Domnijoe - The Art Studio and Bird Herder's Residence

[DonnaBudgie]

Are you going to walk around with Vortex on your shoulder?

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Are you going to train him to do something specific or is he going to be an emotional support bird?

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Are you going to walk around with Vortex on your shoulder?

Vortex will come with me in a carrier . She'll provide some support, like giving me space around people (WHich a backpack normally doesn't provide for me) and by providing deep pressure therapy (again, in her carrier), though not 100% sure how that's gonna work. I have a list of things I want her to do for me written down. Have to go over them with a fellow Psych Service animal
handler-friend of mine .

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Are you going to train him to do something specific or is he going to be an emotional support bird?

Yvons is likely going to be an emotional support demon... I mean bird. Once Charlie and Red pass, it'll just be Yvons and Vortex.

 

[rheashard2]

Interested. In the states only dogs and occasionally miniature horses can legally be labeled service animals. Any animal can be labeled emotional support. Service animals are not allowed to be discriminated against...going into public establishment etc. So are you training your feathered babes to a harness too? I used to take Nameliss for walks. She'd wear her harness and ride on my shoulder. We had several stops where she would visit. Mostly they were elderly or homebound. So in a way she was emotional support. Nameliss went through a stage of mimicking red tailed hawks. A mile plus walk home with a pair dive bombing us put a sad but definitely paid to walks. It also helped me appreciate the accuracy of predator birds. As well as reinforced my fear of beaks and talons. Are you sure Yvonn is hacking at you. Parrots use their beaks as a grapple type hook. If I'm caught off guard it looks aggressive. Clothes can get damaged. Also CAG's and other parrots have emotional days. I call it BMS, Birdie Moodie Syndrome. There's few if any common identifying factor. I simply take note, alter my behavior and proceed.