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echo: parrots
to: DEBBIE WALKER
from: BARBARA HOWELL
date: 1996-08-18 07:13:00
subject: RN Hen

DW>Hello Barbara!
Hi there!
DW>If you remember I mentioned purchasing a Rn about 5 weeks ago,her name is
DW>Jade.She is almost 2 years old and has lived in pet store her entire 
ife.M
I remember....
DW>question is -Am I fooling myself into thinking I can get her over her
DW>aggressive behaviour.She will eat the smallest morsel from my hand very
I think it is going to be an individual thing, just a matter of how well
she will respond to you. You will have to also learn her body language
and it won't necessarily be a matter of getting her to stop something as
it will to recognize just what sets her off and learn to avoid it or
distract her and then reinforce it.
DW>gently,she is beginning to let me touch her feet and tail and though I 
ave
DW>not let her do it (still can't forget the chunk she took out of my lip) 
or
DW>the last couple days she has desperately being trying to climb up on me.
DW>   But at least once a day she will still put her head down,growl, pick up 
DW>foot and make a fist while her eyes dialate rapidly.It can happen for any 

That sounds like sexual behavior actually, and considering her age, it
is entirely probable.
DW>no reason.Do hens ever become totally trust worthy? DW>   Deb....
That I don't know.
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