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  1. hrafn

    I gave Taco a bad fright; his fear of sticks is getting worse...

    Taco, Kamara and Kraz are all afraid of sticks, but Taco's fear has been getting worse and it's come to the point where anything even resembling a stick being in his line of sight is terrifying. Kraz and Kamara are only afraid when sticks are in their space or coming near them, but Taco will go...
  2. birdashes

    Hates showers ... but likes ‘air’ bathes?

    Hi! Wow it’s been awhile since I was on here... So my RB2 hates showers. I rarely shower him due to how much he HATES them. I think he is mostly afraid of the spray bottle, but I’m not sure. It’s very frustrating , because he gets to the point where he really needs a bath but it scares him.. so...
  3. hrafn

    Helping Taco through his fear of water

    Much unlike the macaws I see in videos who go absolutely nuts for a shower, Taco has a fear of water unlike anything I've ever seen. No attempts I've tried (spray bottle, reptile mister, shower, shallow bowl, hose, all temperatures) have been successful, as everything outside of his water dish...
  4. hrafn

    Kamara's fear of hands and sticks

    Like all greys, Kamara is intelligent to a fault, and today she demonstrated that by letting herself out of her cage and running around the floor like a loon. I let her waddle around for a while in hopes she'd go back to her cage for bed, but she decided to go to sleep where she stood. Her...
  5. Ittybit

    Proper Socialization

    Hello everyone, I'm bringing home a baby Meyers in a few weeks and I'm sure I'll have lots of posts before long, but here's my first question: what does "proper socialization" look like? Is it exposing to lots of different things, places, situations, and people with positive reinforcement? I...
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