Hey all! So Titus just took his first real shower with me (he’s been in the bathroom while I showered before, but mostly on his cage outside the actual shower). I have a couple questions about the experience haha
1. How do I know the difference between him calmly enjoying the shower and him being too scared/stressed to run away? He seemed to enjoy it, he had his beak open a little and seemed to be catching water with his tongue. He would also step across my arm away from the shower if it was too much, so I feel like he had agency. That said, he was a little spooked at first so I’m worried what I took as him calming down was instead terror.
2. He let me scritch him for the first time ever! While this makes me SO HAPPY, I’m worried again that he just didn’t feel like he could say no. He’s usually pretty lightning quick about telling us he doesn’t want us to touch him.
1. How do I know the difference between him calmly enjoying the shower and him being too scared/stressed to run away? He seemed to enjoy it, he had his beak open a little and seemed to be catching water with his tongue. He would also step across my arm away from the shower if it was too much, so I feel like he had agency. That said, he was a little spooked at first so I’m worried what I took as him calming down was instead terror.
2. He let me scritch him for the first time ever! While this makes me SO HAPPY, I’m worried again that he just didn’t feel like he could say no. He’s usually pretty lightning quick about telling us he doesn’t want us to touch him.