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So, I'm making myself a bit crazy trying to figure out what's best for Rosie, my 30 year old foster tiel. I thought I had a good handle on older tiels- but never dealt with this old before. Rosie apparently had a very large cage before and had some falling issues. I have Rosie in a travel cage with all rope perches. He hasn't fallen at all. It was never my intent to keep him in there. I just wanted to get a feel for his mobility. He actually can move pretty well. He just chooses not to do it much. He pretty moves from one perch to one other and that's it. He seems content though. He also is not big on coming out of his cage. When he's out, he seems fine and will happily sit on my shoulder. He just doesn't want to come out. Although I know how I'd handle things with a younger bird, I'm just not sure whether I should just let him hang out in his cage. Which leads to the cage issue.....
During the day, all of my birds are in the living room. At night, Scooter and Rosie go up to the bird room to sleep. With Rosie being in the travel cage (although it is kind of heavy), I just carry the cage up and down. I did buy him a new, larger cage but now realize it's going to be too heavy for me to carry- I thought it would be lighter. I'm actually thinking now that it also might be too big for him. So, I'm thinking of moving Scooter into it and letting Rosie have Scooter's current cage (which stays downstairs). Scooter sleeps in a sleep cage and goes in and out of both cages just fine. So I don't have the issue with switching/carrying a cage for him, like I do with Rosie. Is any of this making sense?
So, what do I do about Rosie's cage? Do I just leave him in the travel cage still and work more with him coming out? Do I put him in the bigger cage but leave him upstairs by the window during the day instead of having him come downstairs? (And do I leave Scooter up there with him? Although I'm pretty sure Scooter is going to want to be downstairs. Which would also leave Elvis downstairs alone.) Do I buy another cage that's bigger but lighter? Do I make him come out to change cages and just have him get used to it? Am I making this more complicated than I need to? I'm just not sure what to do.
During the day, all of my birds are in the living room. At night, Scooter and Rosie go up to the bird room to sleep. With Rosie being in the travel cage (although it is kind of heavy), I just carry the cage up and down. I did buy him a new, larger cage but now realize it's going to be too heavy for me to carry- I thought it would be lighter. I'm actually thinking now that it also might be too big for him. So, I'm thinking of moving Scooter into it and letting Rosie have Scooter's current cage (which stays downstairs). Scooter sleeps in a sleep cage and goes in and out of both cages just fine. So I don't have the issue with switching/carrying a cage for him, like I do with Rosie. Is any of this making sense?
So, what do I do about Rosie's cage? Do I just leave him in the travel cage still and work more with him coming out? Do I put him in the bigger cage but leave him upstairs by the window during the day instead of having him come downstairs? (And do I leave Scooter up there with him? Although I'm pretty sure Scooter is going to want to be downstairs. Which would also leave Elvis downstairs alone.) Do I buy another cage that's bigger but lighter? Do I make him come out to change cages and just have him get used to it? Am I making this more complicated than I need to? I'm just not sure what to do.