"jmcquown"  wrote in message
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> John Hines wrote:
>> "jmcquown"  wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried further to get her to come out and play with me but
>>> she's having none of that.  She seems content to command me to let
>>> her preen my bangs for a minute and then goes back to ringing her
>>> bells or tugging on wooden beads (or eating!)
>>
>> Lots of birds around me have pin feathers, after their winter moult.
>> Breaking them up, with some head scratches (on the bird) is a great
>> bonding exercise for you and your bird.
>
> Having not bonded with my hand, Peaches freaks when I try to get a hand
> near
> her (no matter how slowly).  I don't want her to hurt herself so I don't
> persist.  She doesn't, however, mind if I'm putting my hand in the cage to
> offer her carrots, kale, apple slices, treats like millet spray and
> AviCakes
> or Nutriberries.  She simply retreats away from my hand to the farthest
> perch.  Maybe now with the hair combing she's trying to socialize ME.
> Unfortunately, I don't fit in her cage ;)  She loves it when I play music
> on
> the stereo, though.  And on the rare occasions I watch television, if
> there
> is music in the background she chirps up a storm and plays avidly with her
> toys.  She's also always answered when I call "Peaches" in a sing-song
> voice
> with a chirp-chirp sound as if she's trying to repeat her name back.
>
> Jill
>
>

It sounds like you're getting closer. Right now she probably just feels
safer when the cage bars are there. I would expect that as time goes on the
bird will get more and more tame. The BCC sitting with me as I write was
wild when we got him. It took years, but he is always getting more tame. He
has been great with me for a couple years. He is now even starting to warm
to other people. Strangers can often now hold him as long as they are slow
about the hands. That used to be out of the question. He would make any
stranger bleed that got a finger near him. Now he will often hop right up. I
would not be surprised at all if a year from now your LB will be all over
you every chance she gets as long as you just keep working with her. Good
luck, I hope she continues to warm to you.
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