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Post by dianapalmer on May 6, 2014 15:59:35 GMT
Today Emma is sitting on the highest perch in the cage and mostly sleeping.
She didn't really want to come out of the cage this morning.
I gave her a few sunflower seeds from my hand, in the cage, which she accepted.
The other birds didn't spend much time out this morning either. Emma is definitely the Leader of the Pack.
I feel really bad for her.
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Post by kmic on May 6, 2014 19:35:29 GMT
You did the right thing Diana. She'll accept it soon enough, just give her some time. If she keeps staying inside and the others want to go out, they'll start going out and call her out.
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Post by dianapalmer on May 6, 2014 20:20:23 GMT
This afternoon she's up on top of the cage with her head in her wing. Poor dear is still worn out from yesterday.
Nice to see her out of the cage, though.
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Post by Pammy on May 6, 2014 21:31:41 GMT
See? She's coming around already. It's natural for her to be a bit offended. She'll recover and soon be acting like herself again. I truly believe you did the right thing for you and Emma and your situation. And remember, it's not permanent. Anytime clipped wings stop being right for you, you just let them grow back out.
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Post by dianapalmer on May 7, 2014 19:49:38 GMT
Emma spent most of her day inside the cage, at the top, like yesterday. She took a couple of sunflower seeds from my hand.
This afternoon she came out and spent some time on the top of the cage and on her favorite lampshade. I think that's good.
I'm still giving her a little space to recover from the trauma of the vet visit on Monday.
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Post by dianapalmer on May 8, 2014 0:02:35 GMT
This evening Emma is batbirding at the entrance to her cage.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 8, 2014 3:10:50 GMT
batbirding?
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Post by dianapalmer on May 8, 2014 13:16:52 GMT
Batbirding is hanging upside down, holding onto a perch with feet, with wings spread out fully.
It is a female cockatiel territorial display. It's very impressive!
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Post by roxhum on May 8, 2014 14:08:41 GMT
Really, bat birding? I have never heard that. Pearl, only in the evening, will hold on to the front of the cage and flaps her wing like she wants to fly. Sometimes she hangs from the top of the cage. I have thought, the poor dear has been in her cage too much and wants some exercise, but she doesn't want out of the cage at those times. Is that bat birding? Sweetie does batbirding when the dogs get too close. Pearl is way to comfortable with the dogs and would right up to their nose and over them if I let her. I don't trust the dogs not to take an instinctual snap at her if she surprised them by walking over a sleeping dog. Silly willful bird, she sounds so much like Emma, whereas Sweetie Pie is a very fitting name for Sweetie.
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Post by dianapalmer on May 8, 2014 14:20:17 GMT
I will try to get a picture of Emma batbirding. She usually does it first thing in the morning. I have to be quick, though! Maybe tomorrow morning. She wouldn't jump to my arm when she got out of the cage this morning, although the other birds did and got treats. She just looked at me and then went back inside. She just flew over to my computer monitor and spent a couple of minutes there, having her ritual poop on the screen  . I offered her a seed. She jumped to my arm, but dropped the seed. I offered again, but she just looked at it, then flew away. It was a good clip: she can fly, but not gain much height. She is still a little offended with me, but it's slowly getting better. |
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 8, 2014 21:13:50 GMT
like this?
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Post by dianapalmer on May 8, 2014 21:36:53 GMT
That's a very cute birdie! Not what I meant by Batbirding, tho. Picture to follow soon as I can get one.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on May 8, 2014 22:51:53 GMT
ah ok  |
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. I offered her a seed. She jumped to my arm, but dropped the seed. I offered again, but she just looked at it, then flew away.