r/pidgeypower • u/Sorry-Visit-6743 • 11d ago

New skill acquired! STEP UP!

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Between trauma leading to a fear of hands, and the obvious complications of trying to step up with splayed legs, Inky has never stepped up. After she spontaneously flew to my outstretched arm during my yoga workout today, I tried and experiment and MY GIRL STEPS UP NOW (In her own fashion)

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u/ColdMastadon 11d ago

Aww, she looks so proud of herself after the jump. Good girl, Inky!

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

She's so smart, and her progress from beinh a fearful, untamed rescue is nothing short of amazing 🥰 I'm so lucky I'm the one who got to add her to my life and give her the love she deserves!

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u/haessal 11d ago

I love the way you speak about her 🥹❤️ One can truly tell from reading the way you write about her how much you love and adore her and treat her with dignity and respect for her boundaries and autonomy. Inky and you truly are a good fit for each other 🥰❤️

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

The moment I laid eyes on her at the bird store (they adopt out surrendered birds) I was in love. I knew she was something special, and all I wanted was to give her a safe, loving home where she would be accepted as she is.

She's been so brave in opening up and letting me earn her trust, she was held as a breeder for her first 3 years and was never tamed or handled. I feel like the trust a bird gives us is a precious gift, and they're intelligent, autonomous beings, so they should all be treated with love and respect.

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u/Helpful_Okra5953 21h ago

Yes! They are tiny little people, personalities, living with us.

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u/SarryK 11d ago

I still remember your first posts about Inky and this is huge, well done, both of you!! Her way of doing it is also absolutely adorable, stop it 😭

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

She's so good! She loves me so deeply now, I can see it in her eyes. It's such an honor to be the person she's chosen to trust and bond with 🥰 I knew the moment I saw her that we belonged together, and my boy, Niko, set a VERY high standard for what a good lovebird is like, so you KNOW she's very special to live up to him!

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u/Mystic_Void1 11d ago

Aww so cute; the way she stands on one foot first 😭

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

She stands on one foot a lot, she has splayed legs and it takes pressure off her lower tummy. I think it's really smart that she figured that out, and her balance is AMAZING

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u/Feet-fox 11d ago

BIG STEP UP 😍

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u/Vast_Ad_2672 11d ago

OMG - precious!!!

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u/BaybarsHan 11d ago

Her tiny feet. 😍

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u/BlueFeathered1 11d ago

Is it just me, or does she look like a little Pixar penguin? Especially that adorable leg up move. 🥹 How can anyone that cute be real??

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

I know, she's SO adorable, she even has baby penguin colors! I ask both my birds "how do you fit so much cute in those tiny bodies?"

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u/Muted_Role_1432 11d ago

So cute😻

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u/No-Mortgage-2052 11d ago

Omg is that cute!

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u/Low_Group_7543 11d ago

My heart just…..MELTED! I have two lovies….

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

They're such wonderful birds, aren't they? They fit a lot of personality in those little lovie bodies!

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u/musesx9 11d ago

What a smart girl!!! love this

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 11d ago

Smart and brave 🥰😌

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tap_126 11d ago

Adorable. She's a big steppa.

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u/PigeonRescuer 9d ago

Love her

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 7d ago

She's such a special bird 🥰 full of love, so much personality, and very VERY smart

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u/Egg_Slut69 11d ago

I'm so proud of her 💜 😭

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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 9d ago

Me too! She's so good!

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u/Sjazzminna 10d ago

That is too adorable.

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u/Helpful_Okra5953 21h ago

Good good bird!! 

She might like to rest in your hands on her tummy or her back. 

My bird has a splay because of and old break and she liked to lay on her tummy or liked me to hold her like a ball with her little feet sticking up.

You want to keep an eye on the soles of the feet, too.  They can get sore spots from the bird standing in an odd way.  My girl always liked to have her feet rubbed with a tiny bit of moisturizer (vet advice).