FoxersArtist
02-05-2008, 09:56 PM
...And so am I!
His screaming let up for a while last night and my sanity returned. Today has been a wonderful break. We uncovered Bhodi around 7:30 and no screaming!!! Hurray! He had a few outbursts but nothing major. We decided to put Peggy Sue out in the aviary for now because the two birds were screaming back and forth all day yesterday and both birds are doing much better. Bhodi has been screaming off and on, screaming for about 5 minutes and then stopping for about 5 minutes while on his gym! Not screaming much at all in his cage...only when we first leave the room. I really hope we are on the down side of this issue!!!
Bhodi has made it very clear in the past few days that Andy is not a favored person and lunges at him regardless of where he is or what is going on. The other night I was playing with Bhodi on the kitchen counter and andy was about 10 feet away standing at the sink doing some dishes. Bhodi ran as fast as his tiny legs could carry him, barreled over a coffee mug to show andy how tough he was and then lunged even though andy had already backed away. I had been told previous to meeting the bird that he had very little body language when upset but we are both seeing quite the opposite which is a great learning tool for andy and I as cockatoos are not usually quite so direct. This guy must be part amazon!
Bhodi is a real softy when he is someplace where he can feel secure. He is very gentle with me and though he has bitten me a few times, they were all very gentle warning bites, just to let me know that he is not pleased with something (like shaowering, LOL.) I think once Bhodi's screaming issues are worked out and he is allowed to feel a bit more secure, he will be a loving companion for someone...as long as that someone isn't Andy (he likely is not fond of men.)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Foxersartist/Fosters/Bhodi.jpg
Here is a picture we took of Bhodi before he really showed a preferance between me and Andy. Isn't he a pretty guy? I think it's going to be more challenging to find the right home for Bhodi than it will be helping him to become the bird he was meant to be. I'm going to try to expand our search out of NM as this is not the great state of knowledgable bird people. I'll keep you all updated.
-Anna
His screaming let up for a while last night and my sanity returned. Today has been a wonderful break. We uncovered Bhodi around 7:30 and no screaming!!! Hurray! He had a few outbursts but nothing major. We decided to put Peggy Sue out in the aviary for now because the two birds were screaming back and forth all day yesterday and both birds are doing much better. Bhodi has been screaming off and on, screaming for about 5 minutes and then stopping for about 5 minutes while on his gym! Not screaming much at all in his cage...only when we first leave the room. I really hope we are on the down side of this issue!!!
Bhodi has made it very clear in the past few days that Andy is not a favored person and lunges at him regardless of where he is or what is going on. The other night I was playing with Bhodi on the kitchen counter and andy was about 10 feet away standing at the sink doing some dishes. Bhodi ran as fast as his tiny legs could carry him, barreled over a coffee mug to show andy how tough he was and then lunged even though andy had already backed away. I had been told previous to meeting the bird that he had very little body language when upset but we are both seeing quite the opposite which is a great learning tool for andy and I as cockatoos are not usually quite so direct. This guy must be part amazon!
Bhodi is a real softy when he is someplace where he can feel secure. He is very gentle with me and though he has bitten me a few times, they were all very gentle warning bites, just to let me know that he is not pleased with something (like shaowering, LOL.) I think once Bhodi's screaming issues are worked out and he is allowed to feel a bit more secure, he will be a loving companion for someone...as long as that someone isn't Andy (he likely is not fond of men.)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/Foxersartist/Fosters/Bhodi.jpg
Here is a picture we took of Bhodi before he really showed a preferance between me and Andy. Isn't he a pretty guy? I think it's going to be more challenging to find the right home for Bhodi than it will be helping him to become the bird he was meant to be. I'm going to try to expand our search out of NM as this is not the great state of knowledgable bird people. I'll keep you all updated.
-Anna