Posted by lorraine
on 12/26/2004, 2:37 pm, in reply to "Rescue Yellow Head"
84.66.13.21
Hi Darrin
Firstly congrats on adopting such a wonderful bird,,, i have 2 amazons caged together and they r very cage aggressive,,,,it must be an amazon trait...... they do need a lot of time,, but if you can get him into a routine where he knows your out for the day,, and he has toys to amuse himself... then when u come home u let him out of cage,he will get used to this routine,, just telling my birds im going shopping i will be home soon seems to work,,, they seem to understand......get him into a routine and he should be fine.. when he knows hes gonna get scratched and the attention he requiers when u get home should work enough,,,,,,also,, remember if he aint been allowed out of his cage for the last 3 years this new freedom is gonna be a gr8 change to him,,, just let him get used to it,, then he mite not be so cage aggressive,,, good luck
--Previous Message--
: I recently was fortunate enough to
: adopt a rescue Double Yellow-Headed
: Amazon. Overall he seems to be a
: great bird. He is very quiet, never
: screams or yells. He just started
: talking, about 30 minutes ago he
: started saying "hello,"
: "hi," and "how are
: you." He is, however, very cage
: agressive, but once he is off his
: cage, he seems to like being held
: and sctrached.
:
: My question is simply I want to make
: sure that he is happy and
: comfortable, regardless if that is
: with me or someone else. My
: agreement with the resuce person is
: that he is basically on permanent
: loan to me.
:
: I have read a lot about the
: enourmous amount of time Amazon's
: require to remain well-adjusted. As
: I do work, the bird is by alone
: during the work day. As he seems to
: be, for most part, a solitary
: creature, it seems to be working. I
: have, however, only had him for
: about eight days.
:
: All I know of his past is that he
: had not been out of his cage for
: about three years until very
: recently.
:
: Any advice or guidance would be
: greatly appreciated.
:
: Thanks.
:
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