After 2 years of not wanting to be handled...
May 24, 2016 21:05:47 GMT -5
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Post by sherri on May 24, 2016 21:05:47 GMT -5
Sugar was 2 when we adopted her 2 years ago. She is very cage aggressive and afraid of hands. I finally got it through my husband's head than you can not train a bird the way you do a dog. So he has been taking time to talk to her and make her comfortable with him near her cage. He can now change her food dish without her attacking him. We can both open and close her cage and she does not try to bite us.
When I got home from work in the afternoon, I opened her cage. She goes in and out but stays very near her cage. Just now, I was on my computer in my bed and I heard the flutter of wings. She landed on my pillow and climbed onto my chest to be petted. She is now on my shoulder grooming my hair.
Now if we can just get Sugar and Sassy (our other quaker) to get along, things would be perfect.
When I got home from work in the afternoon, I opened her cage. She goes in and out but stays very near her cage. Just now, I was on my computer in my bed and I heard the flutter of wings. She landed on my pillow and climbed onto my chest to be petted. She is now on my shoulder grooming my hair.
Now if we can just get Sugar and Sassy (our other quaker) to get along, things would be perfect.
