Oh gosh what have I done
I have left the tv on for hours today for our CAG. I have left the tv on sports. With occasional loud, high pitched whistles. She. Has. Mastered. It.
Guys, it is so loud, I wish she picked up words this well. Lol...
Now, serious question...she is coming up on two years, for reference. After some toenail trimmings and a blood feather incident in which my fiancé and I were both involved, she has decided that he is the bad guy. Now, she does still love him...when we are all hanging out together she will choose to go sit with him the same as usual, but he can not touch her. No hands at all. He can not get her to step, no chance of getting her from her cage, and if he does manage her to step she will stay for a few seconds andgo flinging off to the ground possibly hurting new blood feathers. She was NOT properly fledged and this pisses me off to no end so she is growing in her first wings still from the clipped ones.
I have told him to work on associating his hands with all the good treats, high praise, etc, should I be trying anything else? I leave all treats to him but I do the feeding and watering and cage care. He misses her trust and we'd like to work on that.
Now, as for her fight issue...should we keep her clipped? I don't know what she'll do honestly with full flights, her left wing has come in fully but she has broken her right wing flights :/ she has been making leaping jumps but she plummets, which scares me. Dont know if clipping her flights would help or if we should let her grow them...i don't know what's best for her safety. I'm afraid of more broken blood feathers or even a broken keel bone.
One last question. Fiancé supports pinning her foot when we have her step up and she sometimes jumps. I am against this because I think she could twist or break her foot. Thoughts? She could get hurt either way it seems...
Guys, it is so loud, I wish she picked up words this well. Lol...
Now, serious question...she is coming up on two years, for reference. After some toenail trimmings and a blood feather incident in which my fiancé and I were both involved, she has decided that he is the bad guy. Now, she does still love him...when we are all hanging out together she will choose to go sit with him the same as usual, but he can not touch her. No hands at all. He can not get her to step, no chance of getting her from her cage, and if he does manage her to step she will stay for a few seconds andgo flinging off to the ground possibly hurting new blood feathers. She was NOT properly fledged and this pisses me off to no end so she is growing in her first wings still from the clipped ones.
I have told him to work on associating his hands with all the good treats, high praise, etc, should I be trying anything else? I leave all treats to him but I do the feeding and watering and cage care. He misses her trust and we'd like to work on that.
Now, as for her fight issue...should we keep her clipped? I don't know what she'll do honestly with full flights, her left wing has come in fully but she has broken her right wing flights :/ she has been making leaping jumps but she plummets, which scares me. Dont know if clipping her flights would help or if we should let her grow them...i don't know what's best for her safety. I'm afraid of more broken blood feathers or even a broken keel bone.
One last question. Fiancé supports pinning her foot when we have her step up and she sometimes jumps. I am against this because I think she could twist or break her foot. Thoughts? She could get hurt either way it seems...