BarbieH
08-11-2006, 08:30 AM
So I was ready to take Sammy out for his evening cuddle last night, around 9 p.m. He snuggles up my bathrobe sleeve and falls asleep near my hand -- not really normal for a lovie, but he's my little day-1 handfed boy, although he's a couple of years old now.
Anyway, we hadn't put the lights on yet because it wasn't absolutely dark in the house. I opened up his cage door and like normal, he pushed ahead of his cage mate and brother, Didjit, and jumped onto my chest. He gave me a little kiss, and he is the only bird in the flock who does that.
I brought him to the livingroom and was surprised that he was cuddled up close to my neck. "What spooked this bird?" That was my first thought. He flew back to the cage. I brought him back to the livingroom and tried to get him to go up my bathrobe sleeve, like normal. He went, but he did not want to stay there! He squirmed out and went back up to my neck, nervous as anything! And he flew back to the cage.
Tim went to the cage and noticed that "Didjit" didn't nibble on Tim's fingers like normal. He was trying to look around them at me, and was making himself tall to see what was going on. "Um, which bird do you have?" Tim asked.
Oh yes. I had the wrong bird out! :blush:
It gives me a good idea of where Didjit is at with his socialization. He has been watching Sammy, and he wanted to give this little evening ritual of Sam's a try. I guess he didn't like it as much as he thought he would. :rolleyes:
Anyway, we hadn't put the lights on yet because it wasn't absolutely dark in the house. I opened up his cage door and like normal, he pushed ahead of his cage mate and brother, Didjit, and jumped onto my chest. He gave me a little kiss, and he is the only bird in the flock who does that.
I brought him to the livingroom and was surprised that he was cuddled up close to my neck. "What spooked this bird?" That was my first thought. He flew back to the cage. I brought him back to the livingroom and tried to get him to go up my bathrobe sleeve, like normal. He went, but he did not want to stay there! He squirmed out and went back up to my neck, nervous as anything! And he flew back to the cage.
Tim went to the cage and noticed that "Didjit" didn't nibble on Tim's fingers like normal. He was trying to look around them at me, and was making himself tall to see what was going on. "Um, which bird do you have?" Tim asked.
Oh yes. I had the wrong bird out! :blush:
It gives me a good idea of where Didjit is at with his socialization. He has been watching Sammy, and he wanted to give this little evening ritual of Sam's a try. I guess he didn't like it as much as he thought he would. :rolleyes: