OutlawedSpirit
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- Apr 12, 2016
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So I am not sure if I got a bomb proof Eckie, or if she was just really that uncomfortable at the rescue, even though she was there over a month. So when I got here, this is where we were:
I was told I could have her cheaper, if I took her when I did. The reasoning was that if I waited to take her, then more time would be put into working with her to get her handle able, then her adoption fee would be more. Logically, it makes sense to me. A rescue has to recoup their resources, and I had no problem working with her. If I did, I should not have been getting a rescue. So, she was just to the point where she could be gotten out of her cage without involving a towel, and she would step up from the floor if she needed to be rescued. You couldn't really touch her anywhere. You could get about 2 fingers on her chest, then she would bite. I was told that it would take some time to get her comfortable being handled, because she was most likely hand-fed, but then left in a cage and not worked with once she was weaned.
I have had her home for 2 weeks now, and I can do just about anything with her. She will step up out of her cage, off the floor, from my hand, and I can reach behind me and have her step up off my shoulders without a bite. I can pick her up off of just about anywhere with two hands wrapped around her, and she is fine with it. I can flip her onto her back, she is fine with it. She will put her beak on my fingers, but doesn't apply pressure. In fact, she licks me more than anything. At least she isn't slobbery like the dogs. :09: I can lift up both her wings without protest, and I can cup my hand over the top of her head and she is fine. I have even started working with her with the dog leash, since I don't have a harness for her yet, and she is fine with everything I've done. I've made "loops" to slip over her head and to pull her wings through, and she is fine with everything I've done. I use the leash because it is thin and light, like a bird harness, and I can make "loops" that aren't connected to anything, so they can be released if she were to panic. It hasn't been an issue though.
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So I don't know if she is just bomb proof now that she is starting to be worked with, or if she was worked with a lot more than I was told, and she was just never comfortable enough at the rescue to come out of her shell. That wouldn't surprise me too much, considering how well Eckies tend to not handle a lot of activity, and that a rescue has different people and birds in and out all the time. What are your thoughts?
I was told I could have her cheaper, if I took her when I did. The reasoning was that if I waited to take her, then more time would be put into working with her to get her handle able, then her adoption fee would be more. Logically, it makes sense to me. A rescue has to recoup their resources, and I had no problem working with her. If I did, I should not have been getting a rescue. So, she was just to the point where she could be gotten out of her cage without involving a towel, and she would step up from the floor if she needed to be rescued. You couldn't really touch her anywhere. You could get about 2 fingers on her chest, then she would bite. I was told that it would take some time to get her comfortable being handled, because she was most likely hand-fed, but then left in a cage and not worked with once she was weaned.
I have had her home for 2 weeks now, and I can do just about anything with her. She will step up out of her cage, off the floor, from my hand, and I can reach behind me and have her step up off my shoulders without a bite. I can pick her up off of just about anywhere with two hands wrapped around her, and she is fine with it. I can flip her onto her back, she is fine with it. She will put her beak on my fingers, but doesn't apply pressure. In fact, she licks me more than anything. At least she isn't slobbery like the dogs. :09: I can lift up both her wings without protest, and I can cup my hand over the top of her head and she is fine. I have even started working with her with the dog leash, since I don't have a harness for her yet, and she is fine with everything I've done. I've made "loops" to slip over her head and to pull her wings through, and she is fine with everything I've done. I use the leash because it is thin and light, like a bird harness, and I can make "loops" that aren't connected to anything, so they can be released if she were to panic. It hasn't been an issue though.
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So I don't know if she is just bomb proof now that she is starting to be worked with, or if she was worked with a lot more than I was told, and she was just never comfortable enough at the rescue to come out of her shell. That wouldn't surprise me too much, considering how well Eckies tend to not handle a lot of activity, and that a rescue has different people and birds in and out all the time. What are your thoughts?