annoellyn
Walking the driveway
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- 10/4/18
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I let my new bird out who is not tame at all. Getting her back in the cage was a NIGHTMARE. While she was out, I hand fed her some millet which she took occassionally but not all the time. I kept trying to coax her onto a perch stick by holding it just out of her reach but she was barely interested in the millet before so no go.
She was spooked twice, not sure what, but got stuck in the curtains. Had one hell of a time getting her out safely because she would not go on the stick and was terrified of my hands. Then the second time she landed on the floor and also had one heck of a time getting her.
It took over two hours to get her back in her cage and I feel like she didn't really enjoy her out of cage time because I needed all the time to get her back in.
I tried to corral her in by moving the stick towards her but she just flattens down and attacks the stick. I gently push the stick against her tummy but she just runs off, flies off, or attacks the stick. I tried using my arm to get her to move into her cage. No go, she would bite me or fly off.
I had to throw a towel over her in the end.
But I don't want to traumatize her every day. How do I work on step up if she isn't motivated by food at all. Jupiter was relatively easy because she loves food.
It's only her second day here so not expecting any miracles, just am at a loss at how to even begin getting her back in the cage or teaching step up.
Thinking moving her to the bathroom during out of cage time so it's a closed space, no windows, cover the mirror. It's really really small but she was just flying into every thing.
She's fully flighted.
She was spooked twice, not sure what, but got stuck in the curtains. Had one hell of a time getting her out safely because she would not go on the stick and was terrified of my hands. Then the second time she landed on the floor and also had one heck of a time getting her.
It took over two hours to get her back in her cage and I feel like she didn't really enjoy her out of cage time because I needed all the time to get her back in.
I tried to corral her in by moving the stick towards her but she just flattens down and attacks the stick. I gently push the stick against her tummy but she just runs off, flies off, or attacks the stick. I tried using my arm to get her to move into her cage. No go, she would bite me or fly off.
I had to throw a towel over her in the end.
But I don't want to traumatize her every day. How do I work on step up if she isn't motivated by food at all. Jupiter was relatively easy because she loves food.
It's only her second day here so not expecting any miracles, just am at a loss at how to even begin getting her back in the cage or teaching step up.
Thinking moving her to the bathroom during out of cage time so it's a closed space, no windows, cover the mirror. It's really really small but she was just flying into every thing.
She's fully flighted.