cecilsmom
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- Joined
- 1/3/20
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- Meghan Dameron
Hi All!
I am happy to be a part of such a great group, and welcome your advice and/or criticism since we are first time bird owners!
My husband and I recently got our first bird. After months and months of research we really decided upon an irn. I know its commonly not a great recommended 'first time' bird, however we felt that if we didn't do this now, we would end up with a bird that would out live us and we figured we would get what we wanted. We purchased one that had been hand tamed/fed, however after the feeding they were left alone for the better part of 4 months. Cecil is almost 7 months now, and is what I believe to be a Violet turquoise mutation DNA male.
We purchased all the goodies for him, and a nice big cage and perch, and went and got him. For the first few weeks we kept him in a our main living space so we could talk to him and get him used to us.(Hes still in this space) He didn't make a peep the whole time and whenever we got in the cage to give him food he ran or tried to fly away. During that time we were very gentle and tried not to push him. We finally got around to him allowing us to give him treats and found out he loves chop and safflower and his FAVORITE is pomegranate and apples. Once we realized he loved us for the treats, we slowly started to get him onto another perch and teaching him to 'step up' so that he could learn that - to move from his cage to his perch.
So now two months later we have the step up down, however he will step up, and then typically I believe he seems scared and ends up biting hard - we looked up countless recommendations for trying to get him used to our hand but alot of the advice contradicts any other advice. The only advice that seems to work so far is telling him no bite and walking away. However we arent a negative reinforcement household so I dont really feel that it will help us long term by doing this. During this time Cecil has also started talking! We have been repeating words or saying common words to him when we talk to him and he has started to say them, however he only talks when we arent in the room - I can only assume for attention.
So here are my grand questions for you wonderful irn owners!
1) What is your advice on the biting? Are we pushing him to far? My husband can ignore it easily as he has rough strong hands, however he draws blood very easily on me or gives me bruises and its hard not to react.
2) Is it typical for the bird to speak while you arent in the same room? We dont mind at all, however I want him to feel comfortable.
Thank you for your advice for our long journey with this boy. We love him so much already!
So far cecil knows the words 'step up', 'whacha doing', and im a dino- he hasnt gotten the whole dinosaur word down, lol.
Pictures of this silly boy included!
I am happy to be a part of such a great group, and welcome your advice and/or criticism since we are first time bird owners!
My husband and I recently got our first bird. After months and months of research we really decided upon an irn. I know its commonly not a great recommended 'first time' bird, however we felt that if we didn't do this now, we would end up with a bird that would out live us and we figured we would get what we wanted. We purchased one that had been hand tamed/fed, however after the feeding they were left alone for the better part of 4 months. Cecil is almost 7 months now, and is what I believe to be a Violet turquoise mutation DNA male.
We purchased all the goodies for him, and a nice big cage and perch, and went and got him. For the first few weeks we kept him in a our main living space so we could talk to him and get him used to us.(Hes still in this space) He didn't make a peep the whole time and whenever we got in the cage to give him food he ran or tried to fly away. During that time we were very gentle and tried not to push him. We finally got around to him allowing us to give him treats and found out he loves chop and safflower and his FAVORITE is pomegranate and apples. Once we realized he loved us for the treats, we slowly started to get him onto another perch and teaching him to 'step up' so that he could learn that - to move from his cage to his perch.
So now two months later we have the step up down, however he will step up, and then typically I believe he seems scared and ends up biting hard - we looked up countless recommendations for trying to get him used to our hand but alot of the advice contradicts any other advice. The only advice that seems to work so far is telling him no bite and walking away. However we arent a negative reinforcement household so I dont really feel that it will help us long term by doing this. During this time Cecil has also started talking! We have been repeating words or saying common words to him when we talk to him and he has started to say them, however he only talks when we arent in the room - I can only assume for attention.
So here are my grand questions for you wonderful irn owners!
1) What is your advice on the biting? Are we pushing him to far? My husband can ignore it easily as he has rough strong hands, however he draws blood very easily on me or gives me bruises and its hard not to react.
2) Is it typical for the bird to speak while you arent in the same room? We dont mind at all, however I want him to feel comfortable.
Thank you for your advice for our long journey with this boy. We love him so much already!
So far cecil knows the words 'step up', 'whacha doing', and im a dino- he hasnt gotten the whole dinosaur word down, lol.
Pictures of this silly boy included!
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