Mortimer is doing brilliantly. He is much happier now he has his plaster and splint off and is practising flapping and hopping up and down on the spot. He won't be able to fly for ages at the very best, as he has lost most of his flight feathers and has nerve damage. A tail would help too, poor thing.
He is spending the weekend helping us weed the garden. He is very good at 'weeding', if anything slightly over enthusiastic. We have a gravel area at the back of the garden which gets really weedy. I have bought some of those weed blocking sheets and today the DDs and I are going to rake the gravel off and lay the sheets. Should uncover lots of bugs. Which will result in an hysterically happy Mortimer, who is very fond of bughunts.
Last night's dinner was diced chicken, cat food, sweetcorn and some strawberries. Cherry tomatoes were funny, but not a success. He tries to stab them with his beak and is very frustrated because they just 'ping' off and shoot across the floor.
One of my friend's is going to shoot him some bunnies today, I'll chop them up and freeze them.
Oh and my Mum has lent me a dvd. Hitchcock's 'The Birds'. She thought it would be nice for us to sit and watch it with Mortimer. We will not be doing this. It will not be a good plan to Give Him Ideas. He is far too thoughtful and intelligent. I cannot have Raven World Domination on my conscience.