Monday 24 February 2014

The Adventures of Ollie


Today Ollie turned 3 months old. A lot of the children in Room 8 have had questions about Ollie, so I promised to share a few photos of his adventures with you. When Ollie isn't at school he gets himself into a bit of trouble. Right now he is sitting on my laptop, which makes it a bit tricky to type because his tail is hanging down across the screen. Once he even pooped on the laptop, but don't tell Mr T that! 

Ollie was my Christmas present. Paul bought him off Trade Me and we picked him up a couple of days before Christmas. The present that he is sitting on underneath the Christmas tree is his cage wrapped up. 





Merry Christmas Ollie!! 




When he was four weeks old he was so small that he could fit in your hand. He also didn't have all of his feathers yet. 




Ollie was just under four weeks old when we got him. He was too young to eat bird seed so we had to feed him formula through a syringe. The Kaytee's formula is a powder that we had to mix with water. To start with Ollie had to be fed three times a day. Then we slowly started to wean him. This meant cutting him down to two feeds a day, then finally only one at night. 



Ollie had his first bath in the budgie bath. He wasn't too sure about this at first, but liked playing with the toy in the bath. 



Here are some of Ollie's favourite things to do when he is not at school. One of the first things he discovered was that he could annoy our cat, Buttons. 




He also likes to get rides around the house on the dog. 



Ollie likes to fly around the house. Sometimes he has a crash landing into the turtle tank and has to dry himself off in the sunshine. 




Ollie comes to school with me every day and then comes home again at night. I live close to the school so take him home so that he can fly around and stretch his wings. Ollie loves spending the day in the classroom with Room 8. He gets very spoilt. Last week Caitlin brought some watermelon in for Ollie. Today Brooke gave Ollie a bell shaped treat for him to nibble on. We love having Ollie in Room 8. 


By Miss Gentil 








10 comments:

  1. Wow, what an exciting class and teacher you have :)

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  2. Happiest of days, Ollie, hope you have a fabulous 3rd (month) birthday!!

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  3. wow.what an interesting story! hope you have many more wonderful adventures Ollie

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  4. To Room 8,

    What breed of bird is Ollie? Do you know anything special about the breed of bird that Ollie is? Was Ollie Miss Gentil's favourite Christmas present?

    From Rico and Maxxis
    (Vardon School, Quadblogging buddies)

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    1. Ollie is a cockatiel. At the moment we don't know if Ollie is a boy or a girl because he/she is only 3 months old, but we just say he is a boy. At around 6-9 months old we will know because he will grow his adult feathers. If he is a boy he will have a bright, yellow face and his tail feathers will be grey. If Ollie is a girl her head will be a dull yellow and she will have yellow stripes underneath her tail. Cockatiels come from Australia. They're intelligent birds and the boys can sometimes learn to whistle or speak. Ollie eats cockatiel bird seed, fresh fruit and vegetables like watermelon, cucumber, celery or silverbeet. He also likes millet spray and for a treat sometimes he gets a special cockatiel bell. It hangs off the cage and they peck at it. You can buy them from the supermarket or pet shop. Ollie also needs lots of toys to play with and kept him entertained.

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    2. To Room 8,
      Can you please let us know if Ollie turns out to be a boy or a girl. Or you could take a photo of Ollie and we could guess if he is a boy or girl when he/she gets their adult feathers. Don't forget to show us under their tail.
      If Ollie is a boy what will you teach him to say? And can you take a video of Ollie talking so we can hear too. Have you already started trying to teach Ollie some words?
      From Room 9
      (Vardon School, Quadblogging buddies)

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  5. To Room 8,
    Whats your favourite thing to do with Ollie?

    From Gemma
    (Vardon School, Quadblogging buddies)

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    1. Our favourite thing to do with Ollie is to let him fly around the classroom. When we fill our class sparkle jar we get to get Ollie out for a play as a special treat.

      From Room 8

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    2. To Room 8,
      How long do you let Ollie out for?
      Has Ollie ever accidentally popped on someone when he is flying around the classroom?
      How do you catch him or put him back in his cage when his flying time is finished?
      From Room 9
      (Vardon School, Quadblogging buddies)

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  6. He is so cute.

    From Rylee

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