Posted by Sergio Medina
on 12/7/2007, 6:25 pm, in reply to "Re: terrified amazon"
76.237.184.73
Would you consider selling her? i am experienced with my 22 year old green cheek amazon. i will be more than happy to adopt her from you! please email me sergiomedina2004@yahoo.com... thank you
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: I was recently given a mexican
: redhead
: who is completely un-socialized, she
: is afraid of everything, i want to
: be able to handle her and tame her
: but she is not used to being around
: people, i was told she was once a
: good breeder. how do i go about
: making friends with her?
:
: Hi Angie,
: I too adopted a red lored amazon
: which also was untamed, but it took
: a lot of time and lots of
: patiences!!!!!
:
: He was scared to death and wouldn't
: come out of the cage at all. Never
: liked any hands of fingers any where
: near him. It took me about 5 months
: before he would come out of his
: cage, he was interested in us but
: didn't want us to touch him. I
: would read next to his cage and feed
: him peanuts throught the bars, we
: did this for quite some time.
: Well, I got in patient and tried
: getting him out and he screamed and
: was terrified, so I decided it was
: not the best thing to do, but with
: me sitting by his cage everyday for
: small periods of time and reading to
: him and talking to him, ; he
: eventually felt comfortable enough
: to come out of his cage and climb
: around on the outside of the cage.
:
: Then he would start to slide down
: the sides of the cage to see what I
: was doing, when he did this I would
: give him a peanut.
:
: Then we worked on step up, but it
: was done with a long perch, and he
: would get on it, I would take him
: out just for a minute and put him
: back in because of his body language
: he was telling me he wasn't
: comfortable but I would reward him
: with a peanut.
:
: Now, he is my buddy, it has been
: nine months and he is now saying
: words and hangs out on my shoulder.
: Takes showers with me and we really
: enjoy each other.....
:
: It will take time but read him body
: language and give him lots of time
: and patiences.....He'll come around.
: It sounds like he is interested in
: you, so keep trying don't give
: up...It will work out just fine. He
: needs a forever home.
:
: take care and good luck, cathy
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