Paco just wants to be social

Yesterday afternoon we dog sat in the back yard while they went to the mall as their house was in a open house since it is up for sale.
These three boys are the sons of my co-worker Julie.


When the came back to get the dog (Jake) the came in to see Paco the bird.
Normally when we watch them so their parents can take an evening out, we do it at their house instead of ours. (It is so much easier to watch kids in their own environment and surroundings).

But, yesterday they came in - to our not so friendly kid house anymore.
They were fascinated with the bird. Feeding him Cheez-it crackers thru the cage cracks.

They wanted to see him fly, so were instructed to sit still so Paco would come out of the cage. When he did come out he decided to sit on Austins head. Then he flew back up onto the cage.









Tyler the younger one came back up to the cage, and all of a sudden Paco decided he wanted to sit on his head. As he fluttered down Tyler freaked out. Dropped to the floor and crawled behind the chair his mother was sitting on, screaming at the top of his lungs. Where was the video camera when you needed one.
When we got him out from behind the chair he sat on Julie's lap and Paco sat on Julie's arm for a minute, but Tyler didn't want anything to do with him then.

I don't know who was the most frightened Tyler or Paco. For a few moments he just sat eyeing Tyler as tho to say. I didn't want to scare him, he's just a baby like I am.
So in the future, I don't think either one of these three boys will open the cage door and let him out on their own.