Post by sim0ns11 on Sept 3, 2017 19:31:57 GMT
Hello, I'm a new user and I hope someboy can help me.
I have two male budgies; the first one is 4½ years old while the second one is about 2½ years old.
When I got the first one, I was determined to tame him, but I spent even 8 months just to make him get on my hand where there were some seeds, he was particularly fearful, expecially because he was already an adult (at least 1 years old) when I got him.
Then, I got the second one because I noticed that the first one felt lonely; he was just about 30 days old, and I semi-hand-tamed him, so he initially trusted me, he was loving, he couldn't wait to get out of his cage and he let me pet him. However, he, pretty naturally, started to spend much time with the other budgie and, over time, unfortunately, he became irritable and a bit lazy. Since he decided to spend less time with me, the first one, that initially made progress (getting on my finger and my shoulder, even if I wasn't near his cage), started to be scared and annoyed by me again.
Now, I really want to recuperate the relatioship I had with them, but I don't know how to do: the second one is bully, fighting off the other if I'm feeding him, he wants all the food for himself and so I can't re-tame them in the same time, and if I separate them, the first one starts to call the second one as soon as he can't see him, and I don't want to cause him pain.
So, what would you do in my place? Is there still a chance to tame them or not? Should I renounce?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I'm sorry if I did mistakes, I'm Italian.
I have two male budgies; the first one is 4½ years old while the second one is about 2½ years old.
When I got the first one, I was determined to tame him, but I spent even 8 months just to make him get on my hand where there were some seeds, he was particularly fearful, expecially because he was already an adult (at least 1 years old) when I got him.
Then, I got the second one because I noticed that the first one felt lonely; he was just about 30 days old, and I semi-hand-tamed him, so he initially trusted me, he was loving, he couldn't wait to get out of his cage and he let me pet him. However, he, pretty naturally, started to spend much time with the other budgie and, over time, unfortunately, he became irritable and a bit lazy. Since he decided to spend less time with me, the first one, that initially made progress (getting on my finger and my shoulder, even if I wasn't near his cage), started to be scared and annoyed by me again.
Now, I really want to recuperate the relatioship I had with them, but I don't know how to do: the second one is bully, fighting off the other if I'm feeding him, he wants all the food for himself and so I can't re-tame them in the same time, and if I separate them, the first one starts to call the second one as soon as he can't see him, and I don't want to cause him pain.
So, what would you do in my place? Is there still a chance to tame them or not? Should I renounce?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. I'm sorry if I did mistakes, I'm Italian.