After a week or two, getting your hookbill in and out of the cage should no longer be a challenge. It is now time to aim your sights a bit higher. Most parrots love to have their heads scratched in the nape (back, of’ the neck. They also like to have their cheeks and the area below the jaw scratched. The only problem is getting them to permit the lost scratch so they can sec how delightful it is. Parrots are very wary of movement coming from above them. Therefore, work your way up by touching the parrot’s wing and then mos Mg gradually to the cheek the side of the head. You might try using your little finger to gently scratch his cheek, or the back of his head. If he appreciates what you are doing, will bend his head and ruffle all of his neck feathers. Eventually, parrots become so addicted to head scratching that they may actually pull your finger to them and bend their head clown to assist y011. Bill, ins. Yellow Naped Amazon, closes his eyes in ecstasy as I scratch him. Duda, my African Grey, says “Oh,yes,” as I scratch her head, since this is what I say to her each time I perform this service.
If your parrot seems unwilling to let you engage in headscratching, trs. walking into a strange root» with hint. You will now be the most familiar object in the room and the parmt may permit youMally liberties that he would not normally allow on his own territory.
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