Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on May 14, 2014 20:46:52 GMT
We've had our little Diggory about 10 days now, and are getting acquainted with his ways. He was very skittish when we first brought him home, he would freeze up in terror and not move. Then he took to hiding behind a large toy that hung from the roof of his cage. He finally replied to Twitter from the other room 3 days in, but only once. We have been in speaking to him, watching him, keeping him aware of the noises of the household and the lay of the land. After about 5 days, he decided it was OK to be seen eating, and started dropping his bedding into his water bowl and really moving around.
We are now pleased to say that Diggory doesn't mind being held by Faith (bribery definitely works!) and he is flying a bit. However, he seems to fly into walls and windows often and I am wondering if he wasn't allowed out to fly or if he has some sort of handicap. His wings seem to be even, he just doesn't seem too coordinated. Is it possible we just have a not-very-smart bird here? We are letting him out supervised every day, I just don't see a lot of improvement.
Faith is hoping for a bonded pair so she can have babies. Since he is about 8-9 months old, I know we are going to be waiting a while before we even begin. Perhaps toward the end of summer, we shall see. I must say that we are really liking the birds we are getting from the Kahoots pet stores - they are easy to handle and much less flighty than the birds we got at PetSmart. Twitter is a PetSmart girl, and she took quite a while to tame down. Our last 3 have been hand held a lot and are socialized better with people.
We are now pleased to say that Diggory doesn't mind being held by Faith (bribery definitely works!) and he is flying a bit. However, he seems to fly into walls and windows often and I am wondering if he wasn't allowed out to fly or if he has some sort of handicap. His wings seem to be even, he just doesn't seem too coordinated. Is it possible we just have a not-very-smart bird here? We are letting him out supervised every day, I just don't see a lot of improvement.
Faith is hoping for a bonded pair so she can have babies. Since he is about 8-9 months old, I know we are going to be waiting a while before we even begin. Perhaps toward the end of summer, we shall see. I must say that we are really liking the birds we are getting from the Kahoots pet stores - they are easy to handle and much less flighty than the birds we got at PetSmart. Twitter is a PetSmart girl, and she took quite a while to tame down. Our last 3 have been hand held a lot and are socialized better with people.
Attachments:
(except for Tequila, but he has an injired wing). He'll learn to fly soon enough don't worry. Even Tequila learnt - I had made ladders for him in the room to help him out as he wouldn't manage to fly more than approx 30cm up and didn't even have the strength to fly across the room. Slowly he started flying more and using the ladders less. Now he'll freely join the others flying around the room if he feels like it and doesn't use the ladders anymore.
.
