Sept 15, 2013 16:23:58 GMT
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Post by GoldieNYC on Oct 3, 2014 19:02:57 GMT
When does a Budgie become a hermit?
Goldie has remained within her ample cage for a good 10-days-to-2-weeks now. The gate is open most of the day. She won't take the journey to the window sill and the other cage setup, which I lovingly cleaned and re-ordered for her. Perhaps she's frightened of the change, or something entirely different. Maybe her cycles have relinquished the need to go out playing. Who knows.
Is this a phenomenon others have experienced within recent memory? It's simply been a long time, and I want her to fly a bit.
JMS
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Post by stace on Oct 3, 2014 23:57:12 GMT
Not sure, GoldieNYC. It could be that your days are getting shorter. If you've got any vitamin/energy supplements, now might be the time to put a bit in her water. Sometimes they get inactive when moulting, but you'd have noticed that, although I've seen Boo get a bit low in the days before he's visually showing a moult. |
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Post by Hezz on Oct 4, 2014 0:46:42 GMT
If you want her to fly, take her out and get her flying. Leave it too long and she may not ever make the move again. She may need to be gently introduced to the room again; maybe something has put her off, all speculation, of course, but I would be getting her out and getting her moving.
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Post by GoldieNYC on Oct 4, 2014 1:00:38 GMT
Great help. Vitamins might be the thing. Thanks.
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Post by Rachael Kellett on Oct 4, 2014 6:43:01 GMT
I'm the same as Hezz haha! If my lot are being stubborn and won't come out I either get them to step up and bring them out or shoo then out lol. If your budgie isn't used to you yet though I'd advise using a small cloth to pick them up, not shooing them and definitely not grabbing them with your hands.
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Post by samwiseg on Oct 4, 2014 8:07:28 GMT
I take mine out every day regardless! They have learned that they are to get up on the stick after they have had breakfast in the morning. Routine is as soon as I say "is it time for outs time" they all start hopping around positioning themselves ready to come out! Then if they want to go back in and out at leisure they can but they MUST come out first thing...the stick is law   |
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Post by jellybean on Oct 4, 2014 14:40:38 GMT
As soon as the cage door is opened in the morning mine are OFF!!!  |
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Post by GoldieNYC on Oct 4, 2014 15:09:17 GMT
If you want her to fly, take her out and get her flying. Leave it too long and she may not ever make the move again. She may need to be gently introduced to the room again; maybe something has put her off, all speculation, of course, but I would be getting her out and getting her moving. Thanks, Hezz. I resist this, only because of past struggles to remove her from her comfort zone. She gets intimidated. I'll consider means to make her long for the outside. |
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Post by GoldieNYC on Oct 4, 2014 15:10:09 GMT
I take mine out every day regardless! They have learned that they are to get up on the stick after they have had breakfast in the morning. Routine is as soon as I say "is it time for outs time" they all start hopping around positioning themselves ready to come out! Then if they want to go back in and out at leisure they can but they MUST come out first thing...the stick is law Remarkable. |
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Post by OP on Oct 4, 2014 17:22:00 GMT
My Joey has sat in the cage all day today while Whiskers has be in and out like a Yo Yo. She may just not feel like it. Also she will need a reason to want to go to another cage, or whatever. Food is a good enough reason. If she sees millet being placed wherever you want her to go do you think that might help. You will be coming into Autmun now in the USA won't you? If so then I would think a moult is just taking it out of her. Poor Goldie.
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Post by GoldieNYC on Oct 4, 2014 17:33:59 GMT
My Joey has sat in the cage all day today while Whiskers has be in and out like a Yo Yo. She may just not feel like it. Also she will need a reason to want to go to another cage, or whatever. Food is a good enough reason. If she sees millet being placed wherever you want her to go do you think that might help. You will be coming into Autmun now in the USA won't you? If so then I would think a moult is just taking it out of her. Poor Goldie. Big molt (US spelling) taking place here, @op. She looks pretty tired for a usually-frisky personality. Predictably, my attempt to 'lure' her out of the cage with a perch resulted in panicky biting of the inanimate wood roller. I gave up, placed the body of the cage on the floor (Hagen type), and cleaned the bottom part, which was well-over-due. I have taken to hooking some millet up on cloth perch on the adjacent cage in the window. If I temporarily cut off the food supply, I'm hoping she might reason out that food in the danger zone (why ever that is now) is better than even a minute of going hungry. Mysterious little apartment mate - now with me for a year and two months - looking otherwise healthy and reasonably happy. |
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Post by OP on Oct 4, 2014 18:49:13 GMT
The big moult/molt would explain some of the behaviour. Has she come into breeding condition maybe? There are many variables with these fascinating creatures. |
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Post by GoldieNYC on Oct 4, 2014 20:18:42 GMT
The big moult/molt would explain some of the behaviour. Has she come into breeding condition maybe? There are many variables with these fascinating creatures. Variables, indeed. Goldie has a true 'mood beak' which changes hues. When she came to me, her beak was bright pink. It's dark now, having cycled from pink to dark, back to pink, before. I'm told there may be a hormonal issue with this, and breeding time is certainly a possibility. No breedie in sight right now, pity for her. The loud chirping has also curtailed itself recently, from police-whistle-grade cheeps throughout the day. Definitely some cycle at play here. |
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Post by skysmum on Oct 4, 2014 22:31:27 GMT
My lot are pacing at the doors as soon as i uncover them in the mornings . My money is on the changes that you made, i find my females so much more sensitive to any changes. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 8:41:11 GMT
I'm not around enough to establish a routine, sadly, but it's something I will do in the future once I'm all settled.
I don't know much about this sort of thing. Sadly my house doesn't change around very often, so I think any big changes would confuse Munchy. He's always been okay with the addition of the Christmas tree, though. I hope Goldie settles down again soon, but until then I agree with the others that you're going to have to make her come out to have her exercise.
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