Charqee
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- 6/10/17
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Hello there! My name is Char and I'm the recent owner of a new peach face named Pico!
I got him a few weeks ago from a pet store and he's an absolute sweetheart. He doesn't bite (yet at least!), is very active and loves to flutter around to explore. However I have a few concerns.
I'd like to hand tame Pico the best I can without stressing him out or taking the wrong approach. He's still very timid and scared even after being with us a few weeks (understandable though being in a new home/environment and away from other birdie friends). I've tried my best to do things not to scare him. I talk to him sweetly and move slowly. I open the top part of the cage and let him do his own thing within reason.
However there are points in time where he'll flutter to the floor and he's too scared of my hands for me to offer a finger and let him up. I have to use one of his cage stands and he'll willing go up that way. And when I change his water or food he freaks out and peeps and flutters all over the cage.
I also feel guilty because one time he almost ran underneath a very low dresser of ours that's too heavy move. I wouldn't have been able to get him out. Without thinking, I moved my hand to hold him and move him away but it just scared him more. I'm so afraid that I messed up and that Pico will be scared of me forever. I love him so much and want to make him happy but also give him the respect and distance he deserves.
What can I do to help gain Pico's trust and make him feel more comfortable? There are points in time as well where he'll chirp with the birds outside nonstop and sometimes even when the birds stop chirping he'll keep going along. I'm afraid that he feels lonely? But when I come into the room he seems scared. I'm not sure what to do.
Any suggestions?
I got him a few weeks ago from a pet store and he's an absolute sweetheart. He doesn't bite (yet at least!), is very active and loves to flutter around to explore. However I have a few concerns.
I'd like to hand tame Pico the best I can without stressing him out or taking the wrong approach. He's still very timid and scared even after being with us a few weeks (understandable though being in a new home/environment and away from other birdie friends). I've tried my best to do things not to scare him. I talk to him sweetly and move slowly. I open the top part of the cage and let him do his own thing within reason.
However there are points in time where he'll flutter to the floor and he's too scared of my hands for me to offer a finger and let him up. I have to use one of his cage stands and he'll willing go up that way. And when I change his water or food he freaks out and peeps and flutters all over the cage.
I also feel guilty because one time he almost ran underneath a very low dresser of ours that's too heavy move. I wouldn't have been able to get him out. Without thinking, I moved my hand to hold him and move him away but it just scared him more. I'm so afraid that I messed up and that Pico will be scared of me forever. I love him so much and want to make him happy but also give him the respect and distance he deserves.
What can I do to help gain Pico's trust and make him feel more comfortable? There are points in time as well where he'll chirp with the birds outside nonstop and sometimes even when the birds stop chirping he'll keep going along. I'm afraid that he feels lonely? But when I come into the room he seems scared. I'm not sure what to do.
Any suggestions?