear to get a proper breakfast tomorrow.

9:04AM Arrive late, the ONE MORNING THAT THE BOSS GET'S IN EARLY! Yup, it's all set up for a peachy day.

5:30PM. Leave work. Boss hasn't commented upon my tardiness this morning. On purpose..the big <insert insult>.

7:00PM. Traffic terrible, I get home from work. Drop laptop, check Doodles.

7:02PM. How in the BLUE HELL can such a small bird poop so much? and at the same time get seed into every concievable nook and cranny in a room.

7:02:30PM. Start crying.

7:03PM. Get Hoover, disinfectant, cloths, flamethrower etc, to clean poop and seeds. Doodles sits on trainers looking innocent. As if that is going to work.

7:10PM Stop crying. Feed Doodles again, take great pleasure in inserting Hypo of water and vitamins. Doodles takes great pleasure in savaging my fingers. We both put it down as a success.

7:15PM Answer a few emails, check Pigeon Talk, have something to eat......notice a spot of poop I missed.....
1m off the ground, and stuck to the wall! I mean how the bloody heck can a bird who erstwhile could not fly manage to get poop 3 feet off the ground?
Clean said poop. Sprinkle Holy Water on Doodles to check for Demonic Possession (I saw the Exorcist. Remember the 'Pea soup'? I was thinking the same thing, only Pea POOP instead)

7:16PM Doodles is clean. A little damp, but happly bereft of Demons. He is just a Pijie. (As if that wasn't bad enough)

9:00PM Working from home. Notice Doodles on the power supply, grab a picture, for photographic evidence.

1:00AM THE NEXT DAY! Get to bed. Doodles has been asleep for a couple of hours already. Guess who is going to be more refreashed tomorrow........

But still, You got to love him.

[Lady Tarheel]

Alvin, wonderful post. I really enjoyed it.

[alvin]

You may not have believed me. Here is the aformentioned photographic evidence.

I give you Doodles on the powersupply.

[mr squeaks]

Loved your posting about a day in the life of Doodles and Alvin! Sounds like Doodles had a better time. I think he also has your number! He must really enjoy watching you running around cleaning up after him... And believe me, even if he doesn't make a sound "laughing," watch his expression...tells all

Mmmm, maybe he's trying to tell you he would like to sit on a heating pad...but for now, the power source will do...

Keep up the good training...uh, work!

[alvin]

Where to start. Two steps forward, and three steps back.

Doodles was either very excited today, or the stargazing is getting worse. I saw more of the underside of his beak then the top of his head.
I suppose he has his good days and his bad.
I am pleased that he is drinking, or that he can whenever he wants. With the Vitamins in the water, I know that he is getting the nourishment he needs. It gives me a margin for error when feeding him.

@Supersqueeks
I don't think that Doodles needs heat, it's just that the powersupply is the highest point on the floor for several square feet. And just like lightning pijies will always seek out the highest point.

Ok. I was on a day off today. So I decided to spend most of the day in bed, with the radio on, and a good book. After running around like a blue arsed fly for the last couple of weeks, I think I was entitled to some 'Me' time.
So I set the alarm for the usual time.....just so I could have the satisfaction of turning it off and going back to sleep. - It also allowed me to get Doodles from the yard, and bring him up for his daytime wander, and his breakfast.
So there I was, with a well fed pijie, a cup of coffee, and some hot buttered toast, a good book, and a full day to do absolutely nothing......heaven.
I am an avid reader. I love to read especially at night before sleeping. Anything, well almost anything. As a result I have a rather extensive library in the bedroom.
Not all of it fits on the shelves. It sort of spills over onto the floor.........Where Doodles is free to wander.

I got a christmas present that I have just gotten around to opening, a rather large and rather expensive tome from the pen of Robert Fisk. - It's big, it takes a lot of work to get through......all 1200 pages of it.

Guess what Doodles found? - Guess what Doodles did?

Jeez - everyone is a book critic all of a sudden.........

[TAWhatley]

Originally Posted by alvin

I got a christmas present that I have just gotten around to opening, a rather large and rather expensive tome from the pen of Robert Fisk. - It's big, it takes a lot of work to get through......all 1200 pages of it.

Guess what Doodles found? - Guess what Doodles did?

Jeez - everyone is a book critic all of a sudden.........

Awwww, a little "autograph" from Doodles

Terry

[mr squeaks]

Well, Alvin, maybe Doodles was telling you he WANTED MORE ATTENTION! And, how else does a pigeon get one's attention? Yep, the ole "poop on the book" trick...

I can certainly relate to your relax "day!" I, too, am a reader and can now indulge all I please! Maybe THAT's why I call my retirment "permanent vacation!"

Yes, I hear you about pigeons wanting a higher perspective! Timmy found out the hard way when I first let Squeaks out and about among the cats. Squeaks lured them all into a false sense of security and Timmy was resting on his side. Squeaks came up behind him and hopped on his flank! My only regret was not having a video camera! That was a once in a lifetime shot and Squeaks actually FLEW -- for a moment!

[alvin]

Ok, just a quick update on Doodles.

He is going to live with his Mum for a while. She dosn't share a house, so it's easier for her........
I'm soooooooooo going to miss the little guy.
It's ok, he's in the next room and can't read this, so I feel comfortable typing it.
On the bright side, he has made such progress in the last two weeks. There is now muscles where there used to be ribs.

Shhhhhhhh! don't tell him, but his favourite toy bell is going with him.

Besides, it'll give me some time to allow the wounds on my fingers to close.

I'll keep the thread going, because I get visiting rights so I will keep you guy up to date.

[mr squeaks]

GREAT! Always enjoy reading "A Day In The Life of Doodles!" Or now, "Visiting Doodles!"

Give him a bon voyage hug for me!

*sigh* Gee, no more poops to clean up, no more seeds to vacuum, no more sitting on powersource, no more finger attacks...no more...oh, sorry! I really didn't mean to make you cry...

[alvin]

It's OK, after much negotiation, I have Doodles while she is working late on a dig........

Her loss is my gain.

[mr squeaks]

Originally Posted by alvin

It's OK, after much negotiation, I have Doodles while she is working late on a dig........

Her loss is my gain.

YEA! Back to "A Day In..." pooping in books and aiming for the wall, sharing seeds all around...ahhh, yes, pijie heaven!

I can just see Doodles thinking, "What to do today....???" ROFL

Yeah, Doodles! You da bird!!

[alvin]

Captains Log:

Ensign Doodles is currently exploring a Bathroom in the Merrion Square area. He is very reticent to send back reports of conditions in the Bathroom, other then there are plenty of places to perch, and many new and interesting surfaces to survey and subsequently poop on.

Due to his inate desire to disrespect the chain of command, I am forced to travel daily to resupply his seed, and water, as he seems to have misplaced his communicator.
And the subsequent 3 communicators which he has been issued. As a result, in order to recieve updates I must arrange a logistics chain to the Bathroom.

In a related matter Ensign Doodles has explored every surface up to 1M in height. His recuperation seems to be coming along very well indeed.

In closing it is this officers opinion, that Ensign Doodles will either be run out of Starfleet on a rail........Or is a perfect candidate for future promotion to Starfleet Commad.

On which day. God help us all.
Because the Klingons will have won.