MomtoPercy
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Now that Percy has decided I won't murder and eat him, his favourite thing appears to be to sit on my lap and play with my hands. He lies on one hand (holding onto a finger for dear life) and bites and nibbles each finger, each knuckle and everything in between. My involvement in this playing is mostly trying to protect the finger he's clinging to from his super sharp claws and trying to prevent him from breaking a feather or even a wing. He goes totally crazy! LOL. Eventually, he works himself into such a state that he starts biting too hard and then I put him back on his gym for a 5 minute 'time out' . I tell him gently that "that is too hard, baby, you must be gentle" and put him down.
Problem is, by then he's worked his feathers into such a mess that he looks like he's got mange or something! I smooth down his feathers as best I can when I put him on his gym but he still looks pretty scruffy until he shakes and magically everything falls into place.
I'm wondering if I'm not allowing him too luch leeway with his rough playing. I'm so concerned he could hurt himself, especially his badly mended broken wing (I can actually feel the two bumps in the wing bones that the vet identified when I took him in for a check )
Thoughts?
Problem is, by then he's worked his feathers into such a mess that he looks like he's got mange or something! I smooth down his feathers as best I can when I put him on his gym but he still looks pretty scruffy until he shakes and magically everything falls into place.
I'm wondering if I'm not allowing him too luch leeway with his rough playing. I'm so concerned he could hurt himself, especially his badly mended broken wing (I can actually feel the two bumps in the wing bones that the vet identified when I took him in for a check )
Thoughts?