CherylsAngel
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Hi I am Cheryl from Jax Florida,, We just adopted Angel our 13 year old Umbrella Cockatoo for my husband's 50th Birthday...
We are both new to bird handling and have spent alot of time reading and trying to learn all we could before we got her. Well now that we have her we still have lots to learn.
So far we have had her since Friday it is now Sunday Morning. She is adjusting well.. My 3 year old Yorkie well now that is a different story.. She has shown some agression toward Angel so we are keeping them completely seperated for the time being. My yorkie tried to get in the cage the first night we got her (eeeek). The best solution thus far is to keep Angel in our bedroom until we can do more training with my Yorkie to accept her.. I hope the newness wears off and Krissy will do better..
My husband has had Angel out of her cage and introduced her to her new surroundings. She steps up well and has been very gentle so far.. Her talons are very long so we will schedule an appointment first thing Monday to get her feet trimmed and her beak filed and wings clipped..
Now for me I have handled Angel however I am still a bit reluctant to pick her up as I do not want her to sense my nervousness.. The problem is since I am the one home all day every day I am going to be the one working with her. So I have got to get over the nervousness. I am terrified she will bite my finger off or something. I am not afraid of her necessarily I am just worried I will do something wrong and she will bite me.. (I am a wimp when it comes to pain) So any advice as to how to get over this would be greatly appreciated.. Now my husband is not even the least bit afraid of her but he works so it is going to be up to me to handle her..
Then my next concern is how can I get her and my Yorkie ok enough with each other so I can move Angel to my living room where she will be able to interact with all of us?
Those I guess are my first concerns in getting adjusted to her. I am excited and love her so much already I am just a bit apprehensive.
Anyway thank you all for having us and I look forward to meeting everyone and learning all I can..
We are both new to bird handling and have spent alot of time reading and trying to learn all we could before we got her. Well now that we have her we still have lots to learn.
So far we have had her since Friday it is now Sunday Morning. She is adjusting well.. My 3 year old Yorkie well now that is a different story.. She has shown some agression toward Angel so we are keeping them completely seperated for the time being. My yorkie tried to get in the cage the first night we got her (eeeek). The best solution thus far is to keep Angel in our bedroom until we can do more training with my Yorkie to accept her.. I hope the newness wears off and Krissy will do better..
My husband has had Angel out of her cage and introduced her to her new surroundings. She steps up well and has been very gentle so far.. Her talons are very long so we will schedule an appointment first thing Monday to get her feet trimmed and her beak filed and wings clipped..
Now for me I have handled Angel however I am still a bit reluctant to pick her up as I do not want her to sense my nervousness.. The problem is since I am the one home all day every day I am going to be the one working with her. So I have got to get over the nervousness. I am terrified she will bite my finger off or something. I am not afraid of her necessarily I am just worried I will do something wrong and she will bite me.. (I am a wimp when it comes to pain) So any advice as to how to get over this would be greatly appreciated.. Now my husband is not even the least bit afraid of her but he works so it is going to be up to me to handle her..
Then my next concern is how can I get her and my Yorkie ok enough with each other so I can move Angel to my living room where she will be able to interact with all of us?
Those I guess are my first concerns in getting adjusted to her. I am excited and love her so much already I am just a bit apprehensive.
Anyway thank you all for having us and I look forward to meeting everyone and learning all I can..