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Moving in
- Joined
- 2/22/18
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Hello! I joined Avian Avenue a few months ago when I realized I was enamoured with parrots and wanted to research more about them. Now, I'm happy to post about my new friend, a WC pionus, Turix. I'm not completely new to aviculture, I had cockatiels and budgies growing up, and had a sweet linnie until about 18 months ago. I also have experience with avian care, behaviour, and body language from volunteering at a wildlife rehab centre for the past few years.
Turix came from a very loving home, but unfortunately the family has had many recent life changes, and he wasn't getting the attention he deserves. (According to previous owner) Turix is a DNA'd male, ~4 years old, was a friendly family pet, and was a hand-fed baby. Over the past year, he's become shy and fearful, due to the lack of attention previously mentioned. His name was Kermit, which I agree is a very cute name, but I once worked with a girl at a horse barn with a dog named Kermit, and that dog was a terror. I gave it a good try, but couldn't get the bad taste out of my mouth. "Turix" is the Mayan word for dragonfly, referencing his iridescent plumage and region of origin.
He seems really shy. I've spent the past two days just hanging out nearby, talking to him, and trying to be non-threatening. Two days ago I worked on just being moving near the cage, yesterday I worked on reaching out and touching the cage, touching his things, and slowly opening the cage door. Eventually he was wiling to take treats and veggies from my hands, offered between the bars of his cage. Today I think I'll work on getting him to take veggies from the open cage door. I want to get him friendly enough that he'll sit on my shoulder or knee and let my scritch him. I'd love to one day be able to get a harness on him to take him outside, but maybe that's asking too much
I just wanted to introduce myself and my new friend to the forum, and ask if anyone had any suggestions, regarding anything, particularly taming and relationship building, but also routines, good treats, fun toys, your own trust building stories... anything!
Also, I'm trying to post a picture but I haven't posted before and I'm not sure if it worked
Turix came from a very loving home, but unfortunately the family has had many recent life changes, and he wasn't getting the attention he deserves. (According to previous owner) Turix is a DNA'd male, ~4 years old, was a friendly family pet, and was a hand-fed baby. Over the past year, he's become shy and fearful, due to the lack of attention previously mentioned. His name was Kermit, which I agree is a very cute name, but I once worked with a girl at a horse barn with a dog named Kermit, and that dog was a terror. I gave it a good try, but couldn't get the bad taste out of my mouth. "Turix" is the Mayan word for dragonfly, referencing his iridescent plumage and region of origin.
He seems really shy. I've spent the past two days just hanging out nearby, talking to him, and trying to be non-threatening. Two days ago I worked on just being moving near the cage, yesterday I worked on reaching out and touching the cage, touching his things, and slowly opening the cage door. Eventually he was wiling to take treats and veggies from my hands, offered between the bars of his cage. Today I think I'll work on getting him to take veggies from the open cage door. I want to get him friendly enough that he'll sit on my shoulder or knee and let my scritch him. I'd love to one day be able to get a harness on him to take him outside, but maybe that's asking too much
I just wanted to introduce myself and my new friend to the forum, and ask if anyone had any suggestions, regarding anything, particularly taming and relationship building, but also routines, good treats, fun toys, your own trust building stories... anything!
Also, I'm trying to post a picture but I haven't posted before and I'm not sure if it worked