Posted March 6, 200718 yr I almost had Psyche steppign onto my finger this evening!!! I was luring her across the top of the cage towards the edge (where my finger was oh so slyly lurking) with millet. It took her a little bit, but she finally got to the edge and her feet would touch my finger before she'd back away. She wouldn't really step onto my finger, but she got OOHHhh so close! I think having to do more on her own is actually helping her a little. CUpid is still right there and she spends a lot of time on the perch right next to his cage, but I let her come out more and she's more active and seems to take interacting with me better when she's out. We're learning a lot about each other - she's seeing that I'm not such a scary monster and I'm starting to see the sweet birdie she's been hiding. I'm going to have to see if I should continue Cupid's meds and rest. They seem to be working - his wing is almost in a normal position most of the time. He still preens it a lot, which makes me think its still bothering him a little. And if he gets away from me when I take him out for his meds, the wing goes back up after he flies around a bit. Tomorrow is his last day on the meds already, so we'll see what the dr says. Cupie is remaining nice and hand tame, though he's learning that with my hand comes icky things. I keep trying to feed him millet too though, so he gets some positive reinforcement as well. He's such a sweet, brave little guy.
March 7, 200718 yr Author And tonight, Psyche made the big leap and spent a bunch of time on my finger, hand and arm! I got her to sit on my finger a couple of times. She jumped onto my arm, but when she realized what she did, she flew away *L*. A little later Baby was sitting on my hand eating millet and she hopped a good 6 or 8 inches from a perch to my hand and sat there for quite a while, even after Baby flew away. I'm so proud of her!!!!
August 8, 200717 yr The first time louy went on me was when my hand was in front of him and he found and easy way of getting up to the next pole easier. He is very cautiaus and it takes him like two minutes for him to get to the grit. He likes to go the safiest way
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