Timbersmom

I am curious about something. When I feed Timber anything off a spoon, and sometimes when he is eating something he is holding, he bobs his head several times. I remember reading something about this being a feeding behavior (from feed bags I think)? I've never had a baby bird, so am just curious about this. If so, do they do this all of their lives? I was told he is 4 or 5 years old. If this has already been asked and answered I apologize!

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I'm going to get some. I order stuff for myself from Swanson's all the time.

Great pics, thanks for sharing

That sounds like a truly horrible experience! So sorry you and Rikki had to go through that and relieved to hear she is fine now.

LOL to the puppy picture. Yes, they do seem to have telescoping necks. I roll Timber's cage away from the wall when I let him out. I had to adjust several times when I got him, because I thought there was no way he could reach the woodwork behind the cage... until he did. After about four tries I figured out the distance at which he cannot get a beak on it. Not that he doesn't still try, hanging on with one claw and stretching that neck and head to full extension!

It is so rewarding. I wouldn't have guessed it myself, before I got Timber, and have difficulty describing how I feel when we make progress! You are doing so well with him, and I'm so happy for you

LOL to the Zelda song, I can still hear that in my sleep from when the boys played it! You are probably right about a young teen male owner. Hope Piper readjusts your schedule with time, I would assume they would.

I know what you mean. I don't think I felt as guilty with my kids when they were young and I had to travel for business or something and didn't see them on normal schedule... Anytime I have to get out of routine with Timber I feel bad and over compensate when I see him. Ha. He has my wrapped around his nail.

Great pics! He looks engaged and happy.

Glad to hear it Nancy! Sounds like things are looking up

Ack to the return of the lump! Haaaa to the "byes." Next he'll be saying "leave already."

Welcome Elwood! It's always good to hear a good vet report and always such a relief. No help here on the rope question, I don't have the expertise. No experience with fledglings either, so hopefully some of the experienced members will weigh in on the interaction question. If Elwood was an older, rehomed bird I'd say give him lots of time and let him set the pace. Keep the pics coming, I love looking at them

Actually, in grey time, that's pretty good progress!

LOL That's great!

Yes, that was one of my husband's first comments too. The bird eats better than he does. My comment was that he would eat healthier as well if I could control his diet like I do Timber's!

Antoher good idea. I'm watching Timber playing with a grocery sack like he is panning for gold.

Oh, how exciting when you hear something new! From everything I've read, they can always learn new words. Makes you wonder what's next

LOL The first of many poop meets clothing adventures...

Wow, what an adventure! I can only imagine how exciting is was waiting at the airport for him and tracking his trip. I sounds like you are making great progress. Seems like stubbornness is a trait of the breed, but that is part of their charm. LOL to the high places. Just know that inside he is laughing at you as you try to navigate to him (silly landlocked parronts) Thanks for the great pics and looking forward to more. Good luck and God bless!

What a beautiful boy! So glad you and Darwin found each other. Thanks for sharing the pics and video. Good luck and God bless

It's early days yet with your hubby. Our situation was much the same. The first couple of weeks, Timber would go straight in his cage when Gary came in the room. He would stop and talk to him, even give him treats which he would accept, but his tail feathers were quivering with fear/nervousness. Now, while Gary isn't able to scratch him or get a step up, Timber doesn't flee at the sight of him and doesn't get upset when he is around. Just this morning, Gary said Timber said "Hi" to him when he came downstairs. My point being, it just takes time in most cases. Others may have more advice on how your husband can "make friends." You might, for instance, let your husband and him alone give him his most favorite treat. I told Gary he needs to whistle at him and always speak when he goes by.

I hesitate to jump in here, but I'm going too. I thought Dave's post was very informative for new bird owners (like myself). I took his sarcasm as being directed at the companies who attempt to rip us off, not at the newbies who are looking for items (cages in this instance). I really appreciate the effort he and others here go do in looking stuff up and posting the information. At any rate, I think it is just a matter of perception, and was not intended to dis you or your purchases. The most difficult thing about forums, this one and others, is that when people care a lot about something they tend to overreact. Yet, when all is said and done, they are one of the most useful tools for finding and sharing information.

^^ Yes. Don't be discouraged if you see some regression. Sometimes it seems like one step forward and two steps back, but you are actually making forward progress regardless. Timber bit me this morning for seemingly no reason (I'm sure he had a reason, but I don't know it). First time in 6 weeks or so. As others on the forum say, sometimes it seems to come out of nowhere when you think you are past it. He didn't latch on and go for bone, but I did shed a little blood. I just said "no bite" and walked away. We'll see how the rest of the day goes!

Timber is about 5 and has very set ideas about what is "step up worthy." If it doesn't look like a perch, he isn't going! Now that he steps up easily, I'm working on trying to get him to step down. He'd rather just stay on my arm until we get back to his cage. We are getting there though!