starrynightxxi
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I have to admit, I came to the decision to get a bird slowly, and with some reluctance. Up until February, my bird experience was completely limited to cage cleaning and wing-clipping the parent-raised budgies at work. I was transferred to a store that keeps a few of the smaller parrot types, mostly conures, and immediately set to trying to learn what I could about them, and get comfortable handling them. And of course, I fell in love.
Say hello to Leonard!
Leonard arrived almost a year ago and so I was able to adopt him for a $100 donation to our partnered animal rescue. It was win/win.
It's been about two weeks now. He is still settling in, but doing well. He was already familiar with me, and I think that sped the process up a little, but we are hitting many of the stages, nonetheless. He already knew step-up before leaving the store, but is learning to make kiss sounds on request, even to relative strangers (notably, my dad and boyfriend.)
Currently, he cannot decide if he wants to be with me, or in the cage. I think he would much prefer if I would come inside the cage with him, and then he could have both. Instead we play a constant dance of LOVEME-putmeback-LOVEME-putmebackputmebackputmeback!
Leonard is also learning to whistle in response to my own whistling. And I have learned that he vehemntly dislikes wolf whistling. Apparently a cockatiel used to live above him and it would wolf whistle all day long. He gets really agitated!
Say hello to Leonard!
Leonard arrived almost a year ago and so I was able to adopt him for a $100 donation to our partnered animal rescue. It was win/win.
It's been about two weeks now. He is still settling in, but doing well. He was already familiar with me, and I think that sped the process up a little, but we are hitting many of the stages, nonetheless. He already knew step-up before leaving the store, but is learning to make kiss sounds on request, even to relative strangers (notably, my dad and boyfriend.)
Currently, he cannot decide if he wants to be with me, or in the cage. I think he would much prefer if I would come inside the cage with him, and then he could have both. Instead we play a constant dance of LOVEME-putmeback-LOVEME-putmebackputmebackputmeback!
Leonard is also learning to whistle in response to my own whistling. And I have learned that he vehemntly dislikes wolf whistling. Apparently a cockatiel used to live above him and it would wolf whistle all day long. He gets really agitated!
