rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) (12/29/90)
[While I'm thinking about it, I'd like to suggest that those of you net-nazis that find it necessary to waste net bandwidth by *posting* complaints about lack of the keyword INDOOR on articles here in r.b consider placing the keyword "GROUCH" or "COMPLAINER" in your subject so that those of us who are interested in hearing about birds will not have to waste our time on your sad lament.] In article <1990Dec28.150533.15515@cbnewsj.att.com> donnelly@cbnewsj.att.com (jeffrey.m.donnelly) writes: > We got him home and he freaked out. Climbed is large cage > over and over and wouldn't eat. My Eclectus Parrot did the same thing. In fact, for two days he sat in one spot on his perch and wouldn't move. Finally, late on the second day he began eating. > He is still a bit nervous about us but getting friendlier > every day. My experience with my parrot (I got him in September) is that they change every day for a while, then every week, and now I notice big changes in his behavior every month or so. I've been pretty amused by some of the "common knowledge" suggestions I've gotten about my bird. For instance, I was told to train Xenix (the bird) to get on my hand by feeding him a treat once he got there. The theory was that instead of biting, he'd *want* to get on my hand so he could get the treat. Guess what? Xenix was a hand-raised baby so he was perfectly willing to get on my hand (usually; I have a few nice scars), but he sure-as-hell wasn't about to eat anything that I poked in his face. In fact, he only started accepting bites of things I was eating 4 weeks ago and then he would only take it while he was sitting on his cage. Any other attempts to get near his head with food was a sure way to a bitten finger. *Finally* this morning he consented to sit on my hand and share my apple with me. :-) -- Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 rfarris@rfengr.com ...!ucsd!serene!rfarris serenity bbs 259-7757