I have two maximilian pionuses.
Maxi is born in the summer of 2009, almost two yrs now. I got him five months ago. He was extremely scared when he came to me. He had been living in a cellar in a way too small cage, and basically no human contact, at least thats how I read the previous owner(he was allergic and only went down to feed the birds) After letting him out the first time, he stayed out of the cage for several days. Not wanting to use force to get him in I let him be out, and started parrot-safeting the livingroom and creating playtrees for him, and swings. It is actually working perfectly for us, food is served in the cage, veggies on top and he flies freely in our house, at all times. I doubt that he gets bored, and no dangerous items is out for him to find.
Well he was pretty scared, and at first so were we;), now he takes treats when offered and we are now training flight recall, he flies to my arm when he sees a peanut basically, I can touch his toes but he wont step-up yet.
Gaia is born in the summer of 2010, I have had her for 3 months. They live with eachother and she is also loose in our apartment. And i have to say, they are like two pees in a pod, always together:) She came directly from her breeder(both are parent-fed) and is more like a clean slate for me to fill:) She can step-up on the hand, not to finger too unsteady for her evidently. training both flight recall and to touch her back at the moment.
I also have 4 budgies one cannot fly due to an old injury that is my blue spangle amadeus.
And Setareh who is a boy yellow recessive pied. Någit is Setarehs son and is a gren/yellow greywing(i think) and last but not least, Lillpommen also born in my custody standard blue. All extremely adorable
I am traing excessivley after finding Michaels blogg, wich is the best tool i have found to start traing your birds, I am so glad I did:) My next mission is to start using the clicker and target training to learn my birds more tricks.
Well thank your for reading!
