OutlawedSpirit
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- Apr 12, 2016
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I've seen a lot of improvement in Tiki the last few days. Both in him being out of his cage, and in his screaming.
It helps that we have identified some of his triggers for screaming, such as when we're eating. If he can hear us eating, such as a fork on a plate, he will scream if he isn't also eating. Instead of waiting for him to scream to address it, I will give him a "snack", like a sweet potato chip, then we will eat. It has really seemed to help in that situation. He also likes to scream when I run water, but I'm not too worried about addressing that, because the chicken does the same thing. They just like water.
He is also better when he comes out. This morning he kept saying "wanna come out", it's what I ask him when I am taking him out. So I went and took him out. It would be really nice if he would get consistent with it, so that I know when he wants to come out. He asks for a shower when he wants to be misted, so he does ask for some things when he wants them. I got in my welding gloves yesterday to work with him. He is biting much less when I take him out. I think he's getting more comfortable with the movement, and he steps up well when I ask him too, as long as I put my other hand against either his chest or beak so he can feel where it is. I am trying to curb the last of the biting by gently pushing on his beak and saying "no bite" when he does grab a hold of the glove hard. I don't plan on ever really handling him without the gloves, but I do want him to have some manners. It is too risky for me to handle him without the gloves because I know if something startles him, he will bite. You can't blame him, since he is blind, he does not have the flight option of fight or flight.
As an added bonus, I was pretty close on my weight guess for Tiki. Granted, I did not weigh him first thing this morning, because I had to fashion a stand for him to put on the scale, but I wanted to make sure it would work. He weighed in at 588 grams, and I guessed 550.
It helps that we have identified some of his triggers for screaming, such as when we're eating. If he can hear us eating, such as a fork on a plate, he will scream if he isn't also eating. Instead of waiting for him to scream to address it, I will give him a "snack", like a sweet potato chip, then we will eat. It has really seemed to help in that situation. He also likes to scream when I run water, but I'm not too worried about addressing that, because the chicken does the same thing. They just like water.
He is also better when he comes out. This morning he kept saying "wanna come out", it's what I ask him when I am taking him out. So I went and took him out. It would be really nice if he would get consistent with it, so that I know when he wants to come out. He asks for a shower when he wants to be misted, so he does ask for some things when he wants them. I got in my welding gloves yesterday to work with him. He is biting much less when I take him out. I think he's getting more comfortable with the movement, and he steps up well when I ask him too, as long as I put my other hand against either his chest or beak so he can feel where it is. I am trying to curb the last of the biting by gently pushing on his beak and saying "no bite" when he does grab a hold of the glove hard. I don't plan on ever really handling him without the gloves, but I do want him to have some manners. It is too risky for me to handle him without the gloves because I know if something startles him, he will bite. You can't blame him, since he is blind, he does not have the flight option of fight or flight.
As an added bonus, I was pretty close on my weight guess for Tiki. Granted, I did not weigh him first thing this morning, because I had to fashion a stand for him to put on the scale, but I wanted to make sure it would work. He weighed in at 588 grams, and I guessed 550.
