SilverSage
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Mel, the Blue Headed Pionus we have taken in did something awesome tonight.
I have been getting her out (using a perch) and putting her on the tree stand in our livingroom when things are calm. So far she had made it pretty clear she doesnt like hands in her cage, which I believe is largely due to her owner forcing her to "step up" when she was frightened, and then holding her toe to keep her on his hand. Well tonight I put her on the tree and gave her a cracker. She ruffled her feathers at me and I asked her "Scritches?" and she bowed her head and leaned forward, glad for the scritches. She has been doing this more and more lately.
I moved over to sit with my husband and talk to him, but within a few minutes we heard a rustle of feathers and....
She flew across the room and landed on my shoulder! I was a bit nervous because she has bitten me before, and she was by my face, but decided to remain calm and talk to her. She gave me that signature Pionus "oi? oi?" sound, climbed across my chest, onto my husband's chest, over his shoulder, and onto the back of the couch, and again repeated "oi? oi?"
We gave lots of scritches and treats, and she stepped up for both several times, and we just hung out for a while. I finally put her back in her cage (using the dowel, since she has just started "liking" hands and I dont want her to think hands mean cage - we will work on that later). I told her goodnight, turned off the light, and as I went to close the curtain to that room I heard her, in a cartoon like voice say "Good morning." =D
I have been getting her out (using a perch) and putting her on the tree stand in our livingroom when things are calm. So far she had made it pretty clear she doesnt like hands in her cage, which I believe is largely due to her owner forcing her to "step up" when she was frightened, and then holding her toe to keep her on his hand. Well tonight I put her on the tree and gave her a cracker. She ruffled her feathers at me and I asked her "Scritches?" and she bowed her head and leaned forward, glad for the scritches. She has been doing this more and more lately.
I moved over to sit with my husband and talk to him, but within a few minutes we heard a rustle of feathers and....
She flew across the room and landed on my shoulder! I was a bit nervous because she has bitten me before, and she was by my face, but decided to remain calm and talk to her. She gave me that signature Pionus "oi? oi?" sound, climbed across my chest, onto my husband's chest, over his shoulder, and onto the back of the couch, and again repeated "oi? oi?"
We gave lots of scritches and treats, and she stepped up for both several times, and we just hung out for a while. I finally put her back in her cage (using the dowel, since she has just started "liking" hands and I dont want her to think hands mean cage - we will work on that later). I told her goodnight, turned off the light, and as I went to close the curtain to that room I heard her, in a cartoon like voice say "Good morning." =D