What are you doing today?

[Fishmanic]

Of course, like normal, I'm fighting with my cockatiel from Hades. Today I think that I MAY have a minor victory. If remembered, quite a while back, I posted about His Highness refusing to have anything to do with a small 'playground' I got for him. I had the playground on top of his pent house (cage) and he would have nothing to do with it as he is a rescue bird that is VERY protective of the cage and territorial where the cage is concerned.

I was going to just throw the thing out but decided to try one more ploy. I put the playground on the floor in an area that I normally don't go unless working on my main computer. When the playground was on top of the cage I think he may have seen it as an intrusion on his territory Putting the thing on the floor and away from his cage seems like he no longer sees it as a threat. Got him out of his cage and 5 minutes later here is the result. Will it last? I have no idea but it looks possible. Oh, the purple accent is due to my accent lights. What can I say? I happen to like blues and purples. And, YES, I like teddy bears. LOL! Wanna make something of it?
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I thought you did that about a month ago according to a past post. Try now putting it back on top of his cage and see if he will use it now in that location.

 

[jaylach]

I thought you did that about a month ago according to a past post. Try now putting it back on top of his cage and see if he will use it now in that location.

Ya, I put it on my dining table a while back and he used a little. I DID put back on top of his cage and, once again, he ignored other than to attack from the bottom. He just does not seem to like the thing on top of his pent house as I believe he sees it as an intrusion.

It has to be remembered that this is a rescue bird to a large extent and is, while gradually improving, still rather cage bound and treats his cage as his safe area.

To go back in history it must be understood that this bird was not even close to being treated properly. I'm not saying that he was physically abused but there are other forms of abuse. He had a bonded mate that died. I can't prove but I believe that she died from being egg bound. I base that on his taking a month to discover that a Cuttlefish bone bone was something to nibble.

We fight and argue but basically get along and, once out of his cage, he is totally different and mostly friendly.