Ona’s Thread

[onamom]

This reminds me of George, the subject of the book “George: A Magpie Memoir” by Frieda Hughes. If you’re looking for a book recommendation, get it! I think you’d appreciate George’s antics and see a lot of Ona in him. I listened to the audiobook and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Oh thank you! I will have to check that out.

 

[onamom]

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[saxguy64]

"Mom, really?! At least let me pretend to be a bird... This is embarrassing!"

 

[ravvlet]

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, they say…

 

[DonnaBudgie]

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Isn't it amazing how soft and fluffy they are?

 

[onamom]

Point of view: you’re my phone

 

[LaManuka]

Point of view: you’re my phone

Yuuuuuuuuuppp, no question, it's Ona's world, and we're just livin' in it!!

 

[onamom]

Enjoying a cup of dried flowers tea, a new favorite.

She’s been quite chatty the past few days! Said a new twist on her favorite step up phrase: “wanna step up”. She’s also been saying “outside” a lot when she either wants the dogs to go outside or she wants to go in the sunroom.

We’ve been making some big harness training progress! She will now put her head through the head loop willingly! Just gotta work on duration soon.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Enjoying a cup of dried flowers tea, a new favorite.

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She’s been quite chatty the past few days! Said a new twist on her favorite step up phrase: “wanna step up”. She’s also been saying “outside” a lot when she either wants the dogs to go outside or she wants to go in the sunroom.

We’ve been making some big harness training progress! She will now put her head through the head loop willingly! Just gotta work on duration soon.

Ona's so smart that soon she'll be putting it on and taking it off herself, while her mom takes a video!

 

[GirlLovesBirds]

I decided to make one thread to share Ona updates so it’s all consolidated in one place. I’ve see a few others on the forum do this and think it’s a great idea! I have always have so many updates to share since she’s a new baby discovering everything for the first time And she’s just too cute not to share.

Today was her second day home. So far everything has been going SO well. Even better than I anticipated. We had a lot of firsts today:

First blackberry and first carrot:
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When I first showed her the blackberry she was afraid of it. Then I ate one in front of her and she was astonished and amazed. Then she began eating hers. She made quite the mess Later she ate the carrot with no hesitation.

We also walked her around for a house tour today and had her FIRST BATH! I didn’t know how she would react to the water. I just made a small trickle in the sink and first I let the water bounce from my hand onto her gently. She quickly was chirping with excitement and fully bathing on her own. This was the aftermath

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We’ve been working a lot on step up and step off. Step up she’s pretty good at most of the time. She’s slowly becoming interested in the toys in her cage.

My dogs have been separated from her so far but when they have seen her they have shown no interest in her at all. Not even barking.

We’re working on a balance of in and out of cage time to get her acclimated to everything. She’s taking it all in like a champ.

What a lovely bird!

 

[Jcas]

Enjoying a cup of dried flowers tea, a new favorite.

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She’s been quite chatty the past few days! Said a new twist on her favorite step up phrase: “wanna step up”. She’s also been saying “outside” a lot when she either wants the dogs to go outside or she wants to go in the sunroom.

We’ve been making some big harness training progress! She will now put her head through the head loop willingly! Just gotta work on duration soon.

I just can’t get over how beautiful Ona is!

 

[onamom]

Ona's so smart that soon she'll be putting it on and taking it off herself, while her mom takes a video!

Now that would be something! Heck it would make my life a whole lot easier! We've been battling with this harness for soooo long! But as of late it's become less of a battle and more of a positive thing thanks to some new training techniques I've learned.

What a lovely bird!

Thank you!

I just can’t get over how beautiful Ona is!

I will tell her you said so! Nothing makes her happier than being told how absolutely stunning she is. When one of my co-workers met her recently she said "Oh you're pretty! And you know it too, I can tell."

 

[onamom]

Ona gets more and more excited about seeing the outside birds. She has started contact calling them and it makes me sad. It makes me wonder if she wants another bird to talk to.

This is “her” water glass she loves to stand on cups.

 

[LaManuka]

Ona gets more and more excited about seeing the outside birds. She has started contact calling them and it makes me sad. It makes me wonder if she wants another bird to talk to.

This is “her” water glass she loves to stand on cups.

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Awwwwwwwwwww, good morning Ona, you look so sweet! Please give her a big kiss or several from me, won't you @onamom!

 

[onamom]

Poor, poor birdie:

 

[LeaKP]

I’ve just caught up on the cuteness of Ona. What a sweet GCC! I love the GCCs they are so adorable. May you have many years of sweet companionship.

 

[LaManuka]

Poor, poor birdie:

You better get a lawyer, @onamom, you better get a reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaallll good one!!

 

[onamom]

You better get a lawyer, @onamom, you better get a reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaallll good one!!

Uh oh! Well if you never hear from me again.... Ona put me in birdie jail D:

 

[LaManuka]

Uh oh! Well if you never hear from me again.... Ona put me in birdie jail D:

You keep this whole non-sharing-of-blueberry-muffins business up, @onamom, and Ona's lawyer will put you under the birdie jail!!!

 

[wrench13]

"We’ve been making some big harness training progress! She will now put her head through the head loop willingly! Just gotta work on duration soon."

SO what I did was when Salty put his head thru the loop, I had a ready supply of his treats handy, and just shoveled them into his beak as long as he had his head in there. THen , gradually started stretching out the intervals between treats.