Amavirra
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Hello, I'm new. I specifically made an account to get some outsiders information on this specific problem I'm having (or rather my father is having).
I live with my mother and we just got a Quaker whom is already doing his best to bond with me. However at my fathers house, we have a four/five year old Cockatiel that won't really give anyone the chance to bond with her. We may have done her injustice by buying her as a companion to an elder female Cockatiel that passed about two years ago, but we are having trouble getting her to bond now that she is left with a sole budgie companion. Now here is some general info on the circumstances;
-She is NOT unfriendly in the sense that she is not violent.
-She has layed many eggs in the past few months and I know one of her toys is to blame (and possibly the male budgie companion).
-SHe will step up, but fly away almost immediatly.
-SHe does have favourite foods, but is way too scared to take them from your hand.
-We can't get her into bed because she is flighted and won't let you put her in the cage unless SHE does it on her own.
-My dad does have to work very late sometimes, but when he's home, he tries often to bond with her to no avail.
So, she is relatively young, and is not very motivated even by her favourite foods. Now, I know clipping her wings might help, but we DO NOT want to force bonding on her by trapping her like that. SHe recently fell in the toilet during the night about a month and a half ago, and she became very quiet and docile, she even jumped on the floor and crawled over to my dad a few times and sat with him, but she seems to have gotten over it and won't let him hold her once more. I know sometimes he can't be around due to his job, but when he's home, he just wants to hang out with her, but she flies away if you approach her cage. Out of everyone, I'm the one who sees her the least (once every two weeks), and yet one day I held out a saltine cracker to her and held my hand still on the top of her cage, she eventually bit it out of fear, and when she realised it was food, she ate from my hand, which prompted the skittish budgie to come over and eat as well. WHen my dad tries this method, she flies away before he's even held out the cracker.
My dad was very bonded to the elder Cockatiel and when she died, he's been trying to get a bond with this cockatiel, but it's just not working. Any tips or ideas?
The picture is from before the elder cockatiel passed away.
I live with my mother and we just got a Quaker whom is already doing his best to bond with me. However at my fathers house, we have a four/five year old Cockatiel that won't really give anyone the chance to bond with her. We may have done her injustice by buying her as a companion to an elder female Cockatiel that passed about two years ago, but we are having trouble getting her to bond now that she is left with a sole budgie companion. Now here is some general info on the circumstances;
-She is NOT unfriendly in the sense that she is not violent.
-She has layed many eggs in the past few months and I know one of her toys is to blame (and possibly the male budgie companion).
-SHe will step up, but fly away almost immediatly.
-SHe does have favourite foods, but is way too scared to take them from your hand.
-We can't get her into bed because she is flighted and won't let you put her in the cage unless SHE does it on her own.
-My dad does have to work very late sometimes, but when he's home, he tries often to bond with her to no avail.
So, she is relatively young, and is not very motivated even by her favourite foods. Now, I know clipping her wings might help, but we DO NOT want to force bonding on her by trapping her like that. SHe recently fell in the toilet during the night about a month and a half ago, and she became very quiet and docile, she even jumped on the floor and crawled over to my dad a few times and sat with him, but she seems to have gotten over it and won't let him hold her once more. I know sometimes he can't be around due to his job, but when he's home, he just wants to hang out with her, but she flies away if you approach her cage. Out of everyone, I'm the one who sees her the least (once every two weeks), and yet one day I held out a saltine cracker to her and held my hand still on the top of her cage, she eventually bit it out of fear, and when she realised it was food, she ate from my hand, which prompted the skittish budgie to come over and eat as well. WHen my dad tries this method, she flies away before he's even held out the cracker.
My dad was very bonded to the elder Cockatiel and when she died, he's been trying to get a bond with this cockatiel, but it's just not working. Any tips or ideas?
The picture is from before the elder cockatiel passed away.
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