Finally finally~ it been just a little more than a month ago that i saw tis fella there and my heart can be at peace now since HE'S AT HOME WITH ME!!!
first thing i did was shower him when we came back and thankfully the weather was good. but the shower just made the plucked parts more evident and i was a bit sad. he's really skinny too>< will have to weigh him, as soon as i can get him outta da cage….
But now i think i really have a lot of work cut out for me…he does not know how to step up and it took more than half an hour to transfer him from the shower cage to his cage…it was a STRUGGLE to move him i swear. he wouldn't step up so i figured if i tried with a stick maybe he would step on the stick, but no such luck. the moment he saw a stick his crest went up and started to lunge. funny thing was after i brought the stick closer he started waving but he does have an abusive past…maybe someone used to hit him if he didn't 'wave'.
so my second option was towelling, again no such luck whatsoever. freaked out the moment the towel came into view…probably had bad experience with towels too. eventually while he was distracted with a sunflower seed i picked up his feet quickly and transferred him. not the best method…but what am i to do?
and while collecting him from the place, i asked to see the other parrots there. shouldn't have done so there're so many there in horrible conditions too. eckkies in cages that would be too small as a permanent cage for a budgie, a plucked grey, U2 & M2 on a metal stand(not plucked though), bng, bf amazon, caiques, lories, hahns macaws, two black palm 'toos….they're either chained to a stand or in ridiculously small cages. as much as i would like to rescue em all, i would probably end up bankrupt if i did so.
anyway, we do what we can!! the rest, maybe in the future…..
good thing is he's started eating already!!really happy that i saw him eating harrisons! he has been on zupreem fruity and sunflower seeds…but we have already started the conversion by adding some zupreem natural, harrisons high potency and a bit of goldenfeast's mixes together. and threw in a crumbled up nutriberry since he seems to like it! will start the fresh foods tomorrow morning!
i'm hoping for some advice on how to approach parrots especially cockatoos with an abusive past…so anyone that can chime in will be much appreciated!!
and of course~~can't end this post without some pics eh??
just reached home
first shower…probably in a long long long time
in his quarantine cage
but i'm sorta worried about the fact that he's been at the same position since he first entered the cage until now…but he's only been home a few hours! so hopefully its just me being paranoid~
and THANKS SO MUCH for all da encouragement and positive feedback ya'all gave about bringing him home^_^
first thing i did was shower him when we came back and thankfully the weather was good. but the shower just made the plucked parts more evident and i was a bit sad. he's really skinny too>< will have to weigh him, as soon as i can get him outta da cage….
But now i think i really have a lot of work cut out for me…he does not know how to step up and it took more than half an hour to transfer him from the shower cage to his cage…it was a STRUGGLE to move him i swear. he wouldn't step up so i figured if i tried with a stick maybe he would step on the stick, but no such luck. the moment he saw a stick his crest went up and started to lunge. funny thing was after i brought the stick closer he started waving
but he does have an abusive past…maybe someone used to hit him if he didn't 'wave'. so my second option was towelling, again no such luck whatsoever. freaked out the moment the towel came into view…probably had bad experience with towels too. eventually while he was distracted with a sunflower seed i picked up his feet quickly and transferred him. not the best method…but what am i to do?
and while collecting him from the place, i asked to see the other parrots there. shouldn't have done so
there're so many there in horrible conditions too. eckkies in cages that would be too small as a permanent cage for a budgie, a plucked grey, U2 & M2 on a metal stand(not plucked though), bng, bf amazon, caiques, lories, hahns macaws, two black palm 'toos….they're either chained to a stand or in ridiculously small cages. as much as i would like to rescue em all, i would probably end up bankrupt if i did so. anyway, we do what we can!! the rest, maybe in the future…..
good thing is he's started eating already!!really happy that i saw him eating harrisons!
he has been on zupreem fruity and sunflower seeds…but we have already started the conversion by adding some zupreem natural, harrisons high potency and a bit of goldenfeast's mixes together. and threw in a crumbled up nutriberry since he seems to like it! will start the fresh foods tomorrow morning!i'm hoping for some advice on how to approach parrots especially cockatoos with an abusive past…so anyone that can chime in will be much appreciated!!
and of course~~can't end this post without some pics eh??
just reached home
first shower…probably in a long long long time
in his quarantine cage
but i'm sorta worried about the fact that he's been at the same position since he first entered the cage until now…but he's only been home a few hours! so hopefully its just me being paranoid~
and THANKS SO MUCH for all da encouragement and positive feedback ya'all gave about bringing him home^_^
