She's gorgeous!Glad Elvis is behaving a bit better.
Here is one I took today of Sweden. She didn't feel like flashing everyone, so no bare Too legs today.
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Elvis has a great bird mom and I am sure he knows it. They do read us better than we read them. I know they say Galah are the easiest of the cockatoos but when we got him I felt he was far from easy and I spent many days thinking...OH GOD WHAT DID I DO...but now I can look at him and say NO FRED. And he turns away from what he was going to do. And he will do it consistently. Sometimes he will look at me and wait for me to say NO FRED LOL! Sometimes I swear we read minds! Does he do anything consistently that you ask of him? Maybe build on it...just an idea...I have never had a Goffins so don't know what you're up against. I know they're like a little tornado...if I had one I would name him Taz, for the tazmanian devil lol!
Thanks. I think any cockatoo is a challenge to some degree. I think Elvis is just busier than most. (And I often refer to Elvis as my Tasmanian devil. LOL.) I think one of my goals this summer is to get Elvis out more. Whether it's in his back pack or if I get him harnessed trained. Elvis is a very curious, friendly bird. I had hoped to keep him well-socialized when I got him. However, with the bites to Howie, I can't have him out around other people as I had planned when we have people over, etc. So, subsequently, he only gets handled by me. (And cassiesdad when he watches him.) I think maybe he is just getting bored.... Elvis is kind of like a kid in a way. He has something that he's obsessed with doing and then he moves on to something else. He was obsessed with his clips. Then he was obsessed with the cupboards. Then his hat, etc. Now I just have to find something else for him. Actually, my friend who is the trainer at the Aviary is making a toy for him to try playing catch with again. I'm thinking it may need to be a special thing to do though and not an every day thing like before so he doesn't get so banged up. We'll see.....Awww don't feel like a bird failure
Are the Kong toys heavy? Someone from the rescue here also suggested that to me but whatever I use it has to be something Elvis can't hurt himself with. He likes to fly with and sometimes catch his hat in the air. And then he also rolls and does somersaults etc. So I need something that if he bangs into it with his face or crashes with it, he's not going to hurt himself.
I wouldn't want to see Elvis flying with the Kong and then trying to catch it. It's not ultra heavy but it's not all that light. Wouldn't want him to get hurt. Needs to stand up to dogs chewing on it. Maybe the XS size?? There's an item I ordered from Parrot Playground that has all kinds of goodies inside of it and also on the outside but it has to be fastened to the side of a cage. However, it might interest Elvis. Can't find what I ordered but this might be something fun for him: Large Double Sided Playmat Parrot Toy You can get Tiffany to customize it.
That could work...
I'll check it out. Thanks.
Hide it from him. Kind of. Let him see you keep it with you but move it away from him when he comes over. It works for Luv Bug.
Thanks! I will do both.May I suggest stopping by the baby aisle next time you go to the store? You'd be surprised how many colorful, lightweight toys that appeal to birds.
Hide it from him. Kind of. Let him see you keep it with you but move it away from him when he comes over. It works for Luv Bug.
Thank you. That's so sweet of you. We're doing okay. I'm still a bit at a loss as to what to do for Elvis. A woman I know made him a toy and he wouldn't even look at it. Literally would turn his back.Hey how are you doing now? Been thinking about you all
I tried going back to playing with paper towel rolls which he half heartedly did. He pretty much was spending all of his out of cage time shredding wood in his cupboard and was just really subdued. Saturday, a friend of Howie's unexpectedly stopped by the house and I had Elvis out. When he and Howie went to go outside, to distract Elvis so they could leave, I got out his hat. His face literally lit up. He was so happy. And started hopping, and playing and rolling. So, I guess I'm back to letting him have the hat. I'm just trying to keep him playing with it on the ground. No more playing catch from the cupboards or rolling down the stairs. It's only been a couple days. .... I'm going to test it out and see if it works. I suspect I'm going to have to take it away again, but in the meantime maybe I can figure something else out. I appreciate you asking.
I know others will probably say you shouldn't have, but I would have tried the save thing. After seeing him light up, I couldn't have taken it away again either.
I hope the new limitations with it help.
Thanks. It's good to know I'm not the only softie. LOL. I kept thinking Elvis would just kind of move on, but seeing how excited he was over seeing the hat again made me start to doubt myself. And the funny thing is it's not any hat. He ignores all of Howie's baseball caps that that he constantly leaves around the house. It's 'his' hat that makes him happy. I love to see Elvis hop. And as soon as he saw his hat he started hopping up and down. So adorable....
...not surprising...and knowing Elvis like I do, totally what I'd expect!
Agreed.
...a good idea...
Good luck!
