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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 8, 2014 21:27:32 GMT
It always makes me feel good when I look and see Lucky drinking and not worrying about being prey. She trusts us and feels safe around us
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 8, 2014 23:42:51 GMT
I love to watch Emma drink too. She takes a sip, then she raises her beak and stretches out her neck to swallow it. It's so cute.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 9, 2014 16:46:05 GMT
nice how is taming her going?
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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 9, 2014 17:17:40 GMT
nice how is taming her going? Taming is going very well, when I put my hand in her cage she walks up to it and will reach to get on. Either today or tomorrow will be her first out of cage time. I have been very busy and hadn't Budgie proofed my office till now. I work from home most days so she spends hours at my side, in her cage, so I am hoping she will do fine in the office. She will step up with no command needed, but millet will be plan b if needed and of course plan c will be a towel, but I want to avoid that.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 9, 2014 17:18:53 GMT
oh yes, im sure millet will do the trick. goodluck, im sure she will do fine
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 9, 2014 17:29:53 GMT
Oh, no!!!!! Not THE TOWEL!
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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 9, 2014 18:15:24 GMT
Oh, no!!!!! Not THE TOWEL! Well lets hope Plan A or B work first
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Post by Pammy on Feb 9, 2014 23:21:20 GMT
Oh, I'm so excited to hear about Lucky's first out-of-cage time!
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Post by lisamarie on Feb 11, 2014 0:08:41 GMT
Good luck! I'm very jealous with all of your success. First zucchini now hand-taming! Next thing she will be singing Christmas Carols!!!
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Post by Pammy on Feb 11, 2014 2:09:30 GMT
Santa, did you have a chance to have Lucky's out-of-cage time? Christmas carols, Lisa! Mistletoe has the wolf whistle down, and I've been teaching him the first 11 notes of "Jingle Bells" (not the dashing thru the snow part, but the jingle bells part) and he can now whistle the first three notes!!!! He did it yesterday for the first time. He's so cute and funny. He knows that will get my attention, so he sits on top of the cage and whistles out those first three notes while we are eating dinner, hoping I will come get him. Of course it's true that the first three notes of Jingle Bells may just sound like three same-note whistles, but Mistletoe has never before made three same-note whistles like that. I know for sure that's what he is whistling. He won't yet do it on command, but he's he's so smart! It's so exciting that he's starting to learn his Christmas carols at 4 months old. I just love him so much.
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 11, 2014 2:22:52 GMT
Oh, that's so cool! That makes me want a little boy cockatiel so badly. Keep us posted on the repertoire!
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Post by Pammy on Feb 11, 2014 4:16:26 GMT
And I forgot to mention how incredibly cute his little face looks when he's whistling. I didn't realize hard beaks could form different shapes, but it seriously looks like he's puckering up. So, soooo cute!
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Post by lisamarie on Feb 12, 2014 1:01:10 GMT
Pammy I am so jealous! I play music for Lucy but still no singing I also try to get her to dance and she doesn't do that either lol
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 12, 2014 1:11:27 GMT
aww, that is awesome
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Post by Pammy on Feb 12, 2014 23:51:03 GMT
Lisa, I play music for my birds (and for myself) very often, and no whistling is coming from that. I specifically whistle the notes I want Mistletoe to learn (an awful lot), and he is starting to copy the first three notes. It's adorable! I have no other experience with teaching birds to whistle, so I will just keep doing what I'm doing - whistling the same tune again and again and again, and hope he picks it up. Lately, anytime I whistle that first line of Jingle Bells when my husband is home, he immediately follows it up with Darth Vadar's Imperial March. Lovely. Just watch - my little Mistletoe will learn that before anything else!
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