I want to appolgise for the not so glorous view of me. When he changed his behavior to be very lovey I wanted to get a video of it. I am miss matched because I changed to shirt with sleeves when I started working with him on trying to step up to the shoulder. He seems to respond better to sleeves then he does bare arms. (I was wearing a tank top)
Ok here is some examples of Ducky behavior. Ducky is not afraid of hands ~ as you can see from the video. I can touch him all over, even extend out a wing and he is fine. Calm, non biting. Now granted this isnt a "all the time" behavior. Sometimes he doesn't want to be messed with and we are respecting that. But you can clearly see that he is not "upset" by hands. I can walk up to him as he is grooming (I should say step up, I step up on a stool to get up to the top of his cage) and he lets me touch his wings/chest as he grooms his tail/wing feathers. He is not upset by the hands.
However hands coming towards him from the under side (as if to ask for a step up) and you get bit/scared behaviors from him. You will note i the video I offered a shoulder and he was clearly not happy with that. Had I pushed the issue I would have been met with bites. He goes to that corner does the wing flap squawk thing to "signal" done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0WvF-PLh4
For my "end goal" with Ducky I wish to be able to handle him to take him from place to place. From Play stand to cage, or to the bathroom for a shower. Thats my "small" goal for him. I would love to be able to have him comfortable enough eventually to trust me enough to go places with him ~ like outside for walks. But thats a "big" goal.
Ok here is some examples of Ducky behavior. Ducky is not afraid of hands ~ as you can see from the video. I can touch him all over, even extend out a wing and he is fine. Calm, non biting. Now granted this isnt a "all the time" behavior. Sometimes he doesn't want to be messed with and we are respecting that. But you can clearly see that he is not "upset" by hands. I can walk up to him as he is grooming (I should say step up, I step up on a stool to get up to the top of his cage) and he lets me touch his wings/chest as he grooms his tail/wing feathers. He is not upset by the hands.
However hands coming towards him from the under side (as if to ask for a step up) and you get bit/scared behaviors from him. You will note i the video I offered a shoulder and he was clearly not happy with that. Had I pushed the issue I would have been met with bites. He goes to that corner does the wing flap squawk thing to "signal" done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0WvF-PLh4
For my "end goal" with Ducky I wish to be able to handle him to take him from place to place. From Play stand to cage, or to the bathroom for a shower. Thats my "small" goal for him. I would love to be able to have him comfortable enough eventually to trust me enough to go places with him ~ like outside for walks. But thats a "big" goal.