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Moving along slowly

Well we had a bit of a set back. after getting her hood she started to crash in weight. At one point i was feeding her 3 times a day to keep it on. I took her to a local vet and had her checked out. Praziquantol 0.05ml was prescribed and two days later things started to stabilize. I got her weight back up and then started to bring it back down again. Still keeping with feeding her twice a day. So back to basics. Still got to get her dialed in but we are almost there, going to move to the outside tomorrow and see how well she concentrates. Lure response is getting better.

New Hood

Well it's been a busy week with work family and a bird. I have been manning her every day and slowly bringing her weight down. I have been aiming for 1% of her weight each day and have been hitting it. Been feeding her sparrows, pigeon and quail and the weight  has slowly been dropping off.

In the house she is flying to the length of our living room which is about 25feet. lure response has been a little lacking . out side i have her flying to about 12 feet. First day out and it was almost like reverting to the wild bird she was when i first trapped her. I have started keeping her on the pole perch in the house. She likes it allot better than the Giant Hood. Few bates and wings folders 99% of the time.

I have been hooding her with a hood that i got off ebay for $10. But today we took a trip to Robert Huber. He custom fitted a hood he made for me. She hoods nicely.

We haven't seen to many problems with her. At around 410g she did start challenging me but having spoken with some other falconers that fly coopers and it seems normal for this stage of having her.

I am hoping to free fly her some time next week once we get her totally wedded to the lure. I plan to use a back pack with her and a friend has kindly said they would help me fit it.