I didn’t get chance to write about her yesterday so there are two today.
I was concerned for her behaviour and so asked a few friends. Video is here.
Cora was pacing a lot when first uncovered and throughout the day. Advice was to cover a portion of her cage and move her food bowl close to where she could sit comfortably.
This seemed to make a difference yesterday…
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Progress at work was lots of nice writing done 🙂
Well she’s a quiet little thing, but after a bath last night she’s starting to come around. Desperate to see Bobby, I’m sure. They’re not talking to each other. She’s a funny kind of cry, almost like she’s not sure what to say to him.
I am thinking she might well be more of a mans bird than actually liking me, but she’s taken food from both of us today and seems to be quite happy pacing her cage trying to get out.
The sure fact she’s already taking food from us is a much different situation than when we had Bobby. It took me 6 weeks to get him to take anything from me. Coaxing him down further and further, till he was close enough to snatch.
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So, we’ve had an interesting day. I went to work. Feeding the railway lads, while Paul went to the pub and is now sat at home, waiting for me.
I had corned beef hash for my Xmas dinner and got to chat to a lot of lads who are working the extra shifts to pay for their kids toys etc.
It’s weird the way the world works, but hey ho. I’ve had a productive and quiet day. Just waiting now till I can go home. If I can find my way out of here… I’m not the most confident driver. Especially in the dark. And I’m in a new van, which is a lot bigger than my own. EEEK.
Oh well. Catch you later, and hope you’ve all had a wonderful day.
Dawn
I’m going to try and keep a record of what Cora is like. From her arrival –
So starting from her first day. She was pretty nervous. Although not totally as stressed as I first thought she might be. I’m only going off what my Bobby was like for comparison and he was really freaked out. She was eating well, poop a little runny, but she’d had a lot of fruit and veg, and also a hard day. Will monitor it over the next few days.
Due to them both having an exciting day. Both Irn’s went to bed early 7.30pm.
Breakfast and wake up was at 8am this morning, so a good rest. Both tucked right into their chop and veggies. Cora went straight for the apple. A thing that Bobby did also when first here. When I gave her some seed later on this afternoon, the peanut of course was then fav. So removed all other peanuts and tried to tempt her over with one.
Not flying away from me, no moving too much out of the way. She’s a lot tamer than Bobby was, it took me a week to be even able to put my hand near the cage without him freaking out. Cora’s behaviour this afternoon while eating dinner was also a bit odd. She wanted to get out of course and eat what I was having. But it’s too soon for that. Maybe in a few day’s I might start allowing her to see the open door.
Paul managed to get a couple of slightly better pictures.
So you can see her a bit better, she’s really cute, and tiny. Her tail is in a bad way, very grotty and one of them is almost 2 inch shorter than the other, I’m assuming it snapped off or she’s barbed it at some point. It will soon moult out though I have no doubt, Bobby was only here a couple of weeks and he started to shed feathers.
So, for the first day, she’s done amazingly well so far. Made one tiny little squark which then got Bobby all excited. lol
I’m really looking forward to her trusting me more. She’s adorable!
Hey everyone.
We’re getting so close to Xmas, and after my birthday weekend last week. It’s been a totally hectic one as per usual.
I’ll try and catch everyone up….
All things TSK –Â https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Secret-King/836723299691777
We got off to a great start, and peaked with me posting my short pitch with 16k views. But this week is slower, I personally haven’t had time to post much, yet the page is still gathering fans, so that is just awesome. And they’re people I don’t know which is even better. The reach is getting there.
Trent, (our conlanger) has also been working on the Royal Pendant which currently belongs to Kendro. Here are some of the images. 🙂
The idea is that the three subordinate houses sections split off, and can be used to gain access to their territory in dire circumstances, to show that House Niakrex needs them. It doesn’t come into play really till book 2, but it’s there to show power for Kendro when needed through the first book.
Our idea is to get a few mock up designs physically made for a give away. Any thoughts? Would you be interested in owning one?
In watching the language develop I’ve really now got this deeper understanding to how language is created. It’s opened my eyes in many ways. And is giving TSK A real depth to it’s structure, from it’s vast history to how society now works in general. I’m loving it, seriously.
A young gentlemen, Patrick Bowen, who I got to talking too from the conlang advertisement, has also inspired me to start some world building in a different universe. One built around a language he has already been working on. I’ve listened to some of it, he’s a wonderful speaking voice, and it has a nice sound to it.
This is really strange for me, as I’ve working on TSK for quite some time. But it’s also been refreshing to start the process of creating a world worth being in. The ideas are coming thick and fast, and I’m excited to put some of it together to let him have a first peek.
Another thing I’ve been watching develop is our website, and this is looking good. Might take a little while longer just yet, but we’re gathering content and working really hard on it all. I’m so proud of these guys.
Keep watching this space, and I’ll post more at later dates. 🙂
D
This week has been amazing. It’s gone so fast, I don’t know where. Anyone else having that problem.
It seems I come home from work, have lots of email and stuff to answer and then it’s like 8.30 and I’m too tired for anything.
But, it’s been fun. We’ve had the best response to the TSK facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Secret-King/836723299691777
Trent Pehrson is our Conlang expert and designer for some of the specific language related products. Like Kendro’s Royal pendant. With a little extra promotion, we reached 6000 people and found some new fans.
I am wiped out, but excited all at the same time. It’s been amazing to see this come together over the last few months. I’m very proud and love working with these guys now in my team. 🙂
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