It seems that little bird is at the end of his need for me.
His interest has taken a drastic change from being fed, to moving worms.
Just yesterday he took his first worm from off the floor
!
Normally he will just watch them and do nothing..
We put a worm down and for the longest time , about 20 minutes actually, he just followed it and watched it. Then, out of the blue, he started pecking at it. He bit it in half and I think that is when he realized it was food and went nuts.
Since then he has taken more live worms from my hand, the floor, on a towel.. you name it.. then he has ever taken before.
I will go to the store today and get it some crickets and see if he/she can handle those.
If so, it is just a few more days before his tail feathers are full and he can properly fly.
RIght now his flight is clumsy and has no real direction. He can go straight forward, but up and down control is ...well.... funny to watch.
Landing is another thing he has not mastered. He will literally just STOP flying and fall. This poor bird has hit the walls and the floors more times then should be safe
This would be the time in his natural development that he would technicallly 'leave the nest' but not leave the area. Meaning.. they as babies would be hopping around in the tree right now practicing flying from branch to branch and maybe making their first attempt at real flight. This is when they are the most vulnerable and one of the stages that they do not always survive.
Being that they can not control their flight, I can see now how cats are able to get ahold of birds.
His tail feathers are longer in just a few days and it is amazing that I can actually SEE a difference. This bird has grown so fast, I am just... in .. awe over it all.
Not even 3 weeks ago, he was the size of my thumb, half bald and only covered in baby fluff.
Now you can see his blue , see his wings, and he / she is beginning to get a crest on its head.
*sniff*
My 'baby' is growing up. HA.
Wonderful experience.
Almost all of my clients have had the opportunity to meet bird , pet and or feed it and listen to his story. I had to take him with me EVERY WHERE including restaurants because of how often feeding was necessary.
It has been a blast. And I am putting my betting chips down now that he will be ready to go in a week.
His first worm experience -
I feel like... such a parent. haha..
