![]() I'm not prepared to deny Alice (who is deaf and nearly blind) her rightful place at my feet. He loves to get down on the floor and fossick about, but with our elderly dog in possession of the floor space, that's not possible. Hasten slowly and you should be fine!ĭominic has always been flighted, but can't fly very well owing to having been confined in a too-small cage. Keep us informed of your progress with cocky - he's probably just testing his new environment, so what you do now will set the tone for how things proceed in the future. On no account ever wave anything or strike the bird with anything! All you need is a plan where your son can escape safely and calmly and the bird doesn't win. If he chases your son, teach him (the son, not the cocky) to stand and face him and put a newspaper or something in front of his legs so cocky can't bite him. If he ventures away from his cage-top or perch (wherever his designated spot is), then quietly and calmly put him back before he chases anyone and bites them. It's probably best not to allow him the freedom of the floor for quite a while yet. Once he's comfortable, you might start teaching him to step up. Eventually (after a few days), you might coax him out of the cage to sit on or near you while you continue to speak to him and feed him treats. Why don't you allow, say, a daily twenty minutes of quiet bonding time with cocky where you just sit with him, feed him a few treats and speak quietly to him? If he's being too aggro, then sit beside his cage and speak or read to him, poking treats through the bars. My Beaks go stir-crazy even now when there's a roomful of people and will still bite aggressively for no reason other than the general hubbub overstimulates them. Don't have too many people in the room with him when you let him out of his cage. A lot of damage can be done to an adult, let alone a child! Let cocky settle in for a few weeks before you expect too much from him and during that time, always be sure to move quietly and slowly around him. ![]() If he's under, say, twelve years of age, he has no place handling a new cocky. ![]() No, your son should not fear the bird, but a healthy respect won't hurt either. Better even if your son could do it himself, but I don't know how big he is. You're going to have to teach your son to stand his ground while you or another adult picks the bird up and removes it. Probably, the reason he chases and bites your son is that he runs away. Your cocky needs to learn that chasing and biting human feets is not a fun game. The first thing is to make sure everyone wears stout shoes for a while. So, we never ever allow him on the floor (unless of course, he has an unscheduled crash landing, which is different.). Our Galah will chase anyone in bare feet if he makes it to the floor. ![]()
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