update on Echoe

[Echos_Peeps]

Shes doing good. It's been a year almost and shes at 11 ou (325 gr) she has integrated with the house, even the cat, but no touching! omg no touching. Im trying training by birdtricks.com but just startng. I had her on a seed grain diet, she is now on pellets. i also changed her schedule toget her on a training diet, but she is quite hard headed and refuses to eat in the evenings since she is used to foraging and stuffing herself during the day and eating tasty treats at night, namely popcorn and chips. I know, we love to love her even if its not good for her. hey at least the popcorn is air popped none of that nasty fat! any way, no more bad snacks. shes crazy tho. very independent and does nothing bird people say she should do.. she plays with no toys I can see, except a shredable ball i stuff with chili peppers and seed ball. she drinks water maybe once a day., no mattter how many times i wash the bowls and refill them. LOVES the empty pouches from Koolaid drink mixes, the small 16 ou ones. will beg for them..other than that, straws may intice her. she is constantly in our presence, tho, always about,so maybe our normal nuttiness keeps her intertained, however, i noticed shes pulling feathers every once and awhile and loving chewing the hell out of them...any comments on that? shes not plucking tho..except for the funny black on the end of her tail, shes gorgeous. i love her to death. its like having a baby in the house. i worry so much about her. cant come home from working nights without checking on her...baby girl...anyway she seems happy.....sings, eats....she is saying stuff too, its just not clear what....lol.

 

later!

V

[judygram]

Thanks for the update on Echoe, so she does not allow any touching, well some greys are like that and you have to respect her feelings but otherwise she seems like she is a normal fun loving grey.

She may just be pulling the ones that were going to fall out anyway and it is normal for them to chew them after falling out but keep an eye out if she is plucking.

I would try to discourage giving her too much junk food, a little taste now and then isn't going to do any harm but not on a regular basis especially daily. The popcorn even if it is the air popped kind still has fat in it and very little in the way of nutrition, offer her some more veggies.

[Echos_Peeps]

Hey thank you Judy for the reply. I barely remember posting this. I must of been working nights and was a bit out of it. I have recently changed Echoe's diet. She was getting lots of seeds and stuff, but I put more effort in and now shes gets lots of fresh veggies and friuts daily. she is also on pellets now. seeds rarely and as a snack. i am watching the junk food to. she seems to like her new food. the feather picking has slowed down, tho im still finding those little small chest feathers in my broom dust. Count them daily actually. one or two. one today. she's not excessively preening but Im worried if she doesnt decide to like showers again, shes gonna start pulling out more. even a gently high mist from a bottle has her shying away. i tried a bowl of water too. not buying it. she s a character i tell you.

[judygram]

She needs to be bathed every week or more often if you can so you may just have to do it anyway no matter how much she protests, she will feel better afterwards and it will help cut down on the itchiness especially if she is molting.