You know your bird has you wrapped around her finger when...

[asterroc]

...you attempt to learn how to scratch her with your ear b/c that's what she keeps begging for. :-P

Seriously, she keeps sitting on my shoulder, preens me a little bit, then croons and begs for scratches while headbutting my ear. If I bring a finger near she argues and defends her roost. I'm trying to slowly start sneaking a finger in while I wiggle my head against hers. Any other ideas?

And meanwhile, thought people might be happy to hear that Gabe's getting pretty good at flying. She even knows that I prefer she land on my left shoulder, since I'm a righty and she's more likely to fall off if she tries to sit on my right. She doesn't yet get that she shouldn't land on my head or on top of the bookshelf yet, but she's getting there. It warms my heart every time she flies to me, knowing that she could go anywhere she wanted, but she chooses me. ^_^

Not all that great, but here's a couple flight photos:

Comments

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

Awww! You're wonderful! Gabe is wonderful!

As for the ear thing, do you think it would be totally ridiculous to maybe clip something on your lobe that could give her more of a sense of being preened? I have no idea what that might be...

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Someone else suggested put a fake ear around my real finger. :-P What I want to do is eventually convince her that fingers are just as good at scratching, or even better, than ears. It'll come eventually. She let me do it once.