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The First Few Days - How It Should Be: Part 2
Once
you
feel
the
bird
is
being
receptive
towards
you,
by
all
means
use
fruit
and
tit
bits
through
the
cage
wire
to
build
up
trust.
When
you
feel
the
bird
is
comfortable
with
you
doing
this
then
try
with
the
cage
door
open.
These
slow
steps
enable
your
bird
to
build
up
confidence
and
trust
with
you.
The
fundamental
issue
is
that
by
taking
the
steps
I
have
outlined,
your
bird
is
making
the
decision
to
engage
and
therefore
holds
the
power.
It
approaches
you
if it wants to, it is doing nothing against its own will.
Slowly
the
steps
you
make
could
be
expanded,
hold
the
fruit
or
tit
bit
at
the
cage
entrance,
progress
it
to
a
foot
away
so
the
bird
then
flies
to
your
hand,
increase
the
distance,
once
the
bird
is
approaching
you
in
this
way
and
is
sat
on
your
hands
then
you
have
done
it,
learning
after
this
point
all
depends
on
what
you
want
your
bird
to
do.
Telling
it
to
step
up
and
down
on
your
hands,
teaching
it
to
go
back
in
the
cage
if
it
needs
to
go
to
the
loo,
asking
for
specific
fruit
once
it
can
talk,
there
is
a
vast
amount
of
things
you
can
encourage
your
parrot
to
do,
but
that
isn’t
my
forte,
search
the
internet
and
sites
like
you tube to learn.
Having
said
all
the
above,
the
examples
I
used
are
at
an
extreme,
the
majority
of
eclectus
are
fine
and
respond
well
to
you
straight
away,
but
recognise
that
they
are
all
individuals,
and
some
will
want
to
react
from
the
word
go
and
some
may
need
a
bit
of
time
to
settle,
the
key
is
for
you
to
recognise
which
is
which,
show
some
restraint
with
a
nervous
bird,
encourage
and
be
pro
active
with
a
confident
bird.
How
your
bird
progresses
from
the
minute
you
have
received
it
lies
in
your
own
hands,
you
have
to
take
full
responsibility
for
that,
I
have
provided
you
with
a
baby
which
has
been
hand
reared
mostly
from
day
one,
you
cannot
question it’s attachment for humans nor the fact it was tame when you received it.
I
have
found
the
vast
majority
of
owners
are
sensible,
patient
and
are
clued
up
enough
to
take
things
slowly,
however
there
have
also
been
a
small
minority
who
have
taken
a
bird
and
which
has
resulted
in
one
call
after
another,
often
they
have
decided
they
know
better
and
have
totally
ignored
my
advice
about
giving
the
baby
eclectus
a
few
days
to
settle
in.
In
most
cases
they
have
given
up
when
the
baby
is
lunging
at
them.
I
am
obliged
to
respond
as
it’s
one
of
my
chicks
and
hence
these
last
few
sections
are
mandatory
reading
and
I
expect
every
new
owners
to
fully
understand
these
before
I
even
contemplate
letting
them
have
one
of
my
babies
in
the
future.
Heeding advice and being in tune with your baby’s feelings
can lead to a very positive relationship between you and
your eclectus parrot.
All contents of this site are the sole copyright of Parrotism © 2012
The First Few Days - How It Should Be: Part 2
Once
you
feel
the
bird
is
being
receptive
towards
you,
by
all
means
use
fruit
and
tit
bits
through
the
cage
wire
to
build
up
trust.
When
you
feel
the
bird
is
comfortable
with
you
doing
this
then
try
with
the
cage
door
open.
These
slow
steps
enable
your
bird
to
build
up
confidence
and
trust
with
you.
The
fundamental
issue
is
that
by
taking
the
steps
I
have
outlined,
your
bird
is
making
the
decision
to
engage
and
therefore
holds
the
power.
It
approaches you if it wants to, it is doing nothing against its own will.
Slowly
the
steps
you
make
could
be
expanded,
hold
the
fruit
or
tit
bit
at
the
cage
entrance,
progress
it
to
a
foot
away
so
the
bird
then
flies
to
your
hand,
increase
the
distance,
once
the
bird
is
approaching
you
in
this
way
and
is
sat
on
your
hands
then
you
have
done
it,
learning
after
this
point
all
depends
on
what
you
want
your
bird
to
do.
Telling
it
to
step
up
and
down
on
your
hands,
teaching
it
to
go
back
in
the
cage
if
it
needs
to
go
to
the
loo,
asking
for
specific
fruit
once
it
can
talk,
there
is
a
vast
amount
of
things
you
can
encourage
your
parrot
to
do,
but
that
isn’t
my
forte,
search
the internet and sites like you tube to learn.
Having
said
all
the
above,
the
examples
I
used
are
at
an
extreme,
the
majority
of
eclectus
are
fine
and
respond
well
to
you
straight
away,
but
recognise
that
they
are
all
individuals,
and
some
will
want
to
react
from
the
word
go
and
some
may
need
a
bit
of
time
to
settle,
the
key
is
for
you
to
recognise
which
is
which,
show
some
restraint
with
a
nervous
bird,
encourage
and
be
pro
active
with
a
confident
bird.
How
your
bird
progresses
from
the
minute
you
have
received
it
lies
in
your
own
hands,
you
have
to
take
full
responsibility
for
that,
I
have
provided
you
with
a
baby
which
has
been
hand
reared
mostly
from
day
one,
you
cannot
question
it’s
attachment for humans nor the fact it was tame when you received it.
I
have
found
the
vast
majority
of
owners
are
sensible,
patient
and
are
clued
up
enough
to
take
things
slowly,
however
there
have
also
been
a
small
minority
who
have
taken
a
bird
and
which
has
resulted
in
one
call
after
another,
often
they
have
decided
they
know
better
and
have
totally
ignored
my
advice
about
giving
the
baby
eclectus
a
few
days
to
settle
in.
In
most
cases
they
have
given
up
when
the
baby
is
lunging
at
them.
I
am
obliged
to
respond
as
it’s
one
of
my
chicks
and
hence
these
last
few
sections
are
mandatory
reading
and
I
expect
every
new
owners
to
fully
understand
these
before
I
even
contemplate
letting
them
have
one
of
my
babies
in
the
future.
Heeding advice and being in tune
with your baby’s feelings can
lead to a very positive
relationship between you
and your eclectus parrot.
