My mother is the owner of two budgies. One of them is really active, and squawks and chirps alot.
My mother thinks this is really annoying and had always been looking for ways to keep him quiet, including but not limited to scaring it, yelling at it, covering his cage with a cloth throughout the entire day, etc. I dislike it when she does this because I feel like chirping loudly is just a bird being a bird.
Today she proudly told me that following the advice of some internet advice guru, she has taken away all of his food for a day, and that the budgie has been really quiet ever since.
I freaked out and told her to put it back, and she immediately got angry and told me I wouldn't understand and that I was always over-pampering animals.
Am I really over-pampering the budgie? Is this kind of thing okay to do?
My mother thinks this is really annoying and had always been looking for ways to keep him quiet, including but not limited to scaring it, yelling at it, covering his cage with a cloth throughout the entire day, etc. I dislike it when she does this because I feel like chirping loudly is just a bird being a bird.
Today she proudly told me that following the advice of some internet advice guru, she has taken away all of his food for a day, and that the budgie has been really quiet ever since.
I freaked out and told her to put it back, and she immediately got angry and told me I wouldn't understand and that I was always over-pampering animals.
Am I really over-pampering the budgie? Is this kind of thing okay to do?