Well, she is manned down like a kitten and has been hunting for over 2 months...I can touch her feet and do dang near anything I need to as far as handling her but she has developed a bizarre habit of jumping up into the window frame/ceiling and occasionally grabbing and sliding down the conduit bars. Maybe your idea of an opaque covering over the windows would be ok but I would be a bit concerned about ait flow in the mew.
Thanks for the help~
Lee
Do you have a window perch? Our birds like to be able to see out the window, if they can't they try to perch at the window. The RT I had here could see fine from her corner perch. My friend's RT did similar behavior to yours and I tried to get him to put in another perch so his could see out, but he just put up with it.
" Insanity takes its toll..........please have exact change"
Post by LeeSlikkers on Nov 29, 2004 8:59:01 GMT -5
Beibhan said:
Do you have a window perch?
Yup, I have two windows in the Mew and both have a perch located approx. 1/3 up the length of the window. I don't use Pea gravel so I am sure that the dulling of the talons is coming from her riding the metal conduit poles like a fire-fighter
I will try the opaque window covering I guess for a temporary solution and see if I can tell whether or not she is still continuing with this habit.
I know its different for you guys over there but here if the birds been Parent reared in an open environment then Free-lofting is the way to go. If its been reared in an enclosed environment then if you do not tether it will go wild very quickly but then i have had no problems with either .
Just a word of Caution though, if you Tether then watch the weather, if its below freezing get a heater as frost starts on the ground and moves up. Over here so many Novices forget that and the bird ends up with Frostbite.
WHEN THE 'EAGLES' ARE SILENT THE 'PARROTS' BEGIN TO JABBER! SIR W.CHURCHILL
I like free lofting as soon as the bird is trustworthy. Seems to keep them fitter, and if those cunning lil foxes/cats/mink/whatever get in, the birdie isn't flailing on the floor. As long as the bird can see out, see the sky and stuff I guess it doesn't really matter...although some birds are different, obviously the ones that bate a lot need freelofting.