Because he didn't have proper feathers and was still 'fluffy', and his parents had rejected him, we adopted him. We had minimal physical contact with him - only when we fed him and even they we never touched him. We did this because we wanted to release him when he was able to fly.
3 weeks ago we released Peewee - but he wouldn't go! Well, let me rephrase that, he goes when we aren't home, but when he sees us come home, he comes back and sits on his cage on the veranda and calls for food and attention. We have tried to ignore him because he can feed on his own (we have seen him digging worms and eating flies and ants). He has now taken to following us around the house and spying on us through all the windows. He sits on our window ledges and calls us continually.
I did notice that his birdy siblings still follow their parents around and making the same calling noises so I'm thinking that Peewee just sees us as his parents and is doing the same thing. Although curiously, he hangs out with his biological family all day until he sees us!
Chook hates Peewee and any time spent communicating with him instead of showering Chook with love. As far as Chook is concerned, he is the family bird pet and doesn't like sharing this mantle with anyone - especially not Peewee. Problem is that Peewee is free flying and Chooky isn't. And Peewee likes to aggravate Chook.
The last few mornings I have noticed that when I am making breakfast, Chook sits on the sill on the inside and Peewee on the sill outside, and they are both facing up to each other. Both puff themselves up and spread their wings and 'beak' each other through the window and flyscreen. Chook has even begun mimicking Peewee's calls and Peewee is copying Chooks whistles (he can't get the words). Now, when I go outside with Chook on my shoulder, Peewee will swoop and sit on my head and then Chook will climb up and try and bite him. I now have bird wars occurring on my body.
I tried staking out a demilitarised zone so that each party can have a shoulder each but the peace process is not working. I am hoping that Peewee will find a mate soon and maybe leave but I think if he does mate up, he'll bring his wife and family to live with us too!!
Its not really a problem at all, just thought I'd share it with you guys. Sometimes you can do your best to ignore a bird and keep it wild but if it wants to bond with you, you can't stop it!
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