And Peanut steps up.....

[4dugnlee]

TO MY HUSBAND...LOL. I walked out of the living room last night for not even one minute...when I walked back in there stood hubby with my Sweet Pea on his arm!!! He said he didn't really expect her to step up, he didn't even have a treat to give her..lol. I tried yet again and she did put one foot on my arm...lol...hey, it's something:09:

 

[Allee]

Yaayyy Peanut! That's wonderful progress, of course she had to let your husband be the first. She'll be stepping up for you a lot now that she knows her new human perches are trustworthy.

 

[Kiwibird]

Go Peanut! So glad she's coming out of her shell. I'm sure things will just keep getting better and better with her

 

[Scott]

Great news!! Will she eventually have shoulder privileges?

 

[4dugnlee]

Thanks everyone! I think hubby actually felt bad that she stepped up to him first..lol. That's ok...now I at least know that she knows how. Scott, I don't think she will have shoulder privileges...or at least not for a long long time...lol. That's too big of a beak too close to my eyes...lol. Right now the only one allowed on my shoulder is Cisco. Maybe someday Sassy and Peanut will be able to, but not yet.

 

[Allee]

Popeye was seldom allowed out of his cage in his previous homes, but he was allowed to run up arms to shoulders. It took a while to retrain him. Just recently I've started letting him on my shoulder, but he usually gets too excited, so his rare privileges don't last long.
I think he's much happier on my hand or forearm, I know I am.

 

[Scott]

You really have to trust a bird to allow its presence on the shoulder!!

All of my hand-fed parrots have shoulder privileges EXCEPT for the male Citron. Gandalf can be wildly unpredictable with little overt messaging like Amazons, and he has a large and potentially dangerous beak. The Goffins and even my female Eclectus are so much sweeter. The only time they have tried to "discipline" me on the face is a gentle beak-gesture to the bridge of my nose. It has never escalated and we have deep bonds, so I can live with that!