travis
08-31-2006, 11:21 PM
Hi again! While the work with my little guys, especially Amadeus and his people skills, is on going, they seem to be getting along a lot better. I finally introduced them bird to bird, and Archimedes LOVES Amadeus. At first Amadeus would just tolerate Archimedes, but he's now warmed up to him, and preens back.
Tonight when I had Archimedes out playing with his jingle balls, Amadeus was so interested in/worried for Archimedes, he amazed me by fluttering down after him to see what was going on.... a HUGE deal since he's still terrified of me when I handle him. Once he started exploring, though, I had to get him back in the cage since he's still not hand tame and panics when I reach for him :( He has gotten a lot better being in the same room, and being with Archimedes, and has shown us a lot more of his personality. I think he'll be a sweetheart once he's good stepping up and being held.
Lastly, Archimedes is teaching himself to fly :eek: His flight feathers have come in nicely, and he suprised me big time when I was watching tv and he flew from his cage to me, a good 10 feet, and then from my shoulder to the top of the window. Landings are rough, but I recently read a good article in Bird Talk about mirror training them to target landings, so I think we'll start working on that.
That's all for now! I'll have some pictures soon of them together.
Tonight when I had Archimedes out playing with his jingle balls, Amadeus was so interested in/worried for Archimedes, he amazed me by fluttering down after him to see what was going on.... a HUGE deal since he's still terrified of me when I handle him. Once he started exploring, though, I had to get him back in the cage since he's still not hand tame and panics when I reach for him :( He has gotten a lot better being in the same room, and being with Archimedes, and has shown us a lot more of his personality. I think he'll be a sweetheart once he's good stepping up and being held.
Lastly, Archimedes is teaching himself to fly :eek: His flight feathers have come in nicely, and he suprised me big time when I was watching tv and he flew from his cage to me, a good 10 feet, and then from my shoulder to the top of the window. Landings are rough, but I recently read a good article in Bird Talk about mirror training them to target landings, so I think we'll start working on that.
That's all for now! I'll have some pictures soon of them together.