The Continuing Capers of Companion-ing Cotton

[Cottonoid]

This was him judging my wisdom in working from the living room with a cockatiel and Quaker "helping"

 

[Cottonoid]

One year ago today lil man came home

 

[LaManuka]

One year ago today lil man came home

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Awwwwwww, just look at him there, he's just so sweet!! Happy Homecoming Day, Cotton and @Cottonoid, he sure landed in EXACTLY the right place with you!!

 

[Cottonoid]

I am always concerned about his health especially his sinuses/skin but I just took a photo of him and am kinda blown away

Here's when I first met him:

And just now!

 

[Keet_Krazy]

His feathers are just shining! Happy first Gotcha day

 

[Bluberrytheparakeet]

happy gotcha day!!!!! <3 to many more!

 

[onamom]

Happy belated homecoming day Cotton!

 

[saxguy64]

Happy belated Gotcha Day, Cotton! Looking forward to many, many more! Goodness, he's such a cute little man! I love the sass look on his face. No wonder you have your hands full with him

 

[ravvlet]

Happy gotcha day!! Little man has come a long way, and he has so many friends now!

 

[Cottonoid]

Breakfast treat:

Last night's dinner:

 

[onamom]

Nice! I have those same skewers and Ona goes crazy for them. I better not let her see that breakfast skewer or she would be jealous!

I love that cupcake liner idea! I'll have to try that out sometime.

 

[Cottonoid]

I was trying to figure out ways to feed more veggies and chop for foraging instead of just dry food and the cupcake liners were so easy- I was really surprised how fast Cotton went for it!

 

[Cottonoid]

Cotton-sized stuffed peppers - chop and a few seeds sprinkled on top

 

[Cottonoid]

"Flowers" for breakfast - with a seed because Opie was scared of the tissue paper ball when I first showed him. We'll see if either of them like this as much as I do haha

 

[Cottonoid]

Guess who touched the target stick today?! 12+ months of taking things at Cotton's pace and building trust gradually

 

[saxguy64]

That's awesome, Denise! Yay, Cotton

 

[Cottonoid]

I seriously have so many kindred spirits to thank for this progress - many that haven't been around in a bit, but of those who have, @wrench13 your thread about Salty and your reminders that everything just takes its own time have been so instrumental to my success. A million thanks to you and Salty!

 

[ravvlet]

Heck yeah Cotton! Ok, if Cotton can do it, there is no excuse for me not working with Kirby. Time to start putting in the work.

You are always such an inspiration!

 

[onamom]

Awesome!!!! Go, Cotton! Great persistence and patience!

 

[Cottonoid]

@ravvlet I did get a training plan from a trainer that's worked with a lot of ringnecks and has Amazons of her own that weren't adoptable due to behavior issues - it definitely helps me having step by step written out for me! She also recommended filming every single session and watching it afterward, and I think that's where I started to be more effective.