We're home. I'm totally enamored!
The carrier that she came with, is one of those tiny cages that are sold to house a single budgie (and no, I would never make any bird live in a cage of that size) for about ten bucks in pet stores.
She rode on my 12 year old's lap in the passenger front seat. It was about a three hour drive.
She never appeared fearful, and within 20 minutes was accepting treats (raisins and slices of apple). When we were eating lunch during the drive home, she kept staring at us and sort of bobbing/rocking her head and neck back and forth. I finally caught on that she was begging for some of our food (nope, I did not give french fries to the parrot).
About half an hour from home, she began to show signs of boredom and frustration. Nothing major, and I can hardly blame her!
We set up her cage, put her cage top play area on, and she started to whistle, obviously wanting to get into her cage. So I brought her over, opened the carrier, and she immediately climbed onto her cage.
She is climbing everywhere, playing, eating/drinking, and still accepting treats from us (it's me, a 12 year old and a very gentle, animal-savvy 3 year old).
One problem though. After doing some reading yesterday, I wanted to get away from her present diet (which is a bowl full of Wal Mart parrot seed blend, and some treats) and get her onto parrot pelleted food, with lots and lots of fresh veggies, fruits, nuts, beans.
I filled her bowl about halfway with pellets, and put about a teaspoon of her old seed mixture on top. She is eating all of the seeds, and literally picking the pellets out and throwing them down.
Can I do something to get her to accept the new food?