Excited to report that Mango continues to progress toward becoming a trusting friend!! Her body language and vocalizations when I am around her have become very positive and happy. The change over that last week has been remarkable. When I get home from work, she gets very excited and starts calling. When I open the door of her cage she climbs out onto the top of her cage and then comes right over to where I am standing. All the while, she makes this low happy chatter as though she is talking to herself. It is wonderful to listen to. She always flys to where ever I am and hangs out with me. Yesterday when I was eating dinner at the dining room table, she flew over an perched on the chair next to me and just sat there looking at me. I gave her some safflower seeds which she seems to enjoy. She seems to prefer me hand-feeding her seeds rather than taking them from her bowl.
I can sense that she really wants to perch on me but is still too afraid. She has been flying right at me over and over but turns away at the last minute. If I hold out my hand and say "come on Mango!" she immediately tries to fly to me. I think that someday she will finally land on my hand.
We still have some days where she is extremely hormonal, with all her mating advances. One night last week she was up doing her courtship dances until 11:30 at night, driving me crazy. I could not get her back in her cage. Finally, I said "Fine, I am going to bed. Do what you want." After I crawled into bed, she started flying figure-8s all over the place! This scared me because I did not want her to crash into something, so I got up and went and sat by her cage until she finally went back in for the night.
I am a little worried about her flying. When she is excited, she loves to fly around acrobatically all over the place. She has already flown into a chair and stunned herself briefly. I am wondering if her wings should be clipped a little bit, but I would hate to do this to her and I have no way of taking her to a vet yet.
I now cover her at night and uncover her completely during the day, as all of you suggested, and this has done wonders. I also move her cage over by the window during the day so that she can enjoy seeing the outdoors and sunshine.
So, overall, the change in her attitude toward me has been awesome. We have a great bond now! Thanks again for all of the advice. Mango went from being a lonely bird in a dark, isolated enclosure to living in a nice condo with a trusted friend. I love it!!!
Beautiful to see. I love birdies that have birdie friends. It is so interesting to watch them interacting.
