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Special Picture Collection
How Ebo Met Pokey
This is the story of how Ebo and Pokey met, and the way they interacted during the first days that they knew each other.
September, 2004
Ebo seems to be infatuated with Pokey.
I always catch him staring at Pokey with his chest sticking out and singing to her. He loves hanging out near Pokey, but he knows not to get too near. And if he does get too close, I'm always right there to stick my hand between them.
Pokey is fairly gentle with Ebo, except that she seems to always have the urge to bite Ebo's nice long tail. (But no, I don't let her do it!) Earlier, I let Pokey play with a few of Ebo's molted feathers, and Pokey just destroyed them! I mean, she tried to preen them, but she ended up getting them scruffier than ever. Pokey seems to think that Ebo is her personal tutor. Here he is teaching her how to chew on wood (and she actually did try it out after watching him; she didn't want to do it before). Oh yeah, I love this picture because it looks like Pokey is wearing overalls or long underwear or something!
Pokey seems to be learning a lot by watching Ebo. I swear that sometimes she does things (such as, say, preening) just because she sees Ebo doing them.
She likes him very much, but she will not share her toys with him, nor will she share his toys with him. I always have to make sure that when Ebo plays, Pokey is out of reach of his toys. But aside from that, they seem to be good friends!
They're never allowed to hang out so close unless I'm right there next to them, and I am always extremely careful. I recently got them new gyms, and Pokey immediately claimed the larger gym, while Ebo claimed the smaller gym and the larger gym. Luckily, Pokey doesn't mind Ebo invading her territory; he's very courteous and always stays about a foot away and usually on a lower perch. He likes to wander up there sometimes so they can nap together.
After a day of tutoring Pokey, Ebo is exhausted!
Good night!
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