He's here!

[95talongirl]

uploaded a video from my phone of his antics.

 

[Cockatielfun]

Well, the little guy arrived today!

I am a nervous wreck. To be honest. Need some input from the healthy hawkhead owners. Since my only experience with this type of bird was with a sick one, there's a few new questions.

He seems real nippy. Now I know this is his first day, so maybe it's all just a bit much for him right now, but he does like to grab fingers. He steps up good! And he enjoys being cuddled under your chin, but the nippy-ness has me a little concerned. Is this similar to Macaw-type behavior and treated as such? This bird is non-stop, I swear. The energy level is pretty crazy. I can see why they compare them to caiques.

I'm also worried about cross contamination with the birds. Like i'm afraid I'm going to neglect Mopar because I handled the hawkhead and vice versa. All because I'm paranoid. I probably shouldn't be, as the new bird came form a place that screens them and checks for viruses. And Mopar was at the vet not long ago, but I am still paranoid. IDK why I do this to myself. LOL....

Anyways, attached are a few photos of the new guy! I still don't have a name for him.

did you get a bird

 

[Cockatielfun]

uploaded a video from my phone of his antics.

very cute is it a girl

 

[JosienBB]

uploaded a video from my phone of his antics.

He is so cute

 

[lexalayne]

Awe, he's adorable.

 

[95talongirl]

He is a little boy.

 

[Horse Lady]

He is so cute

 

[95talongirl]

Molted feathers make fun toys...

 

[95talongirl]

hello!

 

[JosienBB]

Has Maverick gotten all his flight feathers yet?

 

[95talongirl]

He has all but one. He likes the underside of his wings rubbed, so i can actually "inspect" them. The last one is currently growing in. He is quite the frequent flyer. ha!

 

[JosienBB]

Great to hear! Target is starting to fly a lot more too. Still a bit clumsy though lol. But she enjoys it, which is good.

 

[95talongirl]

Great to hear! Target is starting to fly a lot more too. Still a bit clumsy though lol. But she enjoys it, which is good.

Great to hear! The only time I am annoyed with Maverick's flying ability is when he flies over to Mopar's cage to evict him.

Here's another shot of him taken with the new camera.

 

[95talongirl]

Some latest maverick updates!

I believe I am going to try to flight train him. I think he is a good canidate for it. I've been able to get him to fly to my arm from various places in the house. Just gotta attach a phrase, so he associates the phrase with being called.

I started a new job that was suppose to be part time, but ended up being almost full time until fall... So that's why I haven't been around as much. The birds still get thier hours of out of cage time. It's just been shifted to afternoon/evening. Both don't seem to mind the schedule Change. Maverick seems to have become more Clingy, which I wasn't expecting. He hardly wants to play alone.... Usually flies over to me to be flipped over and play on his back and get scritches. I've also working on trust building, as I can get him to lie on his back in my hand now.

So it's been fun! . He is such a joy it have around.

 

[95talongirl]

And... a photo!

 

[expressmailtome]

Maverick is stunning!

Matt

 

[95talongirl]

He says "thank you" lol!

Here's a video showing some of the flight training progress

 

[Begone]

Great video! And he really is a beautiful boy!

 

[Cockatielfun]

And... a photo!

he/she is so cute!!!!!!!

 

[Cockatielfun]

is it a boy or a girl??