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No, she does not. Do you think that would be good for her? The problem is that there is no way for her to get to one without me carrying her, which she will not allow. Also, I doubt very much that she would fly to it. I guess I could put it right next to her cage so that she could climb onto it.Does Mango have a play stand?
I had an interesting weekend with Mango. I was home quite a bit of the time so we spent a lot of time together.
For the first time, I removed her partial cage cover in the morning and put it back on at night. She seemed ok with this, though there were times during the day when I could tell that she seemed a little lost. However, she does not yet understand the idea that I will replace the cover at night when she is ready to go to bed. Tonight she was sitting on the top of her cage starting to doze off around her normal bed time. I could not replace the cover because she was sitting right where it needed to go. So, I went into my room for a while thinking that she would eventually go into the cage when she became tired enough and then I would replace the cover. Instead, when I walked back into the living room, she was in the process of climbing down onto the floor. I think that in her mind, she needed to find a dark corner somewhere to sleep in because she no longer had that in her cage. So, I slowly walked up to her and encouraged her to go into the cage, which she did. Then I replaced the cover, and she immediately went to her normal spot and started beak grinding and drifted off to sleep. Hopefully, she will soon understand that her cover will be replaced at bedtime.
For some reason, she has regressed in her trust of me and won't let me get as close as she used to. She is also much more hesitant to take seeds from my hand. As I walk around, she usually moves to the part of the cage that is farthest from where I am standing. I am not sure what may have caused this. I did try singing to her as you suggested, and this may be the reason (hehe). Up until now, she had grown very trusting of me (as long as there is no contact). Could it be that she has been spending more time watching bird videos?
At the same time, she has been much more interactive from a distance. At one point today, I stretched out on the floor, laying on my back on the carpet just to take a little break. As I lay there, it was so funny when I suddenly saw her little head sticking out of the door of her cage as she stared at me on the floor. She became agitated and would stick her head out to have a look, and then go back in and pace around a few times and then stick her head out again. Finally, she came out and went on top of her cage and stared intently at me, as if she was wondering what I was doing or whether I had died. After a few minutes, she let out a few calls, so I answered her back, and she answered me back. She seemed genuinely perplexed by what I was doing and I really enjoyed the interaction with her. We had a lot of interactions like this throughout the day, calling out to each other and responding to each other.
I am finding bird psychology very interesting!!! What does all of this mean? What was going on in her head? Does she like me more? Does she like me less? I just have no idea!!! Maybe this is all just a part of the process of her getting to know me and accept me. Or, it could be her solidifying her decision to forgo companionship with these weirdo human creatures and just hold out for another bird.
I did feel really bad for her today as I watched her interact with birds in her favorite video. She goes up to the screen and tries to touch them and makes the sweetest, most loving sounds toward them. Is that the way that she would behave if a real bird were presented to her??
All of this is so interesting to me. It's fascinating!!!!!
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