Continues to be fun and grow her trust.

January 2nd, 2008

Cleo continues to learn about trust. She still doesn't stepup sometime if she doesn't want to. I walk away and eventually, she'll stepup if I go back. I go to another room and talk where she can hear me and not see me so I can make her jealous. She'll start screaming and I go back and most of the time, she'll stick a foot up to step up. If she doesn't I walk away without saying anything. I'm working on her flock mentality here. She wants to be with me/us but she has to stepup to do that.

Also, I've been working on her play. Letting her watch us play with her toys and getting her to join in. She got so into it last nite, she rolled off the side of the couch.

Another first was she got on Anthony's arm tonite. Next to me, she likes him the most. But we transferred her back to my arm for a few, then put her back on him, but she bit him lightly.
Tonite, she played on couch while we watched tv with kids/wife. We watched Lord of the Rings and had a fire in the fireplace, (screen pulled) Cleo got some belly scratching. She is still getttig used to the play. Sometimes she'll get carried away and nail my hand hard and I stop. But,s he is having fun. She even tried to fly to me if I walked off. Maybe it was cause the movie was so loud.

As for coming out of her cage, it's becoming weird. She is only coming out on perch now. She would love for me to open the door and let her loose, but I don't and she hates it. I have to teach her to get on the other side of cage, then onto the hand perch, if she wants to come out. She tries to wiggle out the door when I open it and stick the perch in there. She is on the side where the door opens when I get home. I'm gonna start cueing her back to her perch where she can stepup better. I'll offer her some cheese to get her back over there. THEN stick the perch in there. She'll go pretty good from there. But if she is on the door opening side, she'll try to go around the hand perch. I don't want that to start again. She needs to know that she can only come out on a hand perch if she's not gonna allow my hand in there. I know some would disagree with that. Zons are smart and stubborn. I've found with her if you give her an inch, she'll take a mile and before I know it, I'll be right back where I was when I got her.