cheekychico
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- Mar 29, 2013
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Hi all!
My nana has had her Double Yellow Headed Amazon Chico for longer then I've been alive (25 years this coming winter) and she's been in Florida since after Christmas.
Since it's hard for her to travel in a car with him (she doesn't drive) my mom usually does all the handling of him but she's left for Florida with my dad and so I've been responsible for taking care of him the last two weeks. My nana is coming back with them and Chico will be going home.
A little backstory - he was bought for my Papa but bonded with my Nana instead and for my entire life has never been a "nice" bird. You in general can't get within grabbing distance or he'll try and bite you.
In all my life, I've never handled this bird before, and he's tried more then once to steal a digit or two from me when I've tried so in the month before my parents left I started trying to ingratiate myself with him so that at the very least I'd be able to reach into his cage to change his water out and clean up his cage when necessary. It went WAY better then I intended and eventually he would let me pet him and scratch his neck and since we've become good pals.
I'd like to know some more tips and tricks to better handle and "play" with him and also how can I maintain this bond with him after he leaves and goes back to my Nana's house?
My nana has had her Double Yellow Headed Amazon Chico for longer then I've been alive (25 years this coming winter) and she's been in Florida since after Christmas.
Since it's hard for her to travel in a car with him (she doesn't drive) my mom usually does all the handling of him but she's left for Florida with my dad and so I've been responsible for taking care of him the last two weeks. My nana is coming back with them and Chico will be going home.
A little backstory - he was bought for my Papa but bonded with my Nana instead and for my entire life has never been a "nice" bird. You in general can't get within grabbing distance or he'll try and bite you.
In all my life, I've never handled this bird before, and he's tried more then once to steal a digit or two from me when I've tried so in the month before my parents left I started trying to ingratiate myself with him so that at the very least I'd be able to reach into his cage to change his water out and clean up his cage when necessary. It went WAY better then I intended and eventually he would let me pet him and scratch his neck and since we've become good pals.
I'd like to know some more tips and tricks to better handle and "play" with him and also how can I maintain this bond with him after he leaves and goes back to my Nana's house?