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- Apr 21, 2024
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- Parrots
- Sweetpea - (M) 12 year old Green Cheek Conure
Agent Scully - (F) 4 mth Eclectus
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kind of a long story -
i just moved from colorado to california. in february i was back in denver for a bit and before my flight home, decided to kill some time at the bird place where i got my first conure. dave the owner says to me "why don't you come back and see the babies?"
never listen to Dave.
next thing i know a red baby girl is crawling into my arms and snuggling up to me and falling adleep. my boyfriend says he's never seen anything so magical, and he doesn't believe in magic. next thing i know i'm saying "it's meant to be!" and throwing my credit card at Dave.
he calls me and tells me she's ready so i fly back to get her and bring her home on April 9. she was hatched 12/28/23. she is now a different bird. she eats fresh food like a horse and is still taking some formula 2x per day....and that is the only time i can get near her is if she hears the clang of the mug and i have that pipette in hand. otherwise, it's hackles up, lunge and stab with beak.
i figured she'd need time to settle in but it's been a few weeks now. i work from hom so am in the same room with her most of the day. i talk to her often and sing to her at bedtime. when i'm not near the cage, she relaxes, preens, stands on one leg, beak grinds, all good things. she lunges and bites at me through the cage whenever i get near to change her food bowls.
is this just an Ekkie time frame thing? she's my first one. i thought maybe it was a cage territory thing, so i let her have some outside caqge time. that ended up being quite a day, because i couldn't get her to go back in the cage. obviously she won't step up for me.
somebody told me i should be wrapping her in a towel when its feeding time and force cuddle. as someone who is into permission based training, that sounds like a terrible idea.
any suggestions?
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kind of a long story -
i just moved from colorado to california. in february i was back in denver for a bit and before my flight home, decided to kill some time at the bird place where i got my first conure. dave the owner says to me "why don't you come back and see the babies?"
never listen to Dave.
next thing i know a red baby girl is crawling into my arms and snuggling up to me and falling adleep. my boyfriend says he's never seen anything so magical, and he doesn't believe in magic. next thing i know i'm saying "it's meant to be!" and throwing my credit card at Dave.
he calls me and tells me she's ready so i fly back to get her and bring her home on April 9. she was hatched 12/28/23. she is now a different bird. she eats fresh food like a horse and is still taking some formula 2x per day....and that is the only time i can get near her is if she hears the clang of the mug and i have that pipette in hand. otherwise, it's hackles up, lunge and stab with beak.
i figured she'd need time to settle in but it's been a few weeks now. i work from hom so am in the same room with her most of the day. i talk to her often and sing to her at bedtime. when i'm not near the cage, she relaxes, preens, stands on one leg, beak grinds, all good things. she lunges and bites at me through the cage whenever i get near to change her food bowls.
is this just an Ekkie time frame thing? she's my first one. i thought maybe it was a cage territory thing, so i let her have some outside caqge time. that ended up being quite a day, because i couldn't get her to go back in the cage. obviously she won't step up for me.
somebody told me i should be wrapping her in a towel when its feeding time and force cuddle. as someone who is into permission based training, that sounds like a terrible idea.
any suggestions?
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