Learning to fly, prematurely?

[Clueless]

Watch your wood trim. They get to chewing on that.

I know of a family that lost their amazon to an unknown reason but they told me the bird had been recently chewing on wood trim in their home.

 

[Linwood]

Watch your wood trim. They get to chewing on that.

Yeah, so far I've retrieved her from anywhere not "approved" quickly. I am fortunate (though prior to a parrot annoyed) to have low ceilings so she cannot get out of easy reach.

What is even more worrisome is that I have big TV's hanging on walls that to me look like ideal perches. So far she has not tried to land on those, but that beak could destroy the OLED screen in an instant.

So I'm rewarding her anytime she lands on a real playstand or perch.

 

[merlinsmom13]

Yeah, so far I've retrieved her from anywhere not "approved" quickly. I am fortunate (though prior to a parrot annoyed) to have low ceilings so she cannot get out of easy reach.

What is even more worrisome is that I have big TV's hanging on walls that to me look like ideal perches. So far she has not tried to land on those, but that beak could destroy the OLED screen in an instant.

So I'm rewarding her anytime she lands on a real playstand or perch.

Not just the beaks, merlin has 5 tvs destroyed in 19 years. That stuff that falls from their arse is powerful

 

[Linwood]

Well, she has progressed. It's VERY slow getting her to fly to me, but by standing progressively far from the cage with a container of food shaking, she will now fly to me about 6' away from the cage. Sometimes. But no where else when asked. Last evening she took off from a perch, fly right by me and all the way to the other end of the house because that's her usual trek.

But there's some progress.

Now on the other hand, today I was eating chili and salad (after giving her some salad pieces which she was not very interested in) while she was about 10' away on a perch in front of the TV.

All of a sudden flapping wings and her aiming directly for my bowl of chili. I got my arm in front of her for a landing in time, but...

The period of food-covered amazon appears about to begin.

Otherwise she is still landing only on approved airports. So far. But is going back and forth a lot amongst them. I'm getting trained to duck when going down the hall and hear wings behind me.

But I'm sure the first plate landing will be tomato sauce and not something harmless. Fortunately red trim on green feathers can be nice looking. Just not having it spread all over the house.