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So, I've been letting my untame lovebirds out to fly and explore my room daily. Kiwi is perfect, she always returns to her cage after an hour and a half to 2 hours. Mango has consistently taken longer, but not by more than an hour.
Recently, Mango has decided that he will no longer be living in his cage. When he gets hungry or thirsty, he will go into his cage only as long as it takes to get a beakfull of food or water and rush back out before I can close the door on him. He won't go in at all unless I'm on the other side of the room so he knows he will have time to get in and out before I can get to the cage to close him in. Last night, he slept on my desk.
By morning, I reluctantly threw a towel over him and gently put him back in his cage so that I could go to work. I didn't want to do this and ruin the trust that I've been working so hard to build with him. He seemed ok though and still took food from my hand through the cage before I left this morning.
Tonight, he is on my desk asleep again. I tried coaxing him back in with treats. He won't go for it unless he knows he can snatch them and get out before I shut the door. I don't know what to do. I can't just let him have free reign of my bedroom completely unsupervised during the day, but I also don't want to break his small amount of trust in me.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Recently, Mango has decided that he will no longer be living in his cage. When he gets hungry or thirsty, he will go into his cage only as long as it takes to get a beakfull of food or water and rush back out before I can close the door on him. He won't go in at all unless I'm on the other side of the room so he knows he will have time to get in and out before I can get to the cage to close him in. Last night, he slept on my desk.
By morning, I reluctantly threw a towel over him and gently put him back in his cage so that I could go to work. I didn't want to do this and ruin the trust that I've been working so hard to build with him. He seemed ok though and still took food from my hand through the cage before I left this morning.
Tonight, he is on my desk asleep again. I tried coaxing him back in with treats. He won't go for it unless he knows he can snatch them and get out before I shut the door. I don't know what to do. I can't just let him have free reign of my bedroom completely unsupervised during the day, but I also don't want to break his small amount of trust in me.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.