Bladesmith
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Jarvis is settling in to his new home nicely, his issues notwithstanding.
He clearly loves attention, and scritches (Funny, I was calling what I was doing to him scritches without knowing it was a thing.). We've discovered he already knows a few words, "Kisses", "Hello", "Up", and probably a few other I just haven't deciphered. He's VERY good with the other pets in the house, has no fear of them at all. And he's become very attached to me in a very short period of time. I'm actually quite surprised. He'll be utterly silent, eating, grooming, whatever, until I walk out of the room, and then he starts calling until I come back in. He's already very attached, and the feeling is mutual.
He's also cagebound. Is this a thing? He clearly, desperately wants to come out of his cage and be with us, to the point that, when I rearranged his flex rope so it would be right next to the open door, he could climb right to the edge of being out of the cage, and then he'd stttreeeeeeeeetch his little neck out just as far as he could stick it, just so he could rub his bill on my nose and face. Without leaving the cage of course.
Problem is, the very second he realizes he's technically outside his cage, he has what I can only describe as an avian panic attack. He makes an alarm sound that sounds more like a expensive car alarm than a bird. And that shuts off the second he's back in the cage.
I feel terrible for him. You can see in his eyes how desperately he wants to be out of the cage and on my daughter or myself, but he can't bring himself to do so. He's just terrified. He shakes, and hyperventiliates.
What I've been doing to help him is, this. I moved his cage right next to wherever I'm sitting, and leave the cage door open. This way, the option is his. He can get as close or as far away as he's comfortable with. I talk to him almost constantly, in a reassuring tone of voice.
There may be treats involved.
I'm not trying to rush him, the poor guy has clearly been through the wringer. I'm trying to let him go at his own pace. Thing is, I think he's pushing himself harder than he should.
Anyone got any advice, or have seen this sort of behavior before? I'm sure he'll continue to make progress, I just want to help him as much as I can.
He clearly loves attention, and scritches (Funny, I was calling what I was doing to him scritches without knowing it was a thing.). We've discovered he already knows a few words, "Kisses", "Hello", "Up", and probably a few other I just haven't deciphered. He's VERY good with the other pets in the house, has no fear of them at all. And he's become very attached to me in a very short period of time. I'm actually quite surprised. He'll be utterly silent, eating, grooming, whatever, until I walk out of the room, and then he starts calling until I come back in. He's already very attached, and the feeling is mutual.
He's also cagebound. Is this a thing? He clearly, desperately wants to come out of his cage and be with us, to the point that, when I rearranged his flex rope so it would be right next to the open door, he could climb right to the edge of being out of the cage, and then he'd stttreeeeeeeeetch his little neck out just as far as he could stick it, just so he could rub his bill on my nose and face. Without leaving the cage of course.
Problem is, the very second he realizes he's technically outside his cage, he has what I can only describe as an avian panic attack. He makes an alarm sound that sounds more like a expensive car alarm than a bird. And that shuts off the second he's back in the cage.
I feel terrible for him. You can see in his eyes how desperately he wants to be out of the cage and on my daughter or myself, but he can't bring himself to do so. He's just terrified. He shakes, and hyperventiliates.
What I've been doing to help him is, this. I moved his cage right next to wherever I'm sitting, and leave the cage door open. This way, the option is his. He can get as close or as far away as he's comfortable with. I talk to him almost constantly, in a reassuring tone of voice.
There may be treats involved.
I'm not trying to rush him, the poor guy has clearly been through the wringer. I'm trying to let him go at his own pace. Thing is, I think he's pushing himself harder than he should.
Anyone got any advice, or have seen this sort of behavior before? I'm sure he'll continue to make progress, I just want to help him as much as I can.
