Jamie in Sunnyside (ep. 4)
Added 2020-07-18 17:00:00 +0000 UTCStill working on this bathing thing with Sunny! Here's a longer behind the scenes clip - don't you wish I had filming standards like Dave? lol
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I noticed for most of the time he also let go with his feet and pulled them up like he was flying. The second you left the cage he grabbed onto the perch again. To me, it felt like he was trying to fly away from something he wasn't quite comfortable with but wasn't sure how to do it. With his new feathers in, I broke down and upped my tier so a bit behind but catching up now :)
Chris Mallabon
2020-08-14 03:36:46 +0000 UTCSo hard to say. I think it's more of an anxiety related behavior (I feel the leaning over and doing it is...) but Jinx also does a behavior like this when he's waiting around - especially in a travel carrier so I want to say anxious? But I am not 100% on that.
BirdTricks
2020-07-23 16:46:20 +0000 UTCJamie, what response is that when he moves his wings without spreading them and tucks his tail (4:50)? My macaw (also a rescue) does the exact same thing and I have yet to figure out if it is hormonal or not?
Zaira Lupidi
2020-07-22 19:19:17 +0000 UTCYes, Cressi bathes the least of my flock then Bondi is right after her and then everyone else is great about it lol. Bandit used to bathe less than Bondi and he was much more powdery than Bondi. So yeah, their powder keeps them clean. I still like to offer the opportunity daily but it doesn't mean they have to bathe daily.
BirdTricks
2020-07-21 14:45:08 +0000 UTCJamie does the dust comment hold true for greys as well?
Shelah Moore
2020-07-21 03:44:31 +0000 UTCGreat progress with Sunny! He looks like he’s relaxing a bit more every time I see him. I love watching your sessions on behavior as I have plenty to learn about bird body language and position. I’ve been volunteering in a rescue and this helps for when I adopt in December. Yay Sunny boy! 😎🦜❤️
Jessica Almquist
2020-07-19 22:06:01 +0000 UTCaww mine too xo
BirdTricks
2020-07-19 19:10:22 +0000 UTCHaha, I actually get that quite a bit which is so interesting
BirdTricks
2020-07-19 19:10:08 +0000 UTCaw thank you!
BirdTricks
2020-07-19 19:09:54 +0000 UTCWhen I saw Sunny step onto your hand it reminded me of how emotional it was for Dave when that happened. To see you excited too is exactly why you guys were meant for each other. And for the birds!
Tempie Elder
2020-07-19 16:28:59 +0000 UTCMy Indian Ringneck loves hearing your voice. He actually goes nuts when he hears it.
Patricia Lynn
2020-07-19 13:14:46 +0000 UTCMy heart! When you helped him out in the beginning when he was trying not to fall! I swear my heart exploded!
Leia Gibson
2020-07-19 04:20:09 +0000 UTCThanks for the reply, I appreciate your input. I'll try spacing the sessions out more to see if he's more of a "Radar" type bather (a once a month kind of guy). LOL
Kathy Surber
2020-07-19 01:13:40 +0000 UTCHe looks like a completely different bird from when you first got him!
Alexis Stubbs
2020-07-18 21:09:25 +0000 UTCThe cutest little wing flap from Sunny! I cant wait to see him pull out of the atrophy, but he looks so much better already
caitlyn Metcalf
2020-07-18 20:48:50 +0000 UTCI am not working on this every day by any means. My sessions are quite spaced apart. Cockatoos are more dusty though so they do prefer to bathe less frequently than macaws in my experience.
BirdTricks
2020-07-18 18:25:59 +0000 UTCThis was great. I'm still working with Fred (the Goffin's Cockatoo) bathing/showering. After 5 sessions over several days he still does not like it. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. But Sunny seems to be getting better about it. Maybe it's just a Cockatoo thing.
Kathy Surber
2020-07-18 18:20:42 +0000 UTC
