How soft is a soft touch???

Tman · Aug 31, 2026

Great news. Cash my cinnamon gcc. He let me scritch him this afternoon. I did it with the softest touch I could.
I have been working with him for a few days now on letting me wiggle my finger close to the side of his neck. I like the side so he can see what am doing.
To was so busy I had no time to take and work with them until. This evening. So when he came over and we started to work I gave him a big millet bud to have, I stated to wiggle my finger and move it closer to his neck. I saw two small feathers off by themselves. I went to touch just those two. Just as I touch them. Cash made a soft screech. Not loud, just enough to say no. So I stopped. We went on I gave him another big bud and this time I did it again. Just the lightest touch I could with my finger. He let touch. We did it a few more times and I was scratching him. Just moving the feathers around. I tried one more time so this time he moved away a little. But he let me do it. It's a start.
Then I looked at Pegasus, told him your the only one left.
Like I said in the heading. I have a touch, I just don't know how soft. It's hard to get first a big old finger by a parrot. Let a lone let you touch them.

wrench13 · Sep 1, 2026

Depends on the bird and where you scratch them. Salty loves a good hard scratch around his nares and top of head - real hard, like he leans in himself to get the right pressure! Around his ear holes, which are more sensitive, he likes a light touch. On his neck, he likes more of a muscle massage then a scratchy type touch, especially in the AM after his neck has been turned around all night.

osklvste · Sep 3, 2026

As above. Nameliss is one finger only around head, face and eyes. Pressure doesn't seem to matter unless pin feathers are involved.

Tman · Sep 3, 2026

osklvste said:
As above. Nameliss is one finger only around head, face and eyes. Pressure doesn't seem to matter unless pin feathers are involved.

Have I got a surprise for you.
I just finished working with my flock. And Tango and Cash, are the two I just started scratching. Both of them taught me something today. Stop playing around and scratch me. I started doing what a usual do nice and soft Tango didn't like it, he was jumpy. So I waited and this time he was eating.it was fine I could touch him. But with out a treat he wasn't having it. So I waited no treat but this time I went for, I went down into his feathers to his neck and started to gentle rub is neck. He was loving it. I stopped and started over no treat and he was really getting into to it.
I learned from this lesson, he was annoyed by to soft, and wanted a good rub.
When I went to Cash he was the same way, he went all the way to the end of the perch. So I tried the same thing I dug my finger into his feathers and gently rubbed and it worked with him as well. It was time for a good rub.