JoJo&Loki
Rollerblading along the road
Holy cow she is an acrobat contortionist! We have that same toy and my birds mostly just fight with it I can’t believe Sam found a way IN it!
That’s what I saw too. You intend to scratch her neck but looks like that’s not Sam’s intent. (She’s SO pretty and funny, btw.) Good luck! And I’m editing because I see more posts were added that I didn’t see.I'd keep the scratching for when she stands on her feet and you can be certain to only touch the back of her neck/around her head. The way you do it now, it is too easy to slip and her feet drag you to touch other parts of her body, that's not good..
Awww, Thank you! And yes, she chose me...lolI believe that she is happy and playful because she knows she is loved and well taken care of.
You can see 100% trust with her behavior and for that I'm grateful.
Make my day - Treat.your animal with love, respect and always remember who chosed who.
Awww thanks and she has a very healthy diet and is fully flighted which the little hen I had years ago was not. She came to me clipped and despite letting her wings grow back and encouraging her to fly she never did. This just drives home to me how important flight is!My, what an odd looking conure you got there!!! Or is she a caique????
She's absolutely adorable! A healthy diet and exercise via flight can help to prevent egg binding. You can also discourage egg laying by making she she doesn't have anything nest like to lay eggs in... which also means that if she finds an area that, to her, is nest like, taking access away from it!
I could never understand why clipping is so fashionable at so many petshops/vets/breeders in the US. It has never been a question here, all birds have their wings when you get them, and you'd have to clip yourself or at the vet if you really want to, but you'd have to make a choice to do it, it is never done by default nor recommended by vets/shops/breeders.She came to me clipped and despite letting her wings grow back and encouraging her to fly she never did. This just drives home to me how important flight is!
Reasons for it.....I could never understand why clipping is so fashionable at so many petshops/vets/breeders in the US. It has never been a question here, all birds have their wings when you get them, and you'd have to clip yourself or at the vet if you really want to, but you'd have to make a choice to do it, it is never done by default nor recommended by vets/shops/breeders.
yes... as you said, all bad reasons. If these are the reasons, then why getting a bird? Try a rat insteadReasons for it.....
"Easier to tame" aka "Can't tame flighted birds"
"Stops aggression"
"Stops biting"
"Stops birds flying to attack"
"Makes them tamer"
"Puts them in their place" aka "Takes them down a notch"
"Keeps birds flying out doors" aka "Makes it safe to take birds outside unrestrained"
"Keeps birds safe from predators in the house"
"Prevents birds flying into walls/windows"
Many of which are based on false ideas, lack of knowledge, poor judgement, etc....
The thought process is... the bird wont be able to fly *OVER* to said predator.... rather than being able to fly away... in the event that it does occur.yes... as you said, all bad reasons. If these are the reasons, then why getting a bird? Try a rat instead
And the "keeping a bird safe from predator in the house" by removing its ability to escape is really screwed!!
I'm from Yorkshire and proud of it. I paint the same picture with a different, rather blunt brush. If I was to go to the club and say 'learned helplessness' the (correct) response I'd get is "oooooh! 'ark at im all hoity-toity"The correct term is "learned helplessness", not "submissive".
The definition of submissive and learned helplessness are quite different...I'm from Yorkshire and proud of it. I paint the same picture with a different, rather blunt brush. If I was to go to the club and say 'learned helplessness' the (correct) response I'd get is "oooooh! 'ark at im all hoity-toity"
It doesn't have to be, but training birds to do various behaviors can be a great way to earn trust and challenge their minds. Dogs can be a great example! You have a dog that's misbehaving? The recommendation is training and exercise! You have a high energy dog? Give them a job! But with birds, what do we do? We clip them.... and then often fail to follow up on good training measures. Why do we clip birds then fail to properly train them when they show behaviors that we don't like? Why do we punish those behaviors rather than trying to replace those behaviors with desired behaviors?Strange but I don't consider the word "tame" to mean performing on demand. I never wanted any of my birds to jump on my finger immediately when I offer it, or put a ball in the basket or even run up and down a ladder when I present one. I consider tame to mean they have no fear of us. They fly on our shoulder when we leave the room, they call out to us when they can't see us, they taste our food and preen us. In other words they have chosen to love us.
Hahahaha..I remember my father helping me learn my french vocabulary. I grew up in Montreal but in school we learned Parisian french rather than Quebecois french. The word was "alarm clock" and the translation in my book was "reveil de matin". Well my father (who learned french on the streets of Montreal) laughed his butt off and asked if I knew the literal translation? Ummm...no I said. It means "morning waker" said my father. If you use that word you will get the tar beaten out of you in the schooolyard. The word is "l'horloge, tabernacle"...clock ffs!!! So much for hoity toity...I'm from Yorkshire and proud of it. I paint the same picture with a different, rather blunt brush. If I was to go to the club and say 'learned helplessness' the (correct) response I'd get is "oooooh! 'ark at im all hoity-toity"