Australe
03-17-2009, 09:16 PM
So Cuervo has been home with us now for two weeks, he'll be 8 weeks old tomorrow. Still been spending as much time with him as Gypsey, our dog, will allow. I have to make quite a point of spending extra time with her, she was jealous of him at first.
Got a pedi-perch two days ago, wow what a difference already. He's not been scratching me anywhere near as much. Though he did jump from my shoulder to my face twice today, not sure whats up with that, it hurt though. I think he was trying to get to the top of my head, in a clumsy baby bird kind of way. Gettin beat up by a bird... sheesh.
He seems to want to spend more time with me now, and hes slowly getting more tolerant of my husband. My brother was over tonight and tried to play with him, the old Cuervo came out and started chomping on my brother's finger.
Cuervo's cage is on top of a chest in the living room, the front door folds down into a platform which we have zip tied small wooden perches across so its easier for him to stand on them, we leave the door down most of the time when we're home. Tonight though, he did not want to stay around his cage. Which was a nice change.
I had him on my shoulder and he preens and preens... also I'm getting better at telling when hes getting ready to poop, makes it more enjoyable spending time with him when I'm not cleaning poop off of myself as much, instead I hold him over a tissue and he poops on that. Cuervo was ALOT more vocal today, chirping ang squawking the entire 3 hours he spent on my shoulder. I finally put him back on the platform of his cage and within 5 minutes he fluttered to the floor and started making his way to me. His wings were clipped ALOT so he can't fly at all, I feel bad for him.
Three times I put him back and t hree times he came back to me. Oh how pleased I was. The time I've spent with him these past two weeks are finally starting to pay off. I'm tickled that he actually wants to be with me now.
I wonder though, do all young birds just kind making squawks and chirps?
I know that if he's really a he that they don't get real vocal until 6 to 8 months? Or am I mistaken? I don't really expect him to talk or mimic my whistles, but both of us do whistle around him alot and talk to him alot, I hope it will pay off in the end. Actually my husband isn't a very good whistler, so he's using the bird as an excuse to get better ^_^.
Being on this forum I've gained so much useful information, I know that its made this whole process of getting him comfortable much simpler on me and Cuervo.
Really thank you everyone thats taken the time to give me your input and opinions.
Got a pedi-perch two days ago, wow what a difference already. He's not been scratching me anywhere near as much. Though he did jump from my shoulder to my face twice today, not sure whats up with that, it hurt though. I think he was trying to get to the top of my head, in a clumsy baby bird kind of way. Gettin beat up by a bird... sheesh.
He seems to want to spend more time with me now, and hes slowly getting more tolerant of my husband. My brother was over tonight and tried to play with him, the old Cuervo came out and started chomping on my brother's finger.
Cuervo's cage is on top of a chest in the living room, the front door folds down into a platform which we have zip tied small wooden perches across so its easier for him to stand on them, we leave the door down most of the time when we're home. Tonight though, he did not want to stay around his cage. Which was a nice change.
I had him on my shoulder and he preens and preens... also I'm getting better at telling when hes getting ready to poop, makes it more enjoyable spending time with him when I'm not cleaning poop off of myself as much, instead I hold him over a tissue and he poops on that. Cuervo was ALOT more vocal today, chirping ang squawking the entire 3 hours he spent on my shoulder. I finally put him back on the platform of his cage and within 5 minutes he fluttered to the floor and started making his way to me. His wings were clipped ALOT so he can't fly at all, I feel bad for him.
Three times I put him back and t hree times he came back to me. Oh how pleased I was. The time I've spent with him these past two weeks are finally starting to pay off. I'm tickled that he actually wants to be with me now.
I wonder though, do all young birds just kind making squawks and chirps?
I know that if he's really a he that they don't get real vocal until 6 to 8 months? Or am I mistaken? I don't really expect him to talk or mimic my whistles, but both of us do whistle around him alot and talk to him alot, I hope it will pay off in the end. Actually my husband isn't a very good whistler, so he's using the bird as an excuse to get better ^_^.
Being on this forum I've gained so much useful information, I know that its made this whole process of getting him comfortable much simpler on me and Cuervo.
Really thank you everyone thats taken the time to give me your input and opinions.