Post by joiner on Feb 12, 2013 19:32:54 GMT 10
Hi guys
I became the owner of a young galah (Phoenix) a few days before Christmas and it has been an amazing journey. He/she is a wonderful bird and a great personality. He was either lost (and not reclaimed) or dumped, and was close to dying of thirst and exposure when we found him. He's as fit as a mallee bull now.
Thanks to the admin team for making this site possible: it has helped me several times as I learn to work and play with Phoenix. A special thanks to Mike who seems to be omnipresent, and a great source of help and inspiration.
I posted a pic of Phoenix with my daughter.
At the moment we are trying to get him (maybe her) harness trained, but it is taking a while (tops are welcome). Meanwhile he gets an hour on the lawn in the morning and another in the evening, with long middle-of-the-day sessions when I have a day off. They are the best because he's all sort of cuddly and prefers a scratch to grazing and biting our toes!
He has flown off a few times, usually after a fright (cat twice; a dove being startled once and chasing me as I went out of the yard) but he has always called out until we found him. Fingers crossed we don't lose him again.
Any advice from galah owners is welcome. And again ... many thanks for the site and the input!
Cheers
Joiner
I became the owner of a young galah (Phoenix) a few days before Christmas and it has been an amazing journey. He/she is a wonderful bird and a great personality. He was either lost (and not reclaimed) or dumped, and was close to dying of thirst and exposure when we found him. He's as fit as a mallee bull now.
Thanks to the admin team for making this site possible: it has helped me several times as I learn to work and play with Phoenix. A special thanks to Mike who seems to be omnipresent, and a great source of help and inspiration.
I posted a pic of Phoenix with my daughter.
At the moment we are trying to get him (maybe her) harness trained, but it is taking a while (tops are welcome). Meanwhile he gets an hour on the lawn in the morning and another in the evening, with long middle-of-the-day sessions when I have a day off. They are the best because he's all sort of cuddly and prefers a scratch to grazing and biting our toes!
He has flown off a few times, usually after a fright (cat twice; a dove being startled once and chasing me as I went out of the yard) but he has always called out until we found him. Fingers crossed we don't lose him again.
Any advice from galah owners is welcome. And again ... many thanks for the site and the input!
Cheers
Joiner
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