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Advice Needed
- Thread starter BirdLady13
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Hermesbird
Rollerblading along the road
Hes so handsome! Time will tell, he just needs to get comfortable and start trusting, once he pick his person the bond is forever and all the wait is worth it! Its a great start that he let you give him scritiches so its going to be on his time and he will come around soon enough
BirdLady13
Sprinting down the street
Update:
We continued to leave his cage door open while we were in the room, hoping he would come out on his own terms again. Eventually he did, but he flew into everything possible. Thank goodness I had closed the curtains just in case.
He doesn’t seem to know how to turn when he flies. Per usual the only way to get him back in his cage was to use his swing. Despite his love for millet, bribing him with it hasn’t worked. Someone suggested clipping his wings so he will rely on us, but I don’t think I want to go that route.
I’m not giving up, but I won’t lie.. I am disappointed with how things are going. I want to give this little guy a good life, but he doesn’t like us being near his cage and I’m nervous to let him out again because I’m afraid he’s going to hit a wall too hard next time.
To end on a positive note, he is discovering new ways to have fun. I spent a lot of time pushing little “basketballs” around on the bottom of his cage to show him they’re toys, and now he finally gets it! I’ve started calling his cage Mav Land. When you watch him play he looks like he’s having a grand old time. He absolutely loves his Ferris wheel (even when I don’t put millet in the bucket seats
). I would definitely recommend it to anyone else that has a parrotlet.
We continued to leave his cage door open while we were in the room, hoping he would come out on his own terms again. Eventually he did, but he flew into everything possible. Thank goodness I had closed the curtains just in case.
He doesn’t seem to know how to turn when he flies. Per usual the only way to get him back in his cage was to use his swing. Despite his love for millet, bribing him with it hasn’t worked. Someone suggested clipping his wings so he will rely on us, but I don’t think I want to go that route.I’m not giving up, but I won’t lie.. I am disappointed with how things are going. I want to give this little guy a good life, but he doesn’t like us being near his cage and I’m nervous to let him out again because I’m afraid he’s going to hit a wall too hard next time.
To end on a positive note, he is discovering new ways to have fun. I spent a lot of time pushing little “basketballs” around on the bottom of his cage to show him they’re toys, and now he finally gets it! I’ve started calling his cage Mav Land. When you watch him play he looks like he’s having a grand old time. He absolutely loves his Ferris wheel (even when I don’t put millet in the bucket seats
). I would definitely recommend it to anyone else that has a parrotlet.
Hermesbird
Rollerblading along the road
It’s going to happen the first time or so, he needs to learn the layout of the home. My girl just got her wings back in and figure out she could fly and took a bad turn or 2 but I use saff flower seeds she loves them for route training and keeping them short. May be a good way to bribe you little man with his favorite seed lol others have used hemp and sunflowers
budgieluv3
Rollerblading along the road
Good Luck!
They have to build up flying muscles and develop skill. Sometimes I use an almond sliver as a bribe/treat.
