I have been caring for Fig coming up on a year now, so I feel somewhat qualified to state what I feel makes us Croman, or Humrow so here it is. Fig is a child still, so I am comparing her to human children:
Scenario: Two kids are playing. One child gets hurt during play. It may be a direct result of the activity, but only an indirect result of the second kid's actions. The second kid certainly had no intention of causing the other kid any pain.
Human Outcome: The hurt child blames the other kid, even though they really didn't do anything. Usually after parents intervene, it is explained that the injury was not caused intentionally, apologies are issued non-the-less just to repair any emotional bruises and express good faith, some sympathy is encouraged, hugs, kisses, and all is forgotten. The next morning the whole thing is erased from everyone's memories forever.
Human/Crow Outcome: The hurt or frightened Crow blames the human, even though they really didn't do anything. The human apologizes again and again, offers treats, begs for forgiveness, gives super special massages and baths, and love love time, and extra attention for days slaving away to the Crow's every whim. A week later, the Crow is still a bit pissed, and extra wary about the incident, and continues to present a slowly warming cold shoulder, keeping the human on his toes at arms/wings length, to remind the human of the fact that they screwed up, even though it was probably just a fateful slip, or miss-jump on the part of the Crow in the first place. Maybe, maybe by the end of week two, things will be back to normal, but I seriously doubt it.
So there it is. Be careful. A bird knows that an injury means they cannot survive, I guess. I'll have to think seriously about why this is the case, but I have learned my lesson, there is no way to quickly get back into the good graces of these birdies.
Scenario: Two kids are playing. One child gets hurt during play. It may be a direct result of the activity, but only an indirect result of the second kid's actions. The second kid certainly had no intention of causing the other kid any pain.
Human Outcome: The hurt child blames the other kid, even though they really didn't do anything. Usually after parents intervene, it is explained that the injury was not caused intentionally, apologies are issued non-the-less just to repair any emotional bruises and express good faith, some sympathy is encouraged, hugs, kisses, and all is forgotten. The next morning the whole thing is erased from everyone's memories forever.
Human/Crow Outcome: The hurt or frightened Crow blames the human, even though they really didn't do anything. The human apologizes again and again, offers treats, begs for forgiveness, gives super special massages and baths, and love love time, and extra attention for days slaving away to the Crow's every whim. A week later, the Crow is still a bit pissed, and extra wary about the incident, and continues to present a slowly warming cold shoulder, keeping the human on his toes at arms/wings length, to remind the human of the fact that they screwed up, even though it was probably just a fateful slip, or miss-jump on the part of the Crow in the first place. Maybe, maybe by the end of week two, things will be back to normal, but I seriously doubt it.
So there it is. Be careful. A bird knows that an injury means they cannot survive, I guess. I'll have to think seriously about why this is the case, but I have learned my lesson, there is no way to quickly get back into the good graces of these birdies.
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