Kiwibird
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- Jul 12, 2012
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- 1 BFA- Kiwi. Hatch circa 98', forever home with us Dec. 08'
I don't know what bug he had up his butt yesterday, but boy was Kiwi misbehaving
! He went straight feral on 3 different occasions in less than a 12 hour period.
First thing he did upon being let out was launch into a screech fest I'm sure all of Portland heard. It's been so long since he's needed a time out, I didn't even know where the time out cover (different color than his night time cover) was and had to go find it as my ears bled. Time out #1. Vocalizing is fine, but excessively loud screaming is not tolerated or appreciated and this bird KNOWS the difference. After the time out, kisses were given and peace was restored... for about an hour. Then I ate something for lunch he couldn't share in and gave him some walnut bits instead (usually a happily received treat). He viciously threw the walnuts to the floor, went into amazon "death mode" and took a lunge at me, missing my hand by millimeters Taking a good swipe at mommy yielded time out #2. After time out was over, kisses were given, we did step up drills then he sat in my lap for a good 45 minutes playing with a toy and being nice. Then he got an outside bath and happily preened and fluffed as he dried off.
He was fine until hubby took him into the office to play computer games and sat him on the back of the office chair about 7pm. About a half hour later, Joe calls me in to come get him because he was nibbling his ear and wouldn't stop being a pest. He flat out refuses to step up for either of us. Grab stick. Upon being asked to step up to the stick, he pinned his eyes, fanned his tail and reached down and defiantly took a big bite out of the office chair staring me right in the eye as he did it. You could see it in his eyes as soon as he did it, he knew he screwed up bad. He hung his little head in shame, climbed on the stick with no further resistance and went to bed over an hour early as a result of his naughty behavior. Mommy had ENOUGH for one day:30:!
I was a little worried when I woke him this morning, but he's totally fine today. Happy, playing, appropriate vocalizations, behaving like the good bird we know and love. Not sure what was up yesterday, but I will tell you by the end of the day I had half a mind to cook the little beast:49: I guess it's hard not to take for granted a bird who typically behaves very well and easy to forget the way he once behaved all of the time. I'm guessing he got the reminders he needed that bad behavior still yields undesirable consequences and that nothing good comes from testing the humans patience. Hoping to go another few years before feral Kiwi rears his little devil horns again:16::16::16:!
! He went straight feral on 3 different occasions in less than a 12 hour period.First thing he did upon being let out was launch into a screech fest I'm sure all of Portland heard. It's been so long since he's needed a time out, I didn't even know where the time out cover (different color than his night time cover) was and had to go find it as my ears bled. Time out #1. Vocalizing is fine, but excessively loud screaming is not tolerated or appreciated and this bird KNOWS the difference. After the time out, kisses were given and peace was restored... for about an hour. Then I ate something for lunch he couldn't share in and gave him some walnut bits instead (usually a happily received treat). He viciously threw the walnuts to the floor, went into amazon "death mode" and took a lunge at me, missing my hand by millimeters
Taking a good swipe at mommy yielded time out #2. After time out was over, kisses were given, we did step up drills then he sat in my lap for a good 45 minutes playing with a toy and being nice. Then he got an outside bath and happily preened and fluffed as he dried off. He was fine until hubby took him into the office to play computer games and sat him on the back of the office chair about 7pm. About a half hour later, Joe calls me in to come get him because he was nibbling his ear and wouldn't stop being a pest. He flat out refuses to step up for either of us. Grab stick. Upon being asked to step up to the stick, he pinned his eyes, fanned his tail and reached down and defiantly took a big bite out of the office chair staring me right in the eye as he did it. You could see it in his eyes as soon as he did it, he knew he screwed up bad. He hung his little head in shame, climbed on the stick with no further resistance and went to bed over an hour early as a result of his naughty behavior. Mommy had ENOUGH for one day:30:!
I was a little worried when I woke him this morning, but he's totally fine today. Happy, playing, appropriate vocalizations, behaving like the good bird we know and love. Not sure what was up yesterday, but I will tell you by the end of the day I had half a mind to cook the little beast:49: I guess it's hard not to take for granted a bird who typically behaves very well and easy to forget the way he once behaved all of the time. I'm guessing he got the reminders he needed that bad behavior still yields undesirable consequences and that nothing good comes from testing the humans patience. Hoping to go another few years before feral Kiwi rears his little devil horns again:16::16::16:!
