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Old 08-21-2008, 06:53 PM
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Love him/her to all the extent you can. If you can't do it all the time then fine. If you can then fine. Try not to over do it with the planning and guessing. It will only make things more complicated than it needs to be. You will get in to your routines and natural scheduals soon enough so for the fist couple of weeks it's ok to enjoy the bird all you can.
Remeber because s/he is new to the home you still have to build a relationship with the little one. You won't have much of a bond if you try to let him/her go off on his/her own just because you are affraid of something that might or might not happen. It's natural to want to hold him/her for hours and coddle him/her but that's not going to be what you are going to be doing later on. For now if it's happenening good. Later as you find out how adventurous and inquizative they are you will find that you will want to do more observing and playing with them rather than holding and snugling. Not that you won't want to snuggle but you will find that there are so many other things to do with them or around them.
Another thing you can do is keep his play area be it his/her cage or playstand or what not in a more public area of the house so if you don't have time to hold him/her or if you need some "you" time, he/she will be able to do things on his/her own wiht out feeling left out and you will still be able to do your "thing" and still give ambiant attention or the odd head scratch and what not.
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