sunnysmom
Ripping up the road
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I'm fortunate that Elvis has never really bitten but he'll definitely "beak" me if I try to get him to step up on my hand. He's rehomed too. Elvis has been through a lot of homes. I'm not sure why because he's sweet. But apparently, he wouldn't step up at all- not even the shoulder thing- and the woman who had him before me taught him to do that. I tried to get him to step up on a perch but it terrified him. Which made me concerned about what may have happened in the past to scare him so. He's also very fearful of towels which makes me think he was grabbed and toweled a lot.It makes me feel much better hearing all of yours do that shooting things across the room too. LOL She shoots newspaper off her wings until the room looks like a spitball fight took place. She's only been here since the weekend, and hadn't been chewing on much wood, but I left for awhile this morning and came back from the store, to see she is working steady on the wood perch in her cage. Looks like I'm going to have to get more perches. I have untreated Pecan trees, so I'm going to cut her some natural branches. She doesn't seem to like any larger size branches but I'm going to put in a couple for exercising her feet. Sunny'smom, does your Elvis bite when you try to push him to step up? She will and it is quick and lethal when she feels pushed at all, so I've just backed off for now until she has time to settle in more. The only problem is getting her back in her cage, but he nightly tsp of seeds for her night night treat, does the job.
The one thing about goffins is they seem to be super smart and settle into routines really well. Like within a week, Elvis was putting himself back in his cage when he knew it was time for me to leave for work. Bedtime is a bit more of a challenge because he wants to sleep on you, not in his cage. LOL. But he's really not too bad about going in.