anurim
Strolling the yard
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Hi, guys! Since most of my threads were about something bad, I decided this time to write about some of the positive stuff that happened in the last few months.
First of all, after about 7 months of struggle, Finn is finally eating pellets! And he actually likes them! I'm so happy, can't believe he's actually eating them as his daily food, and choosing them over seeds. He obviously still gets seeds in a smaller quantity, but he's not going crazy for them as before. I've been weighing him as usual, and his weight is normal.
Another good news is the fact that he's becoming familiar with more fruits and veggies. He was and still is a picky eater, but he's slowly coming out of his shell, as he has been eating small quantities of every fruit and vegetable I gave him.
Now, the part that I need help with. He refuses to get in his cage every single evening. I know this is probably my mistake since he was used to staying outside almost all day long. I haven't gotten to building a play gym from wood yet, so his nails have been growing pretty long. We had a short trip to the vet since he absolutely hates being held by me or any other family member, but I decided that I won't repeat that experience since he hated being held by the vet as well. I've made a schedule for him, where he gets out at 11 am and has to go in the cage at 7 pm. The problem here is that he doesn't like getting in the cage, but once he's in there he'll play with all the toys and sing all evening. I've tried multiple methods to distract him: using mirrors (since he doesn't get them in the cage at all and goes crazy for them) and slowly pushing him inside, placing seeds right at the door, getting him backwards so he couldn't see what I was doing, catching him with my hands (Neither I nor him enjoy this method), closing the door when he goes to drink water or eat pellets (I hate this method since I'm afraid this will discourage him from going in the cage during the day, thinking he'll get stuck in there), etc. He has pretty much caught on all of these and there are nights where I can't get him in his cage at all, and he sleeps on the TV or whatever he finds comfortable. Do y'all have any recommendations? How do you get your feather friends in their cage at night?
First of all, after about 7 months of struggle, Finn is finally eating pellets! And he actually likes them! I'm so happy, can't believe he's actually eating them as his daily food, and choosing them over seeds. He obviously still gets seeds in a smaller quantity, but he's not going crazy for them as before. I've been weighing him as usual, and his weight is normal.
Another good news is the fact that he's becoming familiar with more fruits and veggies. He was and still is a picky eater, but he's slowly coming out of his shell, as he has been eating small quantities of every fruit and vegetable I gave him.
Now, the part that I need help with. He refuses to get in his cage every single evening. I know this is probably my mistake since he was used to staying outside almost all day long. I haven't gotten to building a play gym from wood yet, so his nails have been growing pretty long. We had a short trip to the vet since he absolutely hates being held by me or any other family member, but I decided that I won't repeat that experience since he hated being held by the vet as well. I've made a schedule for him, where he gets out at 11 am and has to go in the cage at 7 pm. The problem here is that he doesn't like getting in the cage, but once he's in there he'll play with all the toys and sing all evening. I've tried multiple methods to distract him: using mirrors (since he doesn't get them in the cage at all and goes crazy for them) and slowly pushing him inside, placing seeds right at the door, getting him backwards so he couldn't see what I was doing, catching him with my hands (Neither I nor him enjoy this method), closing the door when he goes to drink water or eat pellets (I hate this method since I'm afraid this will discourage him from going in the cage during the day, thinking he'll get stuck in there), etc. He has pretty much caught on all of these and there are nights where I can't get him in his cage at all, and he sleeps on the TV or whatever he finds comfortable. Do y'all have any recommendations? How do you get your feather friends in their cage at night?