Post by dianapalmer on Dec 5, 2013 16:58:07 GMT
I am wishing Emma would get more willing to make physical contact with me. However, I am being patient, and giving her time.
I am trying to think about what is going on in her mind.
- She is not afraid to be very near my hand if it is holding millet or a toy. However, she does not want to perch on it. The closest she gets is sometimes having one toe on it, if she does't quite realize it is happening.
- She is happy to sit on her porch, about ten inches from where I am sitting.
- She flew to my shoulder once a few days ago, but flew right off after a few seconds.
- She will allow my finger to accidentally touch her tummy while she is reaching for millet, but will not step up.
- She will take Cheerios from between my lips (Oh, those yummy, yummy Cheerios).
- If I try to touch her--very gently, on her chest or her neck--she goes away or opens her beak and looks upset, like she is getting ready to bang my finger or bite it.
- She is very mellow around me, as long as I respect her limits.
- The other day I got her on a basket and took her to the dining room and worked ith her. She actually perched on my forearm, and I was very encouraged. She stayed for about a minute, while I stayed very still. My arm was getting tired, so I very S L O W L Y walked back to the living room. She got nervous, and as soon as she saw the cage, she flew to it. She has been unwilling to perch on my arm again. She also has not been eager to get on the basket again.
- Her wings are not clipped, and she is a good flyer. I don't want to take her in to have them clipped, because I think it will scare her all over again.
I think she is afraid to perch on me because she doesn't want me to TAKE HER SOMEWHERE (scary, VERY scary HEEEELLLLP! I'm being kidnapped!).
Those of you who got hand-tamed cockatiels are kind of lucky. However, I really don't get into wishing I had gotten a different one. She feels like my cockatiel, for sure, and I feel that, when I win her trust, it will be very special. She might have ended up with someone who wouldn't have the patience I do, and might have ended up cage-bound.
I am trying to think about what is going on in her mind.
- She is not afraid to be very near my hand if it is holding millet or a toy. However, she does not want to perch on it. The closest she gets is sometimes having one toe on it, if she does't quite realize it is happening.
- She is happy to sit on her porch, about ten inches from where I am sitting.
- She flew to my shoulder once a few days ago, but flew right off after a few seconds.
- She will allow my finger to accidentally touch her tummy while she is reaching for millet, but will not step up.
- She will take Cheerios from between my lips (Oh, those yummy, yummy Cheerios).
- If I try to touch her--very gently, on her chest or her neck--she goes away or opens her beak and looks upset, like she is getting ready to bang my finger or bite it.
- She is very mellow around me, as long as I respect her limits.
- The other day I got her on a basket and took her to the dining room and worked ith her. She actually perched on my forearm, and I was very encouraged. She stayed for about a minute, while I stayed very still. My arm was getting tired, so I very S L O W L Y walked back to the living room. She got nervous, and as soon as she saw the cage, she flew to it. She has been unwilling to perch on my arm again. She also has not been eager to get on the basket again.
- Her wings are not clipped, and she is a good flyer. I don't want to take her in to have them clipped, because I think it will scare her all over again.
I think she is afraid to perch on me because she doesn't want me to TAKE HER SOMEWHERE (scary, VERY scary HEEEELLLLP! I'm being kidnapped!).
Those of you who got hand-tamed cockatiels are kind of lucky. However, I really don't get into wishing I had gotten a different one. She feels like my cockatiel, for sure, and I feel that, when I win her trust, it will be very special. She might have ended up with someone who wouldn't have the patience I do, and might have ended up cage-bound.
