Hi,

I really hate the thought of toweling him because he dislikes it so....

He doesn't mind stepping on my hand. His problem is that he can't balance.

What I'm trying to teach him is that he can step on my hand and bite down on this perch and hold it in his beak for balance. I don't know that we're making progress.

Like I said, he's comfortable stepping on the hand (palm or back) it's just the balance issue....and maybe with time, he'll come to trust that I won't dump him on the floor.

This morning I managed to move him from his platform perch down to the perch in front of his food dish with him on my hand, holding the perch for balance.

I'm now having a problem with him plucking - I don't know what to do about it. He didn't pluck at the Vet's office but has started the day we came home (Saturday). All he does is sit on that platform perch and pluck. I know he liked being at the Vets because the Tech's all fussed over him and he got attention all day long...Plus, he had a crush on another bird down there....

I don't know if it's a combination of their hormonal time combined with the fact he had to leave his new love interest behind or what but I'm very concerned.


Donna

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