MistarBorb
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I got a green cheek a week ago and here are the highlights.
So according to the guy who sold him to me the bird is 8 or 9 months old.
Day 1: I left him(don't actually know the gender) in his cage for a couple of hours; then decided to open the cage door. Sat next to him for a min or 2 then left, with the cage open, and sat on my chair. Few min go by then he peeks-gets out-flies over to me. He was hesitant at first but he then let me pet him yay me.
Day 2: He gets out of the cage flies over nibbles around gave him scratches here and there overall nice chill day.
Day 3: nibbles turning to bites whenever he gets ahold of some skin. Not sure if it was a bad thing or not but have attempted the "earthquake"method (got bite harder) and the "gently pull beak" also got bite. There was a bath attempt he did not go close to the water. aborted.
Day 4: Wore a long sleeve shirt and covered neck. He was not happy. He would attempt to pull sleeve to bite.
Day 5: He keeps biting at the shirt. There was another bath attempt and it was successful \o/.
Day 6: cage upgrade (came with a small cage) couple of toys (will get more online. Not much available locally). I do feel like he doesn't like the new cage. Food change to pellets (was on a seed diet). Now he's nibbling on shirt and bites when he gets a hold of my skin through the shirt.
Notable things that I don't remember when they happened:
Attempted to give him peach and banana. fail
Took a nap and he chilled/slept on my belly.
He groomed himself whilst on my shoulder (apparently that's a good thing)
He doesn't seem to hold on tight with his feet is that normal?
He bites on my beard. Is that okay?
Any advice/criticism would be appreciated I don't know how to stop the biting. Is it something I have to work on immediately or later on.
So according to the guy who sold him to me the bird is 8 or 9 months old.
Day 1: I left him(don't actually know the gender) in his cage for a couple of hours; then decided to open the cage door. Sat next to him for a min or 2 then left, with the cage open, and sat on my chair. Few min go by then he peeks-gets out-flies over to me. He was hesitant at first but he then let me pet him yay me.
Day 2: He gets out of the cage flies over nibbles around gave him scratches here and there overall nice chill day.
Day 3: nibbles turning to bites whenever he gets ahold of some skin. Not sure if it was a bad thing or not but have attempted the "earthquake"method (got bite harder) and the "gently pull beak" also got bite. There was a bath attempt he did not go close to the water. aborted.
Day 4: Wore a long sleeve shirt and covered neck. He was not happy. He would attempt to pull sleeve to bite.
Day 5: He keeps biting at the shirt. There was another bath attempt and it was successful \o/.
Day 6: cage upgrade (came with a small cage) couple of toys (will get more online. Not much available locally). I do feel like he doesn't like the new cage. Food change to pellets (was on a seed diet). Now he's nibbling on shirt and bites when he gets a hold of my skin through the shirt.
Notable things that I don't remember when they happened:
Attempted to give him peach and banana. fail
Took a nap and he chilled/slept on my belly.
He groomed himself whilst on my shoulder (apparently that's a good thing)
He doesn't seem to hold on tight with his feet is that normal?
He bites on my beard. Is that okay?
Any advice/criticism would be appreciated I don't know how to stop the biting. Is it something I have to work on immediately or later on.
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