Post by dianapalmer on Mar 12, 2014 17:22:33 GMT
Silver is everything I wanted in a bird!
He seems to love sitting my shoulder. A week ago he preferred to be with the other birds. Now, he likes to be with me at least as much.
Meanwhile, it seems that Emma is coming around a little bit. Out of the blue, she will fly to my shoulder if Silver is with me. And, she will stay a while. I am often startled to realize it is she that has flown to me. I think Silver has definitely had an effect on her. She will watch us together. At night, after the doors on big cage are closed for the night, but before it is covered, I see her watching us.
When I take Silver into the dining room the other birds call for him. Silver will call back a little, but is mostly happy to be with me while I play my dulcimer. When I bring him back to the living room the other three are standing on the cage top, looking at the doorway, waiting for him to come back. They look so cute! I tell Silver "See that? Your friends are waiting for you." It's funny, because (except for Piper) they don't interact with him much. But, they like him to be there. I guess it's like parallel play in toddlers.
The program I have used seems to have worked well: keeping Silver completely separate for about a week, then letting him be near the big cage with the other birds inside, then letting them all out together. At night, I still put Silver into his own cage so we can have our special time in the morning. Then, we go over together to wake up the big cage. This morning when I opened the big cage the first thing hat happened was Emma flew right to my shoulder! First time for that!
He seems to love sitting my shoulder. A week ago he preferred to be with the other birds. Now, he likes to be with me at least as much.
Meanwhile, it seems that Emma is coming around a little bit. Out of the blue, she will fly to my shoulder if Silver is with me. And, she will stay a while. I am often startled to realize it is she that has flown to me. I think Silver has definitely had an effect on her. She will watch us together. At night, after the doors on big cage are closed for the night, but before it is covered, I see her watching us.
When I take Silver into the dining room the other birds call for him. Silver will call back a little, but is mostly happy to be with me while I play my dulcimer. When I bring him back to the living room the other three are standing on the cage top, looking at the doorway, waiting for him to come back. They look so cute! I tell Silver "See that? Your friends are waiting for you." It's funny, because (except for Piper) they don't interact with him much. But, they like him to be there. I guess it's like parallel play in toddlers.
The program I have used seems to have worked well: keeping Silver completely separate for about a week, then letting him be near the big cage with the other birds inside, then letting them all out together. At night, I still put Silver into his own cage so we can have our special time in the morning. Then, we go over together to wake up the big cage. This morning when I opened the big cage the first thing hat happened was Emma flew right to my shoulder! First time for that!
You've got one nice bird family =] So happy to read your updates
