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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 28, 2022 20:16:25 GMT
Lately Buddy has been very friendly with me, wanting to sit on me or near me and coming to the side of the cage when I approach. Then about 2-3 weeks ago, he jumped on my hand, squatted down on a knuckle and had his fun before I knew what was happening. Since then, he's wanting to be on my hand alot, although he does perch on my shoulder or chair arm rest. Most of the time I catch him based on his posture and put him off my hand just as he starts (but not always), telling him we can't have babies. Many times he just wants to play with my finger nails. Yesterday Buddy got on my hand and before I noticed, he was having his fun. Tweetie Pie flew over on my hand and nipped at Buddy's wing. I put them both off. Is it possible to train Buddy to just play on my hand? Should I just not allow him on my hand? He's a very persistent little guy! I tried to train him not to perch on my glasses by vigorously shaking my head but eventually he just held on for dear life. Does he think he's mated with me? Any suggestions welcome. (OK, stop laughing!)
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Post by Hezz on Sept 29, 2022 0:56:56 GMT
You can definitely stop him from having his little awesomeness, but you will need to be watching him every minute that he is on your hand for the time being. The downside of that is that he may not come back to your hand once his hormones are back to normal. I’d suggest things to distract him - food perhaps - and keep his hand perching times to short sessions for now. It is much better if you can prevent him from getting started rather than interrupting the action.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 29, 2022 1:16:06 GMT
Thanks Hezz - I will try that.
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Post by Loz on Sept 29, 2022 8:48:41 GMT
Watching with interest.
Although Herman doesn't generally step-up for me unless it's his bedtime, he does land on me from time to time. The last time he did, it was on my head and there were some movements up there I was very suspicious of ... so I nudged him onto my finger to distract him with my fingernail. I've caught him a few times being amorous with the cover on top of the cages. The boy needs a hobby.
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Post by Hezz on Sept 30, 2022 0:35:18 GMT
[quote author=" Hezz " source="/post/318942 /thread" timestamp="1664413016"]You can definitely stop him from having his little awesomeness, but you will need to be watching him every minute that he is on your hand for the time being. The downside of that is that he may not come back to your hand once his hormones are back to normal. I’d suggest things to distract him - food perhaps - and keep his hand perching times to short sessions for now. It is much better if you can prevent him from getting started rather than interrupting the action.[/quote] Lol, I don’t know where awesomeness came from. 😀
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 30, 2022 1:29:58 GMT
Hezz awesomeness does describe what's going on.
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Post by lemonora on Sept 30, 2022 7:32:43 GMT
I had the same problem with my Luka He is a hormonal (12 months a year) little fella He’s always looking for some AWESOMENESS 😆 Then I started doing something as soon as I see the signs (which is always) As Hezz said, it’s better to stop him in the beginning So I just use to make him step up from one finger to the other I just kept giving him the opposite hand to step on till he gets bored and flies away It worked every time, till he stopped coming to my hand because he knows he’s not getting any action Not sure if it would work with every bird, but it sure worked with Luka Hope this helps 🌹
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 30, 2022 8:52:29 GMT
You triggered my censored word list Hezz , that is what I replaced the W word you used with! Lol, I don’t know where awesomeness came from. 😀
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 30, 2022 15:42:16 GMT
Thanks for the suggestion lemonora. Yesterday, when he came onto my hand and looked like he was going to do more than perch, I put him off on the chair's arm rest. That didn't stop him from coming to me. He perched on my shoulder and head. When he went to the arm rest on the chair, I gave him a finger tip which he kissed and chewed on the fingernail. Whenever he tried to step up on my hand, I withdrew it. Then he started perching on my eyeglasses and bit my eyebrow. I said a quiet oow and removed him. He used to just preen my eyebrows, so maybe the biting is due to his frustration?
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 30, 2022 15:44:26 GMT
Yes, I think the biting is frustration at you not letting him do what he wants. Hector used to bite me when I stopped him too.
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Post by lemonora on Sept 30, 2022 17:28:46 GMT
I got bit a lot too 😆 I probably should’ve mentioned that 😄
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 30, 2022 20:09:00 GMT
What concerned me the most about all of this is that the last time Buddy was on my hand doing his thing, Tweetie Pie came over and nipped Buddy on the wing. My two are great friends and I don't want to break that friendship.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 1, 2022 1:31:35 GMT
What concerned me the most about all of this is that the last time Buddy was on my hand doing his thing, Tweetie Pie came over and nipped Buddy on the wing. My two are great friends and I don't want to break that friendship. All the more reason to intervene and interrupt Buddy’s thought processes. I’m sure it won’t take long for him to get the message.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Oct 1, 2022 15:12:52 GMT
I have started putting Buddy on my chair arm rest when he hops on my hand and starts to kiss my knuckle. I will put a finger tip near his beak while he is on the arm rest and he will kiss it. If he puts a foot up on my finger, I move it so he can't climb up. He does sit on my shoulder and he jumps up on my eyeglasses. He has taken to biting my eyebrow so I've also been removing him from there. Have not had another instance of Tweetie Pie coming over to nip Buddy while he's on me. Although I adore it that Buddy wants to be near me, I would rather that Buddy and Tweetie Pie remain good friends.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Oct 20, 2022 16:06:57 GMT
Update on Buddy: Every time Buddy was out of the cage, he would come over to perch on me. Once again Tweetie Pie came over to remind Buddy that he was his bird, not mine. Tweetie Pie nipped Buddy's wing and they both flew off. To reinforce this, Tweetie Pie got between me and Buddy whenever I came over to them. Now, whenever I call Buddy, he looks over at Tweetie Pie and doesn't come. Once he came when Tweetie Pie was napping but only stayed for a couple seconds. On the plus side, Buddy seems to have gone out of his hormonal phase. While I miss Buddy wanting to be with me, I am happy they are great friends. Maybe the picture I sent for the 2023 calendar of Buddy perched on my finger is the time that'll happen. I'd love it if Tweetie Pie would play on me but I don't see that happening.
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