reddfoxx79
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- Mar 4, 2021
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- 4
- Parrots
- Fennel, Solomon Eclectus female (12/25/20)..... Lulu, Solomon Eclectus female (10/1/20)..... Vegas, Harlequin macaw (2/2/21)
I've posted multiple times about the two female ekkies I have. The younger one, Fennel, is just now 16 weeks old. I posted the other day seeking answers on why she constantly bites, and while I think MAYBE we've made progress with that, I think the main issue with this bird is that she's just scared of everything.
I cleaned stuff out of the office where her cage is to free up space and give her more room and less things to be afraid of. When I weighed her this morning, she was shaking. She never fully relaxed again, so I put her back in her cage and she immediately relaxed. I know there are lots of things to do to help a scared bird. I have an idea, and I wanted some advice on whether you guys think it will help or not.
Since Fennel came from a breeder, she came to me scared of cages, toys, hands, and household sounds. She was not exposed to the things hand-raised birds are exposed to. My idea is to board her at a local pet shop that specializes in birds, and hand raises them. (It's where I got the older ekkie, who is not afraid of much.) There is a part of me who thinks the immersive experience of people in and out of the store all day, other birds making noise, multiple people feeding and changing water, and lots of activity would be good for her. A week or two in that environment may show her that life is busy sometimes, and she's still safe. The other part of me worries that this could terrify her in a way that she won't recover from, or at least not make progress with in a couple weeks.
I don't want to leave her somewhere for weeks or a month and just loose any (of the very little) progress we've made. On the other hand, she is only 4 months old, and this work should have been put in when she was weaning. She isn't an 11-year-old Amazon with baggage - she's a 16-week-old baby Eclectus. So does anyone else think boarding her and forcing socialization will help? This is a privately-owned pet store whose owner has 30 years of experience hand raising and taming birds. I've seen some of the birds he boards go from scared for 3 days, to being out on a perch and talking to everyone who comes in the door. I would visit her daily while she was there. Would this type of environment for a couple weeks help this little bird get over her fear? TIA
I cleaned stuff out of the office where her cage is to free up space and give her more room and less things to be afraid of. When I weighed her this morning, she was shaking. She never fully relaxed again, so I put her back in her cage and she immediately relaxed. I know there are lots of things to do to help a scared bird. I have an idea, and I wanted some advice on whether you guys think it will help or not.
Since Fennel came from a breeder, she came to me scared of cages, toys, hands, and household sounds. She was not exposed to the things hand-raised birds are exposed to. My idea is to board her at a local pet shop that specializes in birds, and hand raises them. (It's where I got the older ekkie, who is not afraid of much.) There is a part of me who thinks the immersive experience of people in and out of the store all day, other birds making noise, multiple people feeding and changing water, and lots of activity would be good for her. A week or two in that environment may show her that life is busy sometimes, and she's still safe. The other part of me worries that this could terrify her in a way that she won't recover from, or at least not make progress with in a couple weeks.
I don't want to leave her somewhere for weeks or a month and just loose any (of the very little) progress we've made. On the other hand, she is only 4 months old, and this work should have been put in when she was weaning. She isn't an 11-year-old Amazon with baggage - she's a 16-week-old baby Eclectus. So does anyone else think boarding her and forcing socialization will help? This is a privately-owned pet store whose owner has 30 years of experience hand raising and taming birds. I've seen some of the birds he boards go from scared for 3 days, to being out on a perch and talking to everyone who comes in the door. I would visit her daily while she was there. Would this type of environment for a couple weeks help this little bird get over her fear? TIA