Careful what you ask for

[Guest twoodruff]

When I got Lola, my baby TAG, in September, I decided I want to make sure I could put her onto her back any time I needed to, so that I could clip her nails or look at her butt or whatever. So I started turning her over onto her back right away and giving her head scritches and tummy rubs. She was just a baby, and right away she was

OK with it. She seemed more curious than anything about what I was doing. Eventually, it became clear that she liked it. She would throw her head back so that it's between my fingers and just let me scritch away. She'd lay there, looking like a dead cockroach, for maybe 15 minutes at a time just letting me do that (while I'm watching

TV, e.g.). Well, she's decided that she's not going to wait for me to flip her onto her back when she wants scritches or tummy rubs. . .now, if she's standing on my shoulder or climbing up me, she'll suddenly

"faint"--just collapse and roll onto her back--and the plan is that

I'm supposed to catch her. Well the first time she did it, she didn't tell ME about the plan, and she ended up rolling off of my shoulder and onto the sofa, and she stood up and looked at me like I was crazy!

Now I know what she's up to. It's so neat! She reminds me of those bugs that if you touch them they roll up into balls. At any given time if she decides she wants to be on her back, she'll just collapse and roll, collapse and roll. I usually catch her, and she seems to know not to do this while I'm walking around with her on my shoulder.

 

She's a tad bit spoiled.

[Talon]

This is so cute! I thought everyone here might enjoy reading this. Hey, those of you that have young greys, try it, you may still have time!:cheer:

[judygram]

Josey does not like being on her back, every time I try to flip her over she gets all huffy and scared so I stop.

[Guest briansmum]

i've been trying with brian since i got him but he just doesn't seem to like being on his back at all, even when he's playing by himself on a rope and swings round he gets all panicky and starts attacking the nearest toy. so if i flip him, the nearest thing isn't a toy it's my hand. and boy are those bites getting tough

[danmcq]

Talon - Thanks for resurrecting this!!

 

This such a funny story. :woohoo:

 

As others have said, once I get Dayo here, on the back he goes :-)

[Makena]

Haha.. that is funny :laugh:

 

We started putting Makena on his back right away and doesn't seem to have a problem with it. We have also been trying to pull his wings out from time to time to get him used to that. At first he didn't really care for it, but now he doesn't mind <br><br>Post edited by: Makena, at: 2007/08/04 19:28

[frankieNYC]

Frankie will absolutely not go on his back - the few attempts i've made lead to hard bites

 

Stephanie

[Christina]

Good post. I will have to start working with Finnigan on going on his back.

[judygram]

Josey does not like to be on her back either, but someday hopefully I will get her to do it. Now my sun conure, Sunny, will lay on her back in my hand but not Josey. :(

[AbbysDaddy]

judygram wrote:

Josey does not like being on her back, every time I try to flip her over she gets all huffy and scared so I stop.

 

Try and giver her some rolled up paper towels for her to tear apart while she is on her back mine likes it .... helps her get used to it .

[ecodweeb]

aw thats so cute