My roommate has a red lored amazon named Tracy. We dont know much about this bird. He's had it for about 8 months? Its NOT tame, and has given my roommate several nasty bites. We do not handle Tracy, we simply enjoy him/her for being beautiful.
Today, i walked into the bird room, and Tracy was perched on a small trash can under Sangria's cage door where sangria likes to spend her time (poop catcher). She is the only one who has an open door policy in the bird room. The doors on Tracy's cage were all closed yet she was out.
A while back, Tracy and Smokey escaped their cage and somehow also got in Moses's cage and almost killed him.
I wasnt sure what to do. I didnt really react, except to start speaking softly to Tracy, asking what he/she was doing out of the cage.....
I picked up a long perch, and walked toward her, trying not to be threatening with the perch. I asked her if she wanted to go back in her house, and tapped her cage softly. I then asked her if she could step up. I did this same routine 3-4 times. Finally i tried to place the perch under her chest, and said step up. She bit the perch and shook it, and pushed it away....but i pushed it back under her chest gently and asked again softly "step up", and she placed a foot on it. I praised her, and said good!!!!
I did this 2 more times until she stepped up on the perch. I was afraid she would walk down the perch and bite me, or frantically fly when i moved it, but she sat still while i opened the cage and gently let her step onto a perch inside.
I do see this bird every day. I rub her head sometimes thru the cage bars when she asks. I feed her treats thru the bars too, but this was a whole new level. Shes very unpredictable, and sometimes tries to bite if you just go near the cage.
Im just very surprised she was so good today, and i was able to get her back into the safety of her cage so easily.
Birds are always amazing me.
Today, i walked into the bird room, and Tracy was perched on a small trash can under Sangria's cage door where sangria likes to spend her time (poop catcher). She is the only one who has an open door policy in the bird room. The doors on Tracy's cage were all closed yet she was out.
A while back, Tracy and Smokey escaped their cage and somehow also got in Moses's cage and almost killed him.
I wasnt sure what to do. I didnt really react, except to start speaking softly to Tracy, asking what he/she was doing out of the cage.....
I picked up a long perch, and walked toward her, trying not to be threatening with the perch. I asked her if she wanted to go back in her house, and tapped her cage softly. I then asked her if she could step up. I did this same routine 3-4 times. Finally i tried to place the perch under her chest, and said step up. She bit the perch and shook it, and pushed it away....but i pushed it back under her chest gently and asked again softly "step up", and she placed a foot on it. I praised her, and said good!!!!
I did this 2 more times until she stepped up on the perch. I was afraid she would walk down the perch and bite me, or frantically fly when i moved it, but she sat still while i opened the cage and gently let her step onto a perch inside.
I do see this bird every day. I rub her head sometimes thru the cage bars when she asks. I feed her treats thru the bars too, but this was a whole new level. Shes very unpredictable, and sometimes tries to bite if you just go near the cage.
Im just very surprised she was so good today, and i was able to get her back into the safety of her cage so easily.
Birds are always amazing me.