Bellamingo
Sitting on the front steps
Hello lovely people!
Until yesterday, Mingo's bites were more exploratory than painful, but in the last two days he's been biting enough to hurt us. I just had to put him back in his cage for a time out as it got incessant. I think he's just getting overzealous while playing but damn it was hurting!
He's definitely coming out of his shell though, and he's been growing up a lot! He's moving around the cage much more gracefully, and has learnt to fly a bit. He doesn't want to be spoon fed anymore, but wants his food in a food cup in his cage. Didn't stop him stealing some porridge off my spoon yesterday when I wasn't looking though I'm weaning him off the baby food a few days earlier than the breeder told me to, as he's just not as interested in his baby food now he's had a taste of the dry nectar and pureed fruit. He's getting baby food now once a day rather than twice, and I'm putting in dry nectar and some fruit puree for him to graze at all day, and some bottlebrush and grevilia flowers since they're in flower right now.
My question is, how do I get him to stop biting me when he's playing? I've been taking my hands/necklace/skin away from him and saying "no biting", dropping my hand an inch or so to put him off balance or blowing gently on his face if he's on the front of my shirt. Is that enough or am I not getting it right? I've only really had one budgie that was this mouthy, though he always bit hard enough to draw blood, whereas Mingo isn't yet.
Also, is there a limit to what fruits and veggies I should be introducing, like one at a time or is it okay to give him a few to try at once? So far he's mad keen for mashed up pear (not so keen on a slice though), liked cooked sweet potato, didn't know what to do with a blueberry and was afraid of a bit of apple!
He's charmed all but my brother (who hates animals and is mad at me for having them), even my dad who isn't very sure about birds goes up to his cage for a chat when he thinks no one is looking! We've been taking bets on what colours his poo will come out after his various fruits this morning it was orange after I mixed some orange juice into his food
Until yesterday, Mingo's bites were more exploratory than painful, but in the last two days he's been biting enough to hurt us. I just had to put him back in his cage for a time out as it got incessant. I think he's just getting overzealous while playing but damn it was hurting!
He's definitely coming out of his shell though, and he's been growing up a lot! He's moving around the cage much more gracefully, and has learnt to fly a bit. He doesn't want to be spoon fed anymore, but wants his food in a food cup in his cage. Didn't stop him stealing some porridge off my spoon yesterday when I wasn't looking though I'm weaning him off the baby food a few days earlier than the breeder told me to, as he's just not as interested in his baby food now he's had a taste of the dry nectar and pureed fruit. He's getting baby food now once a day rather than twice, and I'm putting in dry nectar and some fruit puree for him to graze at all day, and some bottlebrush and grevilia flowers since they're in flower right now.
My question is, how do I get him to stop biting me when he's playing? I've been taking my hands/necklace/skin away from him and saying "no biting", dropping my hand an inch or so to put him off balance or blowing gently on his face if he's on the front of my shirt. Is that enough or am I not getting it right? I've only really had one budgie that was this mouthy, though he always bit hard enough to draw blood, whereas Mingo isn't yet.
Also, is there a limit to what fruits and veggies I should be introducing, like one at a time or is it okay to give him a few to try at once? So far he's mad keen for mashed up pear (not so keen on a slice though), liked cooked sweet potato, didn't know what to do with a blueberry and was afraid of a bit of apple!
He's charmed all but my brother (who hates animals and is mad at me for having them), even my dad who isn't very sure about birds goes up to his cage for a chat when he thinks no one is looking! We've been taking bets on what colours his poo will come out after his various fruits this morning it was orange after I mixed some orange juice into his food