Redballoon
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- Dec 24, 2006
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Late every afternoon Skippah goes nuts with his flock calling. I love it and cant wait for that time of the day to roll in.
I noticed that is when he seems the most active, so I wondered if that was the time to work on stepping up and being picked up and handled, and maybe more importantly, to get him away from his cage for a while. (he lives on top his cage 24/7 and hasnt got off it for 2 weeks).
So I waited till he started going off and gave him heaps of attention, got up on a kitchen chair and got way above him and started really handling him confidently, without it being aggressive. I pick him up and hold him still then lift him off the cage and walk into the other room. Each time there is less and less panic from him. He just wriggles free and beefs up to prove he isn't scared then struts back to his cage. THe problem was when ever I left the room when he is in this mood, he would go nuts with the calling. I loved it, but it seems no one else did. So now everytime he flock calls me, I return in my own time and get into the training till he gets peeved with it all. the wash up is he wont flock call when I leave the room coz he knows that means he has to do some training(work) when I get back. But the other wash up is that he is being handled so much more and is less paniced about it each time.
RedBalloon,......bird whisperer.
I noticed that is when he seems the most active, so I wondered if that was the time to work on stepping up and being picked up and handled, and maybe more importantly, to get him away from his cage for a while. (he lives on top his cage 24/7 and hasnt got off it for 2 weeks).
So I waited till he started going off and gave him heaps of attention, got up on a kitchen chair and got way above him and started really handling him confidently, without it being aggressive. I pick him up and hold him still then lift him off the cage and walk into the other room. Each time there is less and less panic from him. He just wriggles free and beefs up to prove he isn't scared then struts back to his cage. THe problem was when ever I left the room when he is in this mood, he would go nuts with the calling. I loved it, but it seems no one else did. So now everytime he flock calls me, I return in my own time and get into the training till he gets peeved with it all. the wash up is he wont flock call when I leave the room coz he knows that means he has to do some training(work) when I get back. But the other wash up is that he is being handled so much more and is less paniced about it each time.
RedBalloon,......bird whisperer.
